Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill, 2018

The product of a warm and generous growing season, this is initially coiled then broadens with bruised apple, peach skin, lemon peel and conference pear, followed by almond, wild strawberry, cherry pit and a fine lemon thyme herbal note. The characteristic Pol bakery-scented flavours emerge latterly, with a dash of vanilla, cream and crisp buttery croissant; such notes will no doubt develop with more time in bottle. Generous, concentrated and clearly in its infancy, the flavours really build with time and linger long on the palate, with touches of noble bitter cherry, citrus pith and tiny red berries. It is deep and concentrated while being fine boned and incredibly layered and detailed, suggesting much more to come from this luminous charmer.