Deep midnight black colour with a very dark red hue. A bounty of aniseed and dark plum scents jump out of the glass followed by toasty vanillin oak and peppered earth notes. Rich and lush, the palate is doing a remarkable job at holding onto its fruit with lashings of aniseed, blackberry and black plum flavours layered across the medium to full bodied palate. Vanillin oak, earthy fennel and spicy pepper characters lie underneath. Velvet smooth tannins with an impressively long and fleshy finish. Great value especially given the bottle age.