Jancis Robinson:
#0 Violet - Very slightly cloudy. Extraordinary nose – it explodes out the glass, a shower of a hundred different things, like a multi-coloured firework that you can only stand back and gawp at in childish delight. It has the kaleidoscopic acidity of Furmint – the angles, the colours, the patterns so complex and jewelled, sharp lines forming round shapes, defying anyone to pin it down, shifting the moment you try. I’ll try. Pineapple, red cherries, marigold petals and Turkish delight. Green apples and salty jalapeño and sweetly spiced baked pears. It curves around you, as if it’s soft and kitty-like, and then you poke it and realise that those curves are made of steel. It’s controlled and pulled as tight as a piano wire. But there is a wildness, a defiance. Foot-stomping, campfire-lit, primeval-rhythm hypnotic defiance 17/20 point
#1 Leslie - Linden blossom, late-harvest apples, pear and propolis. Stunning acidity. Bone dry and thrums with excitement. Something a little dusty in a fragrant way, even in the mouth, like pollen dust on a hot summer’s day. Tastes like apples and tarragon in lime glass. Touch of spice on the top of the palate. There’s texture here as well, as if the dustiness of the nose is fine-ground dust in the wine. The length is all about that vibrating acidity, rather than about flavour. Feels not quite ready to be drunk. 16,5++/20 point
