89 | Fragrant red fruit with leafy tones. A little char.
90 | Very spicy and smoky tobacco, burnt timber, somewhat grippy tannins, Very grippy indeed.
88 | cedar, cigar box, plums skin , tannic edge, better refinement can be found, oak and tannin on the finish, needs more fruit profile to push my score higher
95 | Starting to show some bottle development - masses of black primary fruit and sweet spice vanilla oak. But then leather bound books and star anise too. Generously fruited, a bold, plump version of merlot. Bags of flavour. No shrinking violet.
