Jamie Goode | Powerful and intense, with bold, sweet black fruits. Inky, with some saltiness and a bit of alcoholic heat. Shows subtle baked characters. A very ripe, intense wine of great concentration. Firm finish. | 87

Peter Richards | Intense from its inky hue to its vibrant, peppery, floral, black-fruit saturated aromas. Super-fine and abundant tannin. The fruit could be fresher, though, to sustain and mollify the architecture. Alcohol invasive on the finish. It’s all a bit too big. Every sinew is strained here. Refreshment value suffers as a result. | 87

David Williams | Super-intense, with the Tannat vice-grip tannins and somewhat stewed, overextracted fruit and harsh oak. | 84