Violet but not violent purple-red. An aromatic mixture of the redolent, the rustic, and the ripe. Blackberry and earth, with tobacco and red berries. Then a bouquet that quietly announces nutmeg, spice and oak’s faintest regard. Here one finds a combination of the mixed fruit’s lushness, the background acidity of shiraz, and some of Mataro's more savoury tannins. There is a welcome and a generosity, but a reserve held in check by those tannins and acidity. One taste is plush; the next savoury and more tart; and then vice-versa. Wines that confound in the mouth intrigue the mind.