Inky and intense core with a purple hue. Pure, spicy and meaty nose with black pepper, raw meat, some smoke and mild oak with blackberry, cassis, and garrigue. Dense palate, ample and lingering flavours of crushed dark berries, some oak-derived toast and spice with ripe but present tannins giving structure and length, persistent and meaty finish. A vin de garde to drink from 2027 and onwards.