A toasting wine if ever there was one. The nose brings plenty of oak influence, which recedes and integrates on the palate. A lively bead in the glass carries nicely into the mouth, retaining a nice ticklish fizz of crisp apple, white nectarine (softer, gentler and more refined than typical stonefruit notes), light almond, and a nice floral lily-hyacinth bouquet into the impressively long finish. Tuck some away for an occasion worth a speech and a tipple.