Andrew Jefford | Mid-depth of translucent red. Bottle 1: Corky. Bottle 2: Vivid, fresh red cherry-plum fruits in still-youthful guise. Excellent fruit on the palate, too: vivid, nuanced, and ripe, carrying the wine as it should, with some delicate structural work to shape and settle the wine. Overall, the effect is still soft—but classy and refined, and with better concentration and depth than most of its peers. A very good Pinot indeed, and well up to Burgundy village or lower level premier cru standard. There is some resonance, depth, and lyricism (the great Pinot qualities) here. | 91

Anne Krebiechl | On the nose, tart red fruit blends with the earthy purity and freshness of peaty spring water. The palate also bears the same, lovely, earthy echo of pu-erh tea, which has a definite but gentle grip, sometimes verging on autumnal notes of roasted pumpkin. Amid this, redcurrant fruit shimmers enticingly. An earthy, brooding wine, almost moody but also mysterious. | 94