Fresh scents of black fruits and tea leaf. Vivid and poised, this cask sample constitutes a solid mouthful, though the vintage's slightly acerbic acidity gives a faintly bitter edge to the tannins.

This magnificent vintage has produced a classy Clos de l'Oratoire: perfectly poised blackcurrant fruits with a perfumed bloom.

Gently dusty, earthy scents, with sweet, soft, generous pastilley flavours with lots of plum fruit, earth and spice.