Andrew Jefford | Pale to mid-gold. Sweet, malty, reedy, planty: graceful and restrained aromas for the 45+ g/l cohort. Attractive, nonetheless, if relatively superfi cial, without any great power, density, or saturation for this sugar level. | 85

Charles Metcalfe Honeyed, with glimmers of aromatics to come, but not really here yet. The palate is sweet, quite alcoholic and with good acidity. The sweetness is rather overpowering at the moment. Without su cient aromatic complexity to balance the sugar, this presents as a sweet, honeyed, rather alcoholic Gewurz. It’s di cult to see a positive future for it. | 79

| Bright gold. Simple green-fruit fl avors. Full-on and fragrant. Not that alcoholic. Correct. And rich and long. Drink 2017–22. | 90