" Dark cherry red with a deep opaque core. The nose still showing luscious primary fruit, intense Asian spice characters, toasty oak and leather/olive notes. In the mouth, this has very characterful rich fruit, also Mclaren characters of chalky/chocolate tannins, a meaty core and velvet smoothness in the mouth. Big, beautiful, spicy and fruity. Also fantastically elegant and will age for a long time. "