Michael Edwards: Firm, fine wine. Sleeping now, but it will open up with food- 17

Andrew Jefford: Dark black-red. Sweet, round, warm, soft-contoured, yet now relatively inarticulate. Soft, mellow, open, but gently dissolving in the autumn breeze. Harmonious, close-textured, engaging, yet any sense of primary fragrance and youthful vivacity has now gone. It has a slightly salty dryness to it, and I am convinced that the slight increment in harmony truly compensates. In other words, I think this good wine would probably have been a little better when it was younger- 13

Marcel Orford-Williams: Very full and brawny. Dry and rather subdued by some aggressive oak, or so it seems. Finishes dry and a little hollow. Drink now- 14