Essi Avellan: Medium-deep peachy color. Clean, elegant nose, with depth. Creamy, sophisticated palate with balanced dosage and crisp succulent character. Long, fresh, and stylish. 17.5

Simon Field: Onion-skin color and a nose of apricot and late-harvest apples; the palate has quite a high dosage, which makes a valiant attempt to counter the phenolic backdrop. The battle lines are drawn, and once again a little more pre-release time would have infl uenced the outcome most favorably. 15

Tom Stevenson: Glorious! Lovely old-gold color; beautiful, fresh yet mellow fruit of impressive finesse, finishing very long. 19