First, gentle toast and spice greet the palate before blossoming into ripe pear, stone fruit and dried fig, giving an air of generosity. Intense, chalky minerality then re-invigorates the palate, offering starchy red and green apple with notes of citrus supported by a backbone of persistent acidity. Delight follows in the long and briny finish, flecked with hazelnut; the rewarding, delicious journey a confident reflection of careful winemaking and patient bottle ageing.