The wine displays an intense deep garnet colour with a plum red rim. The nose has brooding aromas of cassis, blueberries, blackberries, tobacco leaf and cedar wood, with a light violet floral lift. The palate has compact dense dark fruit on the entry competing with flavours of dried herbs, tobacco spice, fresh vanilla and cedar. This all leads to a powerful mid-palate and a lingering finish with firm dry tannins which will enable the wine to age.
