Stephen Brook | Lively plum-and-sour-cherry nose, ripe but zesty. Good attack, with a silky texture, good concentration, and elegant tannins. A model of restraint, yet it doesn’t lack flavor or even some intensity. The light but discernible structure does give some staying power and a moderate aging potential. | 91

Alex Hunt | This nose is pretty close to generic warm- climate red wine, with only a hint of more specific plummy Zinfandel character. It’s light, short, and simple in the mouth. Technically correct, basic wine. | 83

Andrew Jefford | Dark but clear red-purple. Very attractive, exuberant raspberry, vanilla, and sweet-spice scents. On the palate, this is a juicy and exuberant wine, too, and better balanced than many of its 2015 peers, with less insistent acidity and a bit more textural wealth. We almost get beyond the fruit to a sense of meatiness here. There is ample sweetness of fruit, but it’s not cloying. The palate fruits are more plum and blackberry rather than raspberry. A very good effort, and a fine introduction to the variety. | 89