Stephen Brook | There’s a burst of primary fruit on the nose, as though fresh from the press. It’s juicy and plummy, dense and vibrant, with delightful exuberance. The palate is plump, rounded, and spicy, with some pepper as well as fruit. Despite the softness of the attack, it has texture and grip. Gawky and adolescent, it is lively and perky and should be delicious in a year’s time. Good length. | 91

Alex Hunt | Youthful, inky-fruity nose, already with some plum-jam Zinfandel identity. The palate is densely tannic at present; the impression is hence more the skin than the pulp of the fruit. It’s worth waiting a couple of years for this to soften, since the finish is gentler than the mid-palate. | 87

Andrew Jefford | Saturated deep black-red. Excitingly fresh, vivacious, black-berry and black-cherry scents, then a bright cascade of those two fruits on the palate. It’s almost the red equivalent of a Mosel Riesling, in that one might actually be drinking the pressed fruit juices themselves, rather than the wine that is vinified from them. Sweet, fresh, vibrant, and lip-smacking: huge fun. A little tar to finish. Okay, it’s young, but there is admirable purity here. | 90