Tasting Notes; Intensely coloured, the wine still looks very young. The intense and open nose displays the ripe fruit, liquorice and spice and roasted coffee aromas. The structure, well-contained, ripe and powerful, builds gradually from a clean attack. The tannins, though young are already well-integrated and very stylish. The vinous and full-flavoured palate is sustained by super-ripe fruit and a touch of pepper, leading into a long and well-structured finish on notes of bitter chocolate. Overall the profile of the 2005 vintage is reminiscent of 1976, 1982 and 1995