With the generous red berry fruit aromas, hints of fresh cut plums and fine oak spice. The entry onto the palate of soft red fruits with ripe tannin structure support the sense of a warm vintage. Savoury notes of dried meats and provencal herbs add to the complexity after opening, and will become more integrated with bottle age.

The nose is very lifted and expressive with citrus blossom, guava, lychee, gooseberry and just the right balance of grass. The palate is a lovely balance of elegance, weight and textural interest. The fruits are just as lively on the palate with lovely citrus acidity and minerality. The barrel ferment, lees stirring and wild fermentation adds a textural element and fills out the round, soft palate. The varietal fruits and racy acidity are complimented by texture and complexity in The Broken Fishplate.

On the nose we are struck by the typical dark fruits that drinkers of this wine have come to love and expect. Plums, mulberries, fresh soil and more developed peaty like notes are all apparent, with an underlying lick of exotic Indian spice. But, it is the irony, stone like character that gives away the vintage.
An abundance of fresh fruits on the palate marry well with the more complex characters of quince paste, cinnamon, nutmeg, star anise and earthy beetroot. Driving the core of the wine is that vintage trademark in the form of graphite and wet stone. This wine, while appearing open and generous already, will continue to age well thanks to the lively line of acidity and the abundance of fine gritty tannins.