SH | Softly fragrant nose but diffuse not focused or precise aromas but nevertheless pleasant with a hint of brown sugar ripenes, together with sultana and dried fruit aromas. The palate is leaner, more angular and livelier because of the acidity with crunchy, green cherry flavours but a little lightweight and simple overall.Drink Dates: 2025 - 2033. 89
AJ | Translucent garnet-red. Warm, sweet and rounded: serene and pleasing, though without a great deal of aromatic detail. Bright and lively, with adequate concentration and moderate complexity. Very clean, fresh, fair and frank: a lively mouthful of the real deal. Not for long storage but will bring plenty of pleasure over the next decade, and very true to the vintage.Drink Dates: 2025 - 2035. 90
MP | Charming nose that combines ripe red and black fruit in a textbook show of Nebbiolo strength with hawthorn, red cherry, strawberry, cranberry, black plum, black cherry with liquorice, black pepper, hay and ginger. The palate exudes a similar confidence with a textbook blend of high acidity, firm tannins and high alcohol. The finish is driven by the fruit and the structure in equal measure with a gorgeous confluence of the two suggesting decent potential in the cellar. This has complexity and structure without undue reliance on oak and it's all the better for it.Drink Dates: 2028 - 2038. 97