Simon Field: The initial impression is troubling, then stark granitic reality takes over; the shape is more Giacometti than Rubens, linear, spicy, and uncompromising, yet with a genuinely impressive weight of fruit behind it, ripe for sure, sweet, too. A superb edifice, its potential writ large in the sinews of muscular potential. | 92

Andrew Jefford: Dark, saturated purple-black-red, and another magnificently architectural aroma, rich with fresh fruit and poised spices, flowers and perfumer’s spice. Evocative and articulate, despite its early youth: a scent of huge promise. Deep, thrusting, mouth-filling, and commanding on the palate. Huge intricacy of fruit, alive with all of the allusions that were sketched out in the aromas; profuse, drenching tannins, yet so finely milled that you barely notice them as the fruits distract and charm; nascent complexities of spice and other overtones. Grandiose, beautifully vinified, beautifully grown Vintage Port from an extraordinary season. | 96

Richard Mayson: Deep, opaque, picking up the spirit first and foremost on the nose, kirsch; very spirity on the palate, dominates the fruit like a liqueur chocolate but without the depth or flesh to go the distance; skinny tannins mid-palate and onto the finish. | 78