Visual aspect: black, brilliant, dense hue, garnet-red tinges. Nose: complex and fresh. Spices, peony, fresh mint, thyme, blackcurrant, vanilla, some notes of maturing and toasting. Palate: ample, moreish, tight. Blackcurrant, blackberry. The tannins are present and melted. Match with food: Camargue bull stew and orange-flavoured semolina; tournedos Rossini. Comments: to decant and await for a greater pleasure.