Simon Field | Garrigue, blackcurrant, and a whack of alcohol, yet still a sense of place, probably from the higher Gigondas vineyards, on the limestone escarpment facing up the Dentelles de Montmirail, the Mistral underwriting a survival instinct that translates into warm, ripe, and somewhat foreboding power: licorice and aniseed, hedgerow and woodsmoke. Imperious youth will out. | 93

Andrew Jefford | Dark but not opaque black-red in color. Gentle, quiet, haunting, fresh; very complex though understated scents of pine, wild thyme, dry grasses, warm stone; compelling and very hard not to keep returning to the glass here. True fine-wine aromatics. Concentrated, shapely, deep, complex, and secondary already, with lots of wild-plant freshness, singing acidity, and ample tannins. An outstanding, fine-grained Grenache wine in which the altitude of Gigondas presumably plays a role. | 92

David Williams | Complex, deep, and inviting nose of wild herb, hints of savory-meatiness and macerated red and black fruit; the palate is deep, resonant, rosemary-flecked, and textured; meaty, but with a long, tapering, targeted finish and herbal freshness. A long life ahead, but wildly enjoyable and warming now. | 93