Beautiful inpenetrable ruby. Absolute OVERT eucalyptus nose. I have never smelled this much euc in a wine before. Not right. The background is healthy oak, but euc WAY over-powering. Thin fruited entry disappears instantly into just mind-boggling tannin which grips and curls and continues into finish for DECADES of bitterness. Not sure what they were aiming for here, but pretty much a miss. Totally lacking in any fruit to off-set the structure. Completely out of balance, and not exactly young. This could quite possibly be a dreadful wine in just a couple years. Decanting with practically blender-style aeration subdues the nose a bit an brings it a touch more into balance. Just SHOCKING tannins. Half of me wants to taste this in 5 years and the other half says it will be crap in two. I might just top barrels with this one. 13-5 ◊

