Black cherries and mulberries with touches of underbrush, sautéed herbs and pencil shavings plus a waft of spice box. Medium-bodied, finely crafted and grainy tannins and a very long, earth and spice-layered finish.

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Deep Time spent 48 months in French oak barrels. Deep garnet in colour, it offers a profound fragrance of potpourri, star anise, sautéed herbs, rusty nails and cigar box, over a core of blackcurrant preserves and prunes, plus a waft of crushed rocks. The full-bodied palate is concentrated and satiny, offering exhilarating layers of exotic spice and incense-spiked black fruit preserves, finishing with amazing length and depth.

Buena Vista Carneros Pinot Noir 2018

Ridge Lytton springs 2006

Château Montelena Cabernet Sauvignon 2010