Deep, dark, dense colour, red-purple youthful and bold, the bouquet musty and slightly corked. Second bottle: very concentrated, dense bouquet featuring lots of nutty and olive-like notes, still youthful, vibrant and showing a lot of primary characters. The wine is full-bodied and big on tannin - indeed, the tannin is high for the fruit weight of the wine, which is on the elegant side of the Coriole ledger. Very good, perhaps without the great power and persistence of the best recent vintages, but a lovely wine. Fine tannins to close.