Although frost limited yields to just 20 tonnes from an entire 70 acre estate (that's a tiny amount by the way), the fruit that made it into this iconic drop was nothing but the toughest, most concentrated and highest quality. An early adopter of the screw-cap closure, this producer was looking firmly toward the future (even back in the early naughties), and the grace and elegance with which this wine has aged is a testament to that foresight. Dense black fruits, herbaceous and spicy with a weighty, oak-supported backbone and soft tannins on the lingering finish. 15 - 20 years of bottle age has brought a deep complexity and added all those wonderful tertiary notes that us aged-red-heads are constantly searching for. In a word: Brilliant.