Deep yellow color. Stony white fruit and hints of pepper. Orchard fruit on the palate with a subtle but distinct tropical edge. Bright acidity. Guessed Albariño.

Opens with a dirty quality that's kind of distracting but that quickly blows off leaving pear, florals and peach notes. There's some very nice fruit on the palate along with honeycomb and a subtle floral quality. The floral notes had me thinking Viognier, and I thought domestic.

Nonblind, tasting the leftovers from the Friday group warm ups. Lovely smoky, toasted orchard fruit and linen notes. Full-bodied. Apple and toast on the palate as well and the fruit carries the wood nicely. Excellent. I didn't jot down a score, but I'd say 92-95 range depending upon your tolerance/like of toast.

Nonblind, tasting the leftovers from the Friday group warm ups. Notes of banana, florals and apple. Medium-bodied; flavors of tropical fruit with a nice finish. This seems a bit four square - decent but nothing exciting, although perhaps being opened 24 hours earlier has a little to do with that. Well-made; good.

Ruby color. Opens with a pleasant funkiness followed by cherry and spice and a great perfumed floral quality. Spicy red fruit dominates the palate. This really grabbed my attention and held on to it- at peak.

Herbal, peppery and briny with dark fruit underneath. Lighter on the palate than I expected based on the bouquet, with pepper, red fruit and nice acidity.

Aromas of dark fruit, tobacco and currant with a nice earthy undertone. Lighter in body than the bouquet and color suggest, with integrated tannin and flavors of dark fruit, plum and forest floor. Finishes with good length. To me this seemed old world and I guessed Bordeaux.

Opens with a briny, pickled note along with plum and dark fruit. Black fruit and spice on the palate with a nice finish. Turns sour on the finish as it sits and I thought I detected some VA as well. No guess, and I certainly didn't recognize it as our Novy.

This was terrific when the cork was first pulled- I can't believe how quickly it fell apart. We quickly double decanted it off its sediment just before we left for the tasting- this hadn't been open for more than an hour. Recommend pop & pour.

Another one with a briny quality in the bouquet, along with dark fruit and underbrush. There's a nice mix of red and dark fruit on the palate and it finishes with good length. Develops blue fruit and vanilla qualities; structured but enjoyable. No guess.

Aromas of dark fruit, incense and vanilla. Dark fruit dominates the palate; long finish. Guessed Syrah.

Nice fruit in the bouquet, along with spice, tar and burnt rubber notes. Thin and rubbery on the palate at first, but dark fruit and spice qualities come on as it sits. Guessed Syrah.

Again, compared to when it was first opened and double decanted off its sediment, this was disappointing. It had been open two hours prior so here again, pop & pour is recommended.

Notes of red fruit, spice and oak. Soft and pleasant but somewhat nondescript as I really don't get a sense of what this is. Nice structure; abundant dark fruit on the palate with a nice finish. I ended up guessing Syrah on this one as I really didn't know where else to go with it.

Notes of dark fruit and cassis. Initially a bit thin on the palate and rather tight- dark fruit. Even with vigorous swirling tis remains tight and tannic; big. Guessed Petite Sirah.