JAMES SUCKLING: "Plenty of fruit and depth with blackberry, iodine, salt and violets on both the nose and palate. It's full and finely tannined with serious intensity."

DECANTER: "A rich slick stripe of damson and smoked oak, but things close down pretty quickly on the palate. There are fine but tight tannins here, with a sweep of acidity traveling fast and swift through the palate, until the whole thing expands and softens after a minute in the glass. Great delicacy, power and depth, you would almost think there is Cabernet Franc in here because of its verticality, and beautifully rough slate texture on the finish. I love it. Drinking Window 2028 - 2042."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine Edelholznuancen, zart nach Kokos, schwarze Waldbeeren, ein Hauch von Pflaumen und frischen Feigen ist unterlegt, etwas Nougat. Komplex, saftig, engmaschige Textur, frische Kirschen, reife eingebundene Tannine, sehr gut anhaftend, verfügt über sicheres Reifepotenzial." - Peter Moser