19.5 points
Matthew Jukes, March 2024, MatthewJukes.com
With trademark exoticism and deep violet florals, this is an elegant, spicy, superb wine with a calmness and luxuriousness that is already starting to assimilate. Long, layered and refined, this is a wonderfully refreshing wine; at 16 years old, it still looks bright and bold.
96 points Sarah Ahmed, March 2024, Decanter.com
Well-upholstered, with plush baked plum, fruit ‘leather', black olive and tapenade, plus praline and chocolate oak (100% new). Long leash tannins let the fruit spool out, revealing notes of black tea, iodine, baking spices, cardamom and tamarind paste. Then the finish reels in, with crushed stone-like dry extract. Satisfyingly expansive, yet powerful and controlled, it reflects a year in which grapes were harvested during a record heatwave, with 15 consecutive days over 35°C.
20 points
Jancis Robinson MW, March 2024, JancisRobinson.com
Deep shaded dark ruby. Wonderfully intense and complex nose. This wine just wraps itself around you! (And I haven't even tasted it yet.) Intense cocktail of prunes and something floral. Really rich. Luscious palate of gorgeously ripe fruit, just the right level of refreshing acidity with mineral top notes. Extremely rewarding with many layers. Very long indeed.
