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CAMPBELL MATTINSON WINE FRONT: What elevates this wine is its finesse. It tastes of earth, leather and red cherries, with roasted spice notes sprinkled throughout, but it’s the interplay of tannin, fruit and acidity that puts a skip in its step, an elegant twirl, that that’s enough to give it something. 91+ POINTS
MARCUS ELLIS HALLIDAY : Open fermented with native yeasts; on skins for 16 days. Classically varietal, this is redolent of cherries, woody herbs and dusty earth notes. The oak ageing (12 months in older French) gives it the palate tension a Chianti-phile might expect. But this is the Vale, and a near-40-year history here makes it a rusted on local, with this an excellent example of why it is so suited – mid-weight, sinewy, fresh, savoury and crying out for food. 92 POINTS