Michael Edwards: Deep-purple color, with black touches; marked intensity of black-fruit aromas but natural to the wine and not overextracted—in a winemaking sense. Fine, intense mouthfeel; rich but with a classic austerity and promise of complexities to come. Very fine- 17

Andrew Jefford: Dark, saturated black-red. The Languedoc is characterful at all times, and this is another wine with a singular aromatic profile: cistus, dental gas, wheat-beer yeastiness, crushed lemon verbena leaves. Strange but oddly alluring in its own way… Soft, lush, full, tangy but rather dry, overly licorice fruit at the end. This lacks any sense of freshness or precision, though it’s amply if dangerously characterful- 10.5

Marcel Orford-Williams: Full flavor. Tannic. Lots here, but it’s not quite hanging together. Finish is hard and dry. Desperately needs food. Intriguing, though, and not without complexity- 16