One of the great wines of the vintage this requires cellaring and should not really be considered until at least twenty years old, and probably much more.

Probably the best wine from a good, ripe though rather variable vintage: still deep at the centre with a thin tawny rim; lovely ripe plummy aromas, open but still brooding with more to reveal; ripe and fleshy on the pala...(read more)

Still quite tight-knit on the nose, mid-weight with gentle, rather lovely cherry fruit and a spicy vestige of the firm tannins that were the hallmark of the 1983 vintage at the outset. Holding together well, 10-20 years...(read more)