Alex Hunt: This older wine has lots going on aromatically: a sort of BBQ sauce sweetspiciness, lifted by menthol and raspberry-jam notes. The palate, though, while nicely balanced, has a very strong taste of the stable yard. It seems like some rogue microbes have thrown this off balance. 82

Andrew Jefford: Deep though non-opaque black-red. Very sweet and a touch confit, with a dusty tone; yet there is also something a little green in here, too. Plus oak. Ambitious but a bit raw. The palate corresponds. For me, there is not a great deal of harmony here, though it is a wine with good things inside; the green tones and overt oak hold it back from a top score, though it remains eminently drinkable. 84

Peter Liem: This is gamey and earthy underneath its ripe, sappy fruit, showing notes of leather and rosemary under its energetic flavors of black cherry and blackberry. It finishes with bright aromas and taut, lively length. 88