Stephen Brook | Thee nose is reticent and subdued, with little overt fruit expression. But then Marsanne is hardly the most aromatic of varieties. The attack is juicy rather than assertive, and the fruit just flows along the palate with placidity. Pleasant enough, but it’s scarcely very nuanced, and the acidity is modest, as is the length. | 86

Simon Field | Darker luster; green-gold, should such a thing exist. An engaging nose; complex and unresolved; orchard fruit, soft spice and yellow plums to the fore; hints of peaches and cream thereafter, and also a pleasing note of stem ginger, which raises the stakes appreciably. This spicy note carries us all the way through, a ripe cadenza notwithstanding. Satisfying and long; powerful yet not without a fundamental equilibrium. | 92

Andrew Jefford | Pale gold. Quiet and understated, brooding, with less blossom than many. Mango and peach fruit, though in the shadows, somehow. Let’s give it a little time and look again. After five minutes or so, there is more creamy fullness and pounded almond, and the fruits are beginning to unpack, so I have some hopes here. A good wine on the palate, too. Generous, ripe but nuanced, and with some of the stony finesse, texture, and length you expect from this fast-rising appellation. As with the aromas, this isn’t highly allusive and high-focus, but classic and structured, with secondary rather than primary aromas. Sound and satisfying and worth keeping for a half-decade or so. | 90