Mayford Tempranillo 2016 – 93 Points

Sure it was a difficult season but Eleana Anderson doesn’t accept excuses; she never puts out a bad wine.

There’s a glossy, polished aspect to this wine, often part of the Mayford appeal, though this release comes with rugged tannin too. A wine of rugged good looks, you could say. It’s raspberried, meaty, floral and laced with sweet, cedary oak. I thought it was fractionally hollow at first, the effect of the tannin, but as it breathed it was plain to see that there’s more than enough fruit and flavour here. I could drink this wine without any problem but I suspect it will be a much better wine with a few years under its belt.
Drink : 2018 – 2025+

Campbell Mattinson – The Wine Front