Glittering green-gold, richly-textured, this offers an attractive blend of ripe orchard and exotic fruit, honeyed notes and briny minerals. The palate reflects similar aromatics, green apple notes allied to tropical elements, all set within a refined, elegant frame. Silken and lightly honeyed, the 2011 is much more expressive and characterful than it usually is at this early stage but glossy, fragranced approachability notwithstanding; this has steely undercurrents, real breeding and staying power � impressively balanced.