Essi Avellan: Deep lemon-gold color. Stylish, positively restrained nose, with earthy spiciness and ripe red-apple fruitiness. A very intense palate, which finishes a touch austere. Serious, vinous style. Muscular and firm. The sweetness comes at the very finish. Nice, aged richness. 17

Andrew Jefford: Pale to mid-green-gold. Green apple sherbet, with a dusting of icing sugar—enticing. This is excellent: a much bigger wine on the palate than the aromas suggested it might be, with excellent fruit architecture and aromatic resonance. Long, full, fresh, vivid. The finish is a seamless blend of green sappy fruit and stony finesse. Vinous. Rigorous yet rewarding, and takes a lot of scrutiny. Tightly green in the finish, but ripe withal. 17

Tom Stevenson: High acids make for intense, linear fruit, but this wine is not talking much beyond that... Perhaps could have been disgorged later? 16