Jamie Goode | Supple, sweet, smooth berry and blackcurrant fruit. Very lush and open, with extremely ripe fruit flavors. Tastes quite sweet. Tannins are very soft, with a smooth mouthfeel. Lush and a bit overripe. | 88

Peter Richards | Cassis purée. Intense, ripe, heady. Sweet- fruited palate, layered and pretty intense. A generous style that’s in proportion in the context—but it would be better (ie more refreshing, nuanced, and beguiling) with slightly more elegance and restraint. A touch short, despite the tons of winning character. | 90

David Williams | Some prettiness of fruit—red as well as black—but there’s a hollowness to the palate through which the vapor trail of alcoholic heat passes. Not much pleasure here. | 84