Nicolas Belfrage: Medium deep with little development on the rim. Intense cherry-berry on the nose, with typical lanolin hints; still developing. Concentrated and complex in the mouth, with tannins of ripeness but chewiness. This is a wine in transition, and it still needs time. Drink from 2018. 92

Stephen Brook: Very deep red. Ripe, smoky, cherry nose, with just a hint of jamminess. Plump attack, broad and rounded, with very ripe tannins. It also has good acidity on the mid-palate and thus cuts the overripe character. It’s disjointed now, so it requires some guesswork to imagine this in a decade’s time. Although the wine seems forward, I’m inclined to give it the benefits of any doubts I have, as it’s fruity, solid, and persistent. 89

Andrew Jefford: Deep black-red. Lots to say for itself: the old farmhouse kitchen, the hams hanging from the ceiling, the blackened stockpot hanging over the wood fire, the mushrooms drying, the old oak sideboard—that sort of thing. Very secondary and allusive. If you want a fruit core to sing out of your Brunello Riserva, by contrast, this is probably not the wine to start with. On the palate, this is concentrated, deep, long, and allusive once again, amply savory, evocative: the sourness of autumn and winter penetrating the sweetness of summer. Admirable, I have to say, and very exciting to drink. 90