Spicy, cakey, plums and cassis. Fresh, rich and ripe, with some complexity. Good concentration of flavour and length.

In some vintages Primus, a blend of Merlot, Cabernet and Carmenere from the cool Casablanca Valley, seems up there in ripeness. In other years, 2005 for instance, the wine struggles for a fresh outlook and instead comes across soupy and strange. Try as it might, this wine seems a little green, grabby and not quite there.——M.S.(9/1/2008)—— 84