$14.95 at Vintages. 14% alc./vol. Vinyl cork.
Deep cherry/black garnet; very viscous and dark in the glass. Lovely coal-fired / leathery / strawberry jam / Lapsang-Souchong aromatics; very classic nose. A bit of savoury cured meat and oak spice on the nose as well. Crisp acidity with intense smoky black-tea like flavours following onto the palate. Powerful structure, with good tannin right on the fore- and aft-palate; plenty of oak spice mingling in there; coal dust and leathery/plummy fruit on the mid-palate. Not heavy or harsh despite the 14% alc./vol. Warm, spicy/oaky finish with wonderful tea-like replays.
Great stuff!!