Medium cherry-red. The nose starts a little tight and mineral, under-pinned by faint but gradually intensifying sweet-edged red fruit – eventually it shows as quite focused red cherry and even a little redcurrant and cream – super. Good concentration, the tannins are relatively fine-grained. There is plenty of dimension to the fruit and nice acidity that helps to etch the flavours into your palate – finishes well. The overall effect is of a quite savoury wine – unlike the sea of sweetness from 2003 – well done.