SH | This wine is super clean and controlled with bright ruby tones on colour and subtle use of cream, vanilla, spice on nose together with precise just-ripe cherry fruit. It is firm and assertive on the palate with a touch of greenness to the fruit which is more a reflection of some aspects of the 2020 vintage. A taut, precise, energetic wine and a more linear view of Verduno which I like lot.Drink Dates: 2027 - 2037. 95
AJ | The deepest hued of our four Veduno wines, by a short measure, though translucent at the core. This is a wine with the tarry cast that often seems to show up in this vintage, though there are also rounded curranty fruits. The sweetness is almost violetty, which is nice. Characterful but finally subtle, with a sense of the Verduno urgency and poise to it (despite the depth of colour). Sound, well-drawn wine, though finally if anything a little less complex than I thought it might be from the aromas. However the concentration is good and the lineaments are firm, and this is a wine which will give more in half a decade than now (though it is perfectly accessible).Drink Dates: 2027 - 2035. 90
MP | Curious nose with a vegetal note of boiled cabbage and cooked black fruit. Notes of clove, ink, liquorice and cooked cherry all vie for attention but the backdrop of aggressive tannins and meagre fruit does little to instil confidence in this wines ability to develop.Drink Dates: 2025 - 2028. 90