Simon Field | A bold color and creamy nose, vanillin and ripe green fruit nicely juxtaposed. The palate is generous, seamlessly textured, perfect balancing acidity, too fine to be engineered, and Roussanne given an indulgent rein. A modern, moreish style, yet supremely crafted and perfectly poised. | 92

Andrew Jefford | Full yellow-gold. The nose is warm, and slightly clumsy; generous but not particularly allusive. Vivid, lush, fresh, and full on the palate, with some aromatic finesse here, but paradoxically, too, a kind of grassy streak to it, which the rich color didn’t suggest was coming. | 87

John Livingstone-Learmonth | Full yellow robe. The nose is ripe, concentrated around glazed fruits, white raisin, nuts. It’s a sturdy affair. The palate holds full richness and has a grounded length, a real worker bee of prolonged content. This is genuine, local. There is an appealing savory style, and it captures Châteauneuf well. Very grounded and authentic. Decant it. Pieds and paquets, kidneys in a juniper sauce would be ace with this, to match its infused tea, near-juniper, presence. To 2028/31. | 91