AR | A healthy youthful ruby in colour, the aromas are lurking in the background, brooding, authentically sangio, there's an attractive fresh and energetic fruit quality on tasting, a feeling that the texture of the dark cherry fruit has been nicely rounded by big oak barrels, so there is a structure, and potential for ageing, thanks to a freshening twist of acidity and nicely resolved tannins. Drink Dates: 2025 - 2035. 92
MP | Ripe red and black fruit including cranberry, strawberry, black cherry and cooked plum are amplified by oaky notes including cedar, clove and coconut. There's a tidy core of solid fruit around which the high alcohol, assertive tannins and bright acidity coalesce. There is excellent length pushed along by notes of blackberry, black cherry and coffee with firm tannins suggesting good potential. Drink Dates: 2030 - 2035. 94