Creamy nougat, with a simmering, flinty minerality and lemon curd on the nose. There’s gentle yet opulent oak spice, a little char and pretty white florals lifting things up to craft an elegant and refined picture. In its youth the oak is still persistent, but time should nestle this further into a fruit core of billowy white peach. Polished and glossy tannins, and a precise, manicured finish. Full malolactic ferment in 54% new oak and matured in barrel for 16 months.