Purple Palate

Sourced from 100 year old vines and given two years of top notch French oak, this is a wine that gives us an idea of the real potential of Linfield Road to produce super premium wine. Plums and blackberries dominate the nose which is still quite primary. It is balanced and intense with a many years of improvement left in it. Complex notes of cedar, paprika and cloves add extra character, along with a suggestion fo char grilled meats. The wine got better and better over two days of tasting, with the layers of flavour integrating beautifully. The drive through the finish is tremendous. If you open a bottle now, give it a good decant, but it's well worth keeping a few in the cellar. It's really going to blossom with time. -JP