Michael Edwards: Sustained, solid color to rim; pure black fruit, with an edge of underpinning acids, especially tannins (nose). A well-structured wine with broad shoulders that will develop with aging- 16.5

Andrew Jefford: Dark black-red. Aromatically, this seems at first slightly muddled, slightly stewy, without much purity and refinement, though with a number of different contributory strands: bacon, stones, sweet raisiny fruits, late summer flowers. With time in the glass, though, it acquires refinement and poise. Firm, full, long, warm, concentrated, tanninbacked, searching, faintly austere toward the finish: a finely crafted wine, with a welldeveloped sense of place to it. I love that finishing austerity, so full of the flavors of roots and woody spices. Unshowy but pure, true, and impressive- 16

Marcel Orford-Williams: Lean, tetchy nose. Bit pinched. Lean and dry on the palate. Dry finish and lacking charm- 10.5