On the nose dark fruits stimulate the senses at first, cherry, plum, and cassis with light hints of perfumed violets. As one continues to appreciate the primary aromas, the five years in bottle is starting to encourage savoury aromas of leather, too.

The palate is wondrously smooth where the dark fruit is extremely well integrated and there is this savoury coolness that you can only belong to Bordeaux. We are carried back to school with Petite Laurence as the evolving palate exudes that strangely appealing characteristic of lead pencil shavings so calming, so uplifting, so Bordeaux.