AJ | Translucent deep red with some tile and brick. Soft and mature, aromatically: you'd say it was absolutely fully ready now. Clean, well-knit and attractive in this style, however. No great aromatic detail, but ample nosefuls of mellowness and open, evolved fruit. Absolutely as the nose outlined: mid-weight, mid-concentration, on the slender style, but very enjoyable in the short term and no qualms at all about style or truth to place. Admirably brisk tannins on the finish, but they aren't forbidding and the level of fruit concentration and ripeness still means that it will be best in the short to medium term. Drink Dates: 2025 - 2031. 89
BB | Garnet to tawny. Mature, prunes, cedar wood, dried flowers, decadent, earthy nose. Medium body with green tannins and short, lean finish Drink Dates: 2025 - 2028. 84