Essi Avellan: Deep orange-hued cherry color. Soft, round, evolved, cream- and coffee-toned ripe red-berry nose. Clumsy and unrefined, with a coarse mousse and drying phenolic finish. 13

Simon Field: Seductive and fulsome of hue and aromatic, this is a very solid and impressive vintage wine. The palate is skipping from primary to secondary focus with great dexterity and aplomb; praline, hazelnut, and mandarin mesh with orchard-fruit notes with great skill. Still quite phenolic on the finish, but the phenols are tame and far from bitter. 17

Tom Stevenson: Bright pale peach, withatouch of salmon; slightly oxidizing fruits; disappointing. 13