Pale ruby. Another elegant and ethereal vintage from this lovely vineyard. Full of raspberry and blackberry fruit, rose petal and subtle crushed herb, it is deceptively concentrated. Long with ribbons of fine, silky tannin and creamy pinot fruits, combined with the typical exotic spice always evident in the Doug’s cuvée.
 
Long, balanced and charming, while a joy to drink now cellaring is also recommended.
 
"Wonderful here. Perfume of exotic spice, black pepper, dried cranberry, black cherry, new leather and alpine herbs. A kind of old school, deeply savoury scent. Sappy textured though quite expansive in the palate, more of the characters of the bouquet replicated in taste, with a distinct autumn leaf or dried herb or meaty-earthiness woven though. Fine tannins swish through and lend shape and freshness. Very good, very proper."
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Mike Bennie, The Wine Front (95 Points)