Simon Field | Deep barley-sugar color; figs and chocolate, palate a touch volatile, maybe tiring a little, the stentorian grip evidenced elsewhere absent, the edifice thereby less assured despite its firm backbone of acidity. | 86

Andrew Jefford | Bright mid-gold. Tangy and bitter-rich, well rounded and harmonious, but with rather less detail than in some of the younger wines. Attractive, clean, and successfully aged nonetheless. Just a little bit dry-leafy. All of this is true on the palate, too: honorable rather than outstanding. | 87

Roy Richards | Altogether more punchy. There’s nothing subtle about the powerful Amatillado nose. It lacks the harmony so evident in the other older wines. Rustic. | 87