Stephen Brook: Opaque red. Closed nose. Rounded, soft, rather flabby, moderately concentrated but lacks lift and energy, solid but unexciting. The fruit is blunt and doesn’t course through the palate. Hefty tannins mar the finish, which is inky and chewy. Medium length. 14.5

Michael Schuster: Dark red; ripe fruit and new wood on the nose; medium-full, but drily tannic wine; barely ripe fruit and wood astringency make this an unattractive prospect! Thin, short, dry, pinched, charmless. 9