...Darker berries, cloves, dry spices, a gently savoury aspect and a boiled lolly note. It gives both fruit sweetness and savouriness a kick. It can go without saying but there are gum leaf flavours here too; indeed they’re quite prominent. You certainly couldn’t quibble over the volume of flavour here, nor with its neat-and-tidiness.

Full colour; an intense medium-bodied wine with a strongly spicy subtext to the savoury black fruits of the palate, tannins adding a second string to the bow.