Tim Atkin: Mid-ruby with some brick red at the rim. Leafy, cassis-and-wood-smoke nose, touch of burned rubber, but lots of flavor and breadth and personality. Nice, sweet oak, leafy, soft. Not sure this will age, but it’s ripe and soft and easy to drink. Burned rubber drying out the finish slightly, but enough fruit to carry it. 16.5

Gerard Basset: Medium ruby. Pronounced nose. Strong cassis, hint of cedar. Firm but ripe in structure, cassis and cigar wood, medium-long finish. 16

Anthony Rose: Medium ruby hue, minty, herbal Cabernet undertones on the nose, distinctive cool-climate mintiness and cassis flavors, nicely juicy, supple fresh-fruit quality, quite firm grippy tannins and acidity, nicely integrated touch of cedary oak, well-crafted Bordeaux-blend style with good overall balance of texture and freshness. 17