Intense nose of attractive grapefruit, apricot and spice, elegant and floral. Rich and full-flavoured on the palate balanced by botrytis-induced crisp acidity with a long, opulent, vivacious finish. After a cold winter, temperatures rose rapidly in April and May, stimulating vigorous growth in the vines. Harvest was the earliest in living memory and probably the earliest ever, providing good volumes of healthy, ripe grapes with firm acidity and excellent quality. The warm, dry autumn was more conducive to drying the grapes than to botrytis, but sporadic showers promoted noble rot and enabled us to pick  a very satisfactory amount of fine quality Aszú berries. Overall, a record-breaking and outstanding vintage, ripe, rich, and balanced.