"Barraud's wines are crafted using non-interventionist philosophies of vinification. Fermentation occurs via indigenous yeast and wines are bottled unfined and unfiltered." (Wine Importer's Notes)

"Sweet peaches on the nose with subtle flowers and roasted nuts. Bits of nutmeg, chalk and cinnamon; Underneath a granular minerality lie cloves and speckles of lemon rind.' (Wine Importer's Notes)

Less obviously modern in style with spicy, earthy and intense aromas and robust, relatively powerful flavors that deliver plenty of old vine intensity plus a long, dusty, muscular finish. This has class, style and grace.

• Wine Importer's Notes: "This is even more expressive aromatically with more spice and floral hints but tighter and firmer in the mouth with big but not robust flavors that are taut, focused and concentrated as there is slightly better mid-palate sap and a bit better balance. This is fresh and intense with a lovely sense of transparency and I suspect this will be capable of a decade's worth of improvement and it should live for at least 20 years."