A very tidy wine from this cooler vintage. There is 25% new French oak, and it gets 14 months. The mid palate is boosted by malbec with petit verdot and cab franc which works into the meaty blackcurrant fruit with a little black olive and bay leaf character. There is a good tannin structure with neat oak integration. Not a big wine but still with excellent structure and poise. Has a distinctive oyster shell character especially on the nose.