Musty, oxidized nose, but perfumed with yellow stone fruit. Not too concentrated on the palate, and I detected some light oak usage. Slightly metallic finish.

Brutally sulphured nose. Nutty, rich, steely, and minerally. Judicious oak use, with great balance everywhere. Lovely '08-style acidity, and a very long finish.

Spicy nose, with lots of secondary characteristics on the nose. Smoky, peppery, and spicy aromas. On the palate, the fruit is dissipating; there are flavours of tobacco, leather, and smoke. Seems dried out.

Somewhat youthful on the nose; but there are also some slight musty notes. Also present are some dusty earth notes. Sweet and earthy on the palate, but not too concentrated. Seems to be fading.

From magnum. Incredibly rich nose. Perfumed and refined. Powerful fruit-driven aromas with no hint of oxidation. No sense of oak influence; the acidity has a steely mineral quality to it. Linear, concentrated and powerful. Incredible.

From magnum. Brown baking spice on the nose, but a bit of greenness is noticeable. Slightly astringent nose; it's like you can smell the stems. On the palate, this has good red berries and floral flavours, but still suffers from the greenness of the vintage. In context however, this is very good.

Really inky. Very concentrated nose, with some soy sauce notes as well as notes of sour cherry and other red fruits. Very big and ripe on the palate as well. It's enjoyable but there just anything else to keep interest. Gets cloying.

Cedary, vegetal nose. Slightly stemmy. Sweet on the palate; smooth tannins. Exuberant; I feel that this could use a bit more structure. For me, it just seems too hedonistic and ripe.

Slightly fecal aromas on the nose, but definitely identifiable as Bordeaux. On the palate, this is a bit too sweet, with dissipating tannins. A hedonistic wine. Great but not mindblowing.

The more I drink it, the more I realize I dislike Chateauneuf-du-Papes. An animalistic, barnyard-inflected funky nose. Very alcoholic and lots of acidity, but there is a feeling of unripeness in the wine that makes me wonder how one would use such green grapes to make such alcoholic wine. Astringent, and not pleasant.

Rich and ripe nose on which you can already detect the extraction. A small hint of chlorine. On the palate, this is very ripe and very, very sweet and fruity. The suaveness hides the high alcohol content which I'm guessing is around 15%. Seems like a vintage port without the bite of any spirits.