Dark ruby with bright, light and opaque grenache hues. The bouquet strikes first with a savoury smoke-on-the-water lift, hinting at some docile background oak. Then the classic grenache aromatics of confectionery, red lollies, cherries and raspberries kick in. This makes for a complexity, suggesting the palate will be similarly multi-dimensional. To wit... The berry and ruby and confectionery characters continue, but now a keen acidity drives the palate’s line and length. The wine remains bright before more structural, tannic elements take over, guiding the wine to a satisfying and tidy end. There is bite and briskness in this red wine - a thinking woman’s alternate Beuajolais?