Essi Avellan | Medium-lemon color. Sophisticated nose, with creamy-toasty complexity. Rich and expressive, with lovely gunpowdery whiffs. Round palate, emphasizing the dried-fruit profile. There is volume and freshness on the sweetly fruity, instantly impressive palate. Long finish. | 95

Simon Field | Attractive, soft gold color; gentle mousse; nose of briary, plum, hazelnut, and quince; and enhances the promise hitherto demonstrated; the red fruit now more vibrant, the citric elements clearer of definition, slate and flint on the finish; peat and forest floor; all most satisfying! | 92

Anthony Rose | Pale gold, this has that intriguing beer-yeasty, sourdough nose, suggesting beneficial lees-aged development; and it follows through on the palate, which shows an intense ripe fruitiness bisected by a trenchant fresh acidity in a delicate and complex fine mousse that dissolves, with tangy, Cox’s apple bite, into a finely balanced, long, dry finish. | 94