Warm sun kissed fruit, menthol aspects, tobacco, dark chocolate and toast. There's a real richness to the fruit here, ripe and chewy and fleshy, clearly sun kissed, but with a texture that's sleek - tannins are fine and firm so you get the tension marrying the richness of fruit. It's still a little buzzing and youthful, not yet settled so much. But there's energy, purity, clarity, excellent tannins making this sleek and focussed. I prefer the 2009 at this point, this is a little tense and strict. Power and muscle, but still settling right now. This has great potential and there is a lot to like here. (GH)