Simon Field | An authoritative color with alcoholic tears berating the glass; the palate is creamy, indulgent, and rather jejune. Ripeness of fruit and a balanced, albeit youthful, personality evidenced, tight and unyielding. There is, however, potential. | 86

Andrew Jefford | Full yellow. Ah! What a lovely aroma. Imagine getting up late on an early summer’s day (before the wild flowers have faded and died) in the depth of the southern French countryside, then flinging open the windows—that’s what this wine evokes. Super complexity and charm here. On the palate, too, it is a very fine wine: rich, generous, mouth-filling, with huge weight and depth, succulence and richness. All that aromatic finesse is there, and there is also an undertow of supremely ripe, gentle acidity keeping it all burbling along, as if a stream was running through the landscape... Top white Châteauneuf-du-Pape, and a delicious wine for drinking tonight. | 93

John Livingstone-Learmonth | Bright, pretty full, yellow. The nose engages well, offers a handsome mixed bag of peach, cooked orange, and tilleul (or linden). The palate sets off well, links closely, and gives a fresh bout of well-streamlined content. There is oaking on the aftertaste, hence a note of toffee. This captures some freshness, and its center revolves around squeezy gras. It will be more integrated, and the finish more interesting, in two or three years. 2019–25/27. | 87