Medium deep garnet with a purple hue. Youthful, pure and nuanced nose offering violet, garrigue, wild berries, kirsch, cassis, tobacco leaf, pepper and clove. The palate shows warmth and ripeness, yet with a good sense of freshness and nerve, elegantly built with good concentration and persistent nuanced spiciness where leather, tobacco, fine wood, and supple fruit certainly give the impression of a "grand vin".