Nicolas Belfrage: Nose is black cherry with hints of chocolate. On the palate it’s chunky and darkchocolaty and rich, with an uppish octane that gives it a Porty element that suits the style, which I personally find very attractive. Drink from 2018. 92

Bruno Besa: Deep garnet to ruby, pink. Mature, morello-cherry nose, a touch closed and not very expressive at the moment, showing little complexity. Balanced palate, with firm, refined tannins. Youthful red and black fruit. This wine definitely needs time to lose its primal fruit character. Time will tell. 92

Andrew Jefford: Deep, dark though non-opaque black-red; one of the deepest hues in this tasting. A warm mist of redcurrant and red plum, but not a lot visible beyond that at this stage, and a little bit reductive in style. Wow—the palate is a great engine of tannin-clad fruit, growling away and just waiting for time to stamp on the pedal. There’s a huge amount packed into this sensationally deep and grippy Brunello. It’s a bit of a challenge to mark, though: high marks for sheer volume, concentration, and depth, but in stylistic terms it’s a little bit of a rough diamond, which will need at least five years to resolve. Will it then acquire the serenity and harmony one hopes for? I’m not wholly sure, but there’s so much in here that it’s surely worth trying. At this stage, though, it does not have the polish and finesse of the very best. 90