Michael Edwards: Even ruby-purple to rim; powerful fruit under high-toned acidity on the nose; quite marked acidity, sinewy. Good but needs to work out its balance-16

Andrew Jefford: Saturated dark black-purple. After a run of rather odd wines, this restores some Languedoc classicism to proceedings: graceful, shapely, and liftedly aromatic Syrah, mainly characterized by sweet blackcurrant and raspberry fruit and floral charm but with a faint leafiness there, too. Wonderful garrigue-like classicism. Lush, intense, concentrated, and profoundly aromatic, this is a remarkable wine of great grace and charm. It has lots of palate wealth and drive, yet the fruit retains that sweet, leafy, lateadolescent enticement right to the end; it is amply textured yet supple, and the wine has a redeeming acid presence of soft supportiveness. Disarmingly good and utterly unique-18

Marcel Orford-Williams: Lovely fruit here, sweet and syrupy. Lovely fruit; plenty of middle and length. This is lovely-18.5