(2023) Pigeage is 'punching down', pushing the floating cap of grape skins back into the fermentaion tank to enhance extraction. From very old and low-yielding bush vines, spending 20 months in French oak, most of which was new. Dense, rich, dark and subtle fudge-like black fruit intensity. Thick and sweet black fruit, the drying tannins are certainly noticeable, some of that from the charry oak, but the fruit intensity and sweetness matches it through the finish. Creamy and powerful.