The perfect 2013 Vecina offers up notes of pen ink, scorched earth, espresso, blackcurrant liqueur and blackberries. It is a fabulously great wine, with supple, well-integrated tannin, decent acidity, and a skyscraper-like mouthfeel, with extraordinary purity and richness. This is an amazing wine to drink over the next 50 years, although I would probably suggest cellaring for five or more at present.- RP

Aromas of plums and terracotta with flowers and fresh herbs such as lemon grass. Full body. This young red envelops your palate with polished and velvety tannins that turn to ripe fruit, light smoke, cedar and chocolate undertones. Dusty texture. Salty and savory. Superb intensity. Can't wait to drink it on release and onwards.

The 2013 Vecina is another wine in this tasting that is starting to show early signs of maturity. The tannins remain dominant to the point that the wine feels a bit constricted. Today, the 2013 is not especially expressive, certainly not to the degree it has been in the past. The Vecina may be past the absolute peak of profound beauty it exhibited a few years ago. -- Antonio Galloni

Remarkably complex, focused and structured, with a rich, fruity entry supported by fine-grained tannins and seductively creamy, mocha-tinged oak. Taken as a whole this is an enticingly complex and ageworthy effort. Drink now through 2030. 460 cases made. — JL

Dark, rich black fruits, pencil shavings and chapparal (California's garrigue) preface a ripe, ample and substantially-framed wine, the largest-scaled and most obviously ripe of the Bond wines, though savoury, crisp tannins keep things serious. From deep, fine gravel soils in west Oakville, it will be interesting to watch this cuvée's evolution over the vintages to come.