Very intense blackcurrant/coffee aromas with some spicey notes and integrated oak. A powerful palate with plenty of cassis mocha flavours and ripe velvety tannins. Winemaker comments by John Duval Colour Deep, dark red, almost opaque. Nose Concentrated creme de cassis and damson plums to the fore, with floral aromas in the background. Nutty oak complexed by barrelferment characters. Palate A n opulent, flamboyant wine with definitive varietal characters: exaggerated blueberry/ blackberry fruit, but without jamminess, layers of flavour, obvious but balanced oak and pronounced, chewy, ripe tannins. Impressively long in flavour, without reliance on alcohol. A wine to challenge the great 707s of 1996 and 1990.