Jamie Goode | This has developed into a very smooth, sweet, ripe wine, with lush blackberry and cherry fruit. It has a hint of ash and tar, as well as smooth, spicy cedary oak. Tastes very sweet: a lush, modern sort of wine. Plenty of concentration and lots of ripe fruit character. Well made in this style. | 90

Peter Richards | Age has mollified the intensity of the hue— and of the aromas. Forest floor, baked mint, and dried fruit emerge. Lovely tense acidity at its heart, with fine firm tannin. Alcohol is intrusive on the finish, giving a raw and slightly caustic impression, which is a shame. Because beyond this, it’s a wine of lovely complexity and savory depths. Over time in the glass, the aromas do tend to fall apart, but the acidity and tannin remain. | 91

David Williams | Intriguing and alluring nose, mixing evolved, soft berry fruit and savory-meaty tones; a suggestion of fruit sweetness still there, and impressive tannic framework with a long, dark- cherry finish. | 91