tar, roses and a rich power from the soil, elegant, poised, strawberry, raspberry, bigger and more rustic, but still with a herby, tea leafy note, sandy, stony... Nice length. Perhaps not quite as lifted and beautiful as the "greater" vintages, farmyard, decaying plums, ash, tobacco, saline, complex. Excellent, but it lacks that slight touch of brilliance that their more exalted wines and vintages have. Still a wine that should age very nicely and is just getting into its drinking window. 69-71+/100
Jono Beagle's hundred point scoring system.
0-29/100 not worth bothering with
30-49/100 good wine but I wouldn't buy a case
50-59/100 very good showing grape and terroir character
60-69/100 excellent example of a wine from this country/region/grape
70-85/100 one of the very best wines that the region has to offer.
86-100/100 one of the very best wines you are ever likely to drink