Excellent colour featuring a dense inky black core and a deep dark red black tinged hue. Showing good intensity are freshly crushed blackberry, liquorice and dark plum aromas trailed by lightly toasted vanillin oak and spice. Rich and juicy, the palate has plenty of up front appeal with generous flavours of blackberry juice, liquorice and dark plum fruit sitting over a back drop of spicy vanillin oak and pepper. Finishes with a youthful freshness and slightly dryish but otherwise quite polished tannins. Good depth with a medium to long spicy dark fruited aftertaste.
Cellar 4-5 years.
Alc. 14.5%