Consistent with previous notes. Very enjoyable as usual. Nice berry fruit, good balance, nice QPR rose.

Medium dark red color. Drank 1 glass blind over 1.5hrs. Decanted for 90 minutes. The nose is impressive with sweet mulberry and plum fruit, cedar, subtle earth, coffee, chocolate, vanilla. The palate again can never quite live up to the nose, medium body, oak, berry, alcohol at times, berry liqueur, medium finish. Too much overt oak especially on the back end of the palate. There may be some significant bottle variation here too as the extremes of scores would suggest. 88 to 89pts.

Very dark red-purple color. Decanted for 1 hour. Drank 1 glass blind over 90 minutes. Nose shows mint, mild eucalyptus, blackberry, mild earth. The palate is medium-full bodied, oak, spicy, mint, blackberry, blackberry liqueur, graphite, average finish. 89+ to 90pts.

Very dark purple color. Drank 1 glass blind over 90 minutes. Nose has a strong aroma of eucalyptus, blueberry, blackberry, blackberry liqueur, briary. The palate is full bodied, nice black and blue fruits, blueberry, blackberry, glycerin, eucalyptus, some earth, minerals, spice, and pepper. Medium plus finish.

Medium red color. PNP, drank 1 glass blind over 90 minutes. Nose is earthy, rich, ripe dark red fruits, cherry, cinnamon, lightly floral. The palate is medium bodied, earthy, cherry, medium finish. 90+pts.

Medium dark red color. Popped and slow-O for 2 hours, open from start. Drank 1 glass blind over 90+ minutes. Gorgeous nose, earth and funk, perfumed, very floral, cherry, raspberry. The palate shows depth and complexity, velvety mouth feel, cherry, raspberry, complex spices, earth, minerality, silky tannins. Elegant and well balanced with a long finish. This was the finest bottle to date (over a year and a half since the last one) and a good sign that this is really approaching its peak. My and group WOTN. 93+ to 94pts.

Purple red color. PNP, drank 1 glass blind over 90 minutes. The nose was just screaming eucalyptus, a little meatiness, some heat, black fruits. Everything on the nose was overwhelmed by the eucalyptus and it didn't change for at least an hour. Finally, and suddenly, the eucalyptus virtually blew off completely and revealed a core of lush black fruits with crème de cassis and blackberry crème brule. A fresh pour brought back the overwhelming eucalyptus. The palate was deeply concentrated, blackberry, crème de cassis, mouth coating glycerin, spice and pepper, round tannins. This drinks young and shows the potential to improve, needs significant air at this point - I would suggest 2+ hours of decant or give this 2+ years.. 90-92pts.

Dark red color. Drank 1 glass blind over 60 minutes. This was earthy and funky, black cherry, mild spices on the lovely nose. The palate is medium plus bodied and has earth, black cherry, pepper, dark mixed berries, smoky, firm medium grained tannins, and a long finish. I didn't get a lot of herbal quality from this but it was surprisingly good for 2008 -- Well done! My #2 and group #2 WOTN. 92+pts.

Medium gold color. PNP, drank 1 glass blind over 30 minutes. The nose shows apricot, pineapple, white peach, subtle florals. The palate is quite sweet, apricot, pineapple, apple, lacks supporting acid, light body, subtle spice. This is young and hopefully will take on some weight with time. 89+pts.

This got thrown into the blind tasting as a joke. Medium pink color. Tasted a couple sips blind. Strawberry nose, sweet. Strawberry palate, very sweet, cloying. As someone noted, it is what it is, and obviously a lot people like it.