Michael Edwards: Broader, more largeness but less fine than [2007 Domaine le Soula Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes]; very good, all the same… -16.5

Andrew Jefford: Saturated black-red. Sweet, grainy, herbal: basil and semolina. Soft, open, all its elements slowly sliding apart: drink now. Lots of tannin remains, and that catches in the throat rather, but there is no central palate wealth anymore, and I get the sense that this wine would have been better a few years earlier-12

Marcel Orford-Williams: This is lovely, too, but on the dry side. There is complexity and maturity, and it will still keep, but food is essential in order for this to be allowed to come through-16