Joanna Simon: The bottle tasted in March 2015 at Bonhams was not quite right, with a slightly dry, dusty edge, so the note here is from the December bottle. Precise and more intense than many wines from the vintage, with spice and coffee on the nose, incisive black-currant and mineral flavors, a dusting of licorice and olive, fine-grained tannins and a lingering, crisp finish, but with just a slight edge of austerity. Seems to have more of a Cabernet Franc character than the richer, riper 2009, although it’s only 14% Cabernet Franc. At 13.3% ABV, it is markedly lower in alcohol than the two subsequent vintages.