Meaty, floral aromas of raspberries, cherries and cassis with unusual tropical undertones are greenish and confectionary. ItÕs smooth and gentle, soft and juicy, with a strange stonefruit-like presence rather overshadowing its shiraz-derived flavours of small red fruits. Supported by drying, chalky tannins, it finishes with fresh acids. Rather than support the shiraz in this blend, viognier has hijacked it.

A fine, long-term regional blend of Bordeaux varieties of classical elegance and style. Scented with cedary oak, violets, cassis, blackberries and mulberries backed by nuances of dark olives and dried herbs, itÕs long, earthy, fine-grained and tightly focused. Surprisingly youthful and vibrant, with pristine flavours of small dark berries, plums and cedary/chocolatey oak underpinned by mouthwatering, crunchy tannins, itÕs long and stylish, finishing with a lingering impression of intense, almost bloody malbec fruit.

A polished, smooth and elegant cabernet blend of AlkoomiÕs typically unctuous and dark-fruited style. Its confiture-like fragrance of blackberries, dark plums and cassis reveals herbal undertones of crushed vine leaves and cedary oak. Silky and refined, the palateÕs deep fruit flavours and dusty, lightly smoky vanilla oak are coated by fine tannins. Tightly focused, it finishes with a tangy note of dark olives.

Already showing some polished leather-like development, this ageing cabernet blend marries a fiery presence of black and red fruits with assertive, slightly raw mocha-like cedar/chocolate oak. Surprisingly refined and light-footed on the palate, with an earthy, meaty expression of dark, briary fruit, it finishes slightly green-edged and metallic. Suggestive of a marginally uneven ripening.