AJ | The clearest and lightest of its peers: a deep scarlet. Another wine whose relatively subdued fruit seems shadowed by oak at this stage -- perhaps a shame. A banana note also, adding sweetness to the cherry. The palate is just a little dry-fruited, but it has considerable grace and elegance -- and restraint. Part of that dryness are the tannins but I'd still much rather have them than not. Redcurrant fruits, here, which makes a welcome change to all the cherry and raspberry. Very digestible.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2029. 90
AR | This is relatively pale in colour, but no more so you might be expected for a youthful pinot noir; the aromas show a combination of nicely integrated oak and dark berry fruit in the right proportion even if the oak vanilla is a tad prominent at this point in time; and when you taste, the same proportions are nicely measured in the flavours of juicy-textured cherry affirmed in a positive sense by background oak spice and underlined by a nice structure of freshness and tannin, bringing it to savoury conclusion.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2030. 91
DW | Some earthy tones here: beetroot and pomegranate as well as cherry and red plum and bergamot - this is recognisably Pinot in flavour and also in feel, with an agile suppleness and fleshiness to a bright, juicy slightly candied medium finish. Again, very and pleasantly accessible if not built for the long haul.Drink Dates: 2024 - 2028. 88