Early indication favouring redistribution of estate (9)
I believe the answer is:
foretaste
'early indication' is the definition.
'favouring redistribution of estate' is the wordplay.
'favouring' becomes 'for' (to be 'for' something is to be in favour of it).
'redistribution of' indicates anagramming the letters (the letters are distributed to different places).
'estate' with letters rearranged gives 'etaste'.
'for'+'etaste'='FORETASTE'
(Other definitions for foretaste that I've seen before include "Sample of something that lies ahead" , "Early experience" , "Sampler" , "Sample of something to come" , "Sample of what's ahead" .)