I tasted this bottle the other day, as I was given it for comment. To give the wine a fair tasting, I grilled some lamb chops for dinner and got out the red wine tasting glasses rather than the general tasters (those are not ISO standard ones).
Now I usually do not breathe the wine a long time before tasting. This is because I want to try out the wine at different stages of opening up. The wine showed a deep purple rim with a dark core. Swirling the wine caused a sweet fruity aroma to emanate from the glass, which on proper nosing, carried notes of acid and wood as well. The palate was soft woody and fruity, being well supported by a backbone which was acid and tannic at first, with tannins fading before the finish. There was some disappointment that the wine seemed to fade around 50 minutes after opening (just after it showed its peak). Further breathing (just in case its opening went though a funny phase) confirmed that this bottle had a short life and needed to be drunk (and finished) quickly.
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