What a treat, rather past-it, but still a pleasure to enjoy with friends. Really tight nose, balsamic notes, woody tones, soy and earth, sous bois, very old smelling, with just a linger of plums, some flowery tones - almost completely tertiary. The palate was slightly over the hill. It had lots of twigs, earth and smoke, some dried plums, haw flakes, raisins, still really fresh on the acidity, but the fruit had almost dried out. The tannins were still present, rather drying, a bit austere and the finish was a bit short. Still quite fun to drink, but it would have been much better a decade back.