Poured straight from the bottle, a dark strawberry red with a pink rim.

Poured straight from the bottle, a dark strawberry red with a pink rim. The nose showed lots of Volatile acidity, old oak barrels in a negative way, damp leaves and overripe tinned strawberries. A medium bodied, silky wine with totally resolved tannins and a decent if uninspiring length. If you own any bottles, now is the time to drink them. Judging by my experience with this wine (four bottles in the last 18 months), it is on its downhill run.