Nicolas Belfrage: Deep, almost opaque. Rather quiet on the nose at first. Chunky, muscular wine of rather male gender; has guts but is a bit short on delicacy and finesse. Makes up for it though with concentration and structure. This has the characteristic leathery character of good Brunello. Plenty to it, but it needs time. Drink from 2018. 88

Stephen Brook: Opaque red. Lush, opulent, black-cherry nose, surprisingly open and aromatic. Very rich and creamy, concentrated of course, but with enough acidity to give some freshness. There’s power here and a good deal of alcohol, I suspect, but it’s essentially hedonistic and up front. Mocha and chocolate tones probably derive from a fair dose of new oak. A wine that gives a great deal of pleasure but its profile is more Super-Tuscan than classic Riserva. I’m not suggesting anything untoward is going on, but it does have a slightly baked coastal quality to it. Tannic, structured, and quite long. 89

Andrew Jefford: Saturated, dark black-red. Rich, sweetly spicy, faintly mentholated aromas; a farmy, savory element, too. Richly vegetal, almost compostlike, with turned humus. As you see, lots going on, though it would be hard at this stage to call it focused or refined. On the palate, this is a big, concentrated, dramatic wine in which everything is vivid and long, from the sweetness of its fruits and handling, to the acidity of the variety and the decompositional, autumnal complexities that are the birthright of the place. An ambitious wine that might merit a higher score still with further age. 90