The colour was deep dark purple-red. The bouquet had strong spicy plum and currant, and vanilla oak. There was strong smooth berry fruit, and a long dry vanilla tannin finish. This wine was quite complex, with smooth full flavours, and good fruit-wood balance.
Note 1: I am not really a wine expert (just an enthusiastic amateur), so please don't take my recommendations as anything more than a rough guide to these wines. I can take no responsibility if you buy a lot of this particular wine, on my recommendation, and then regret it!
Note 2: You may not fully agree with my evaluation of these wines, as a lot of this is quite subjective. I tend to put a lot of emphasis on complexity and intense characteristic and varietal flavours and bouquet, so if you disagree you might just have different priorities.
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