Andrew Jefford | Saturated deep black-red and a scarlet rim. Lively, raspberry fruits with a nascent tar-and- tobacco richness behind; beguiling vanilla softens. Deep, smooth, soft, fresh, and mouthfilling, with better depth of fruit and a slightly easier, more relaxed balance than many of its peers. Fine black-cherry, blackcurrant, and black-plum definition, cascading toward a finish which hints at moist coal and pepper. | 91

Michael Schuster | fine and sweet to smell, delicately blackberry ripe; full, fresh, finely firm in tannin; moderately powerful, and yet retaining its overall refinement, long and graceful, racy and complex, very sweet in flavor, some alcohol warmth, and fine length. Will need time. 2030–40+. | 92