Simon Larkin : Ripe cherry, sweet and fragrant. The palate hinges on sweet, refined cherry fruit. There is a good intensity here, though slightly overpowered by vanillin nuances from new oak that really cut the palate short. In the modernist style, slightly overworked with a marked oak influence, its appeal is likely to remain short-term. 15.5

Nicolas Belfrage: Slightly chemical nose and stewed palate. Fairly typical of 1997, fermentation degrees too high, alcohol too high, fruit compromised. 10