Andrew Cullimore

9.0

Nice sweet blackberry fruit, plum ripe but not overly so. Blackcurrant on the palate, very ripe tannins , ok acidity . Very nice to drink now , fruit forward . Slightly high alcohol and decent balance . Reasonable finish also . Pretty good — 16 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.5

Deep ruby core and reasonably wide ruby rim. Slightly Deeper than the 07. Starting to show more complexity and development also. More undergrowth , tobacco. There is a sweet ripe strawberry/ blackberry compote note. Some mineral once again. Lovely ripe blackberry fruit, plum , very long and complex . Tannin is evident, though ripe it is fine grained and hangs on the finish. Acid is also higher than the 07. A big wine , really needs more time . Very complex mineral and coffee edged finish. Best of the 3 so far. — 16 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

8.6

Golden yellow , not deep but pretty mature looking. Nice buttery nose, mineral also , reasonable freshness, mature but alive . Some ripe peach , apricot , buttery on the palate. Reasonable length , slight alcoholic kick. Not bad overall . Certainly a wine to drink now , I wouldn’t leave it any longer . Drink up! — 24 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Am excellent wine , quite powerful and fruit driven , dark cherry and blackberry ,anise also. There is a mineral undertone and long balanced finish . Will improve further . Restaurant focus , Parkhotel Vitznau on 7/11/18. — a month ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Quite closed still, quite ripe fruit and maybe a mineral touch. Nice ripe peach and apricot notes, long on the palate. Mineral touch on the finish. Balancing acidity , surprisingly young. — 16 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

8.8

Still relatively deep ruby core the rim is changing to a more garnet tinge, more watery also. Quite aromatic , more herbal and developed . Then there is a fig note, tea like notes also. Strawberry compote on the palate, elegant sweet fruit. The finish is slightly shorter than the others , alcohol more evident . Acid is quite refreshing. A toffee note , quite confected . Acidity does seem quite angular and the finish lacks the complexity of other vintages . After coming back there is also an a burnt rubber note on the nose. — 16 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Deep ruby center , light medium wide ruby rim. Quite rounded, sweet blackberry , cherry and plum. There is also a steely mineral note. Touch of vanilla. Plum and blackberry notes in the mouth, quite elegant and refined . There is nice ripeness to the fruit and very good balance and length. That mineral touch returns on the finish. Very nice and complete, will surely age very well though it is accessible now. Tannin is present but sweet , refreshing acidity. Coming back to the glass there is a black pepper note that comes through. The acidity and tannin now seem more marked. — 16 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Clinging to a ruby core and a wide garnet rim . Moving to more tertiary notes, undergrowth , leather, coffee, tobacco. More fruit on the palate, very pretty strawberry and blackberry note , less confected than the 98, better balanced also. The finish is clean and balanced , long and elegant. — 16 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Deep red ruby, wider ruby rim. Slightly more high toned, sweet vanilla , showing less fruit comes across as slightly more one dimensional than the 2009. Slightly more advanced I suppose . Ripe blackberry palate, strawberry also maybe. Tannin is very suave and sweet, the palate is long mineral tinge on the finish also. Nice saline touch and balancing acidity . Probably needs a bit more time to open. Complexity I feel is still very much hidden , needs more time in bottle. Coming back to the glass the fruit does seem riper than the 09, alcohol also seems a touch higher. Length is good but perhaps the acidity is less marked than the 09. — 16 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

8.0

Browning rim , garnet /brown center. Quite oxidative on the nose , seems pretty old really. Maybe touch of undergrowth, farmyard notes , no real fruit left. On the palate it is more attractive , again the undergrowth notes come through , however there is a touch of black fruit coming through . The palate is soft though there is a tannic dryness , length is reasonable all considered and the wine isn’t hollow at least . Probably would have been quite decent, for what was a pretty poor vintage , about a decade ago . I suppose it is slightly better than I expected . Though expectations were very low. — 24 days ago