AJ | Dark black-red Soft, warm red fruits: gentle and comely. A simple, sweet but genuine appeal here, with lots of cherry charm. This seems a sensible approach to this difficult vintage: a gentle, light touch. The fruit clearly has troubled and rather unlovely ripeness, but the balance is unobtrusive and the wine is accessible. As usual, there is significant concentration but in this bizarre vintage it is almost a handicap, robbing the wine of the early drinkabilty it really needs. I feel the acidty will always be problematic. Drink Dates: 2025 - 2029. 87
BB | Deep ruby to pink. Clean, mature youthful, bright red fruits, salty nose. Medium body, clean with fine tannins and lively, red cherries finish. Drink Dates: 2026 - 2030. 93