Dense and brooding nose of black fruit, cocoa and smoky oak, quite closed and muted. Drying woody tannins grip the palate from the outset, burying the dark fruit and crunchy bay leaf flavours under a layer of dense structure. Violet, black fig, sticky date and savoury olive flavours eventually overcome the structure on the concentrated finish, suggesting that everything will come together in time, albeit on the dark and serious side of the spectrum. Good potential here Drink 2026 - 2039.
Stephen Wong, The Real Review. October, 2024