Alison Buchanan: Yellow-green gold, this is relatively subdued on the nose given its color: some stewed orchard fruit with apricot notes. The palate is rather more gregarious, seductively ripe, and honeyed, while retaining a certain freshness. The finish is long and rich, ripe and generous. An oak lover’s crowd-pleaser. 16

Stephen Brook: Some overripeness evident on the nose, with pineapple aromas and a stewed-fruit character. Broad and lush, yet rather hollow, with a touch of residual sweetness alongside a bizarre tartness, as though a blend of overripe and slightly green fruit to add acidity. Not convinced by this. 12

Oz Clarke: Mid-gold. A bizarre, menthol and aftershave nose. Does this rather curious, scented, menthol character come from the wood, I wonder? On the palate, the wine that is both fairly full and acid, yet a little dull, and the acid really is too insistent in the overall scheme of things. 12