It has brilliant garnet-red in color with orange highlights. Firm, fine and potent on the nose, it has scents of dog rose, mint and tobacco, scents which meld in the course of time into spice, coffee, liquorice, truffle, leather and minerals. A full-bodied, rounded bouquet of great structure and balance, redolent of plum jam and withered brambles. The persistent chocolaty aftertaste is enticing. Over the years it gradually refines its characteristics to achieve classic finesse and composure.