Starter wine; see through crimson, pale rim with orange hues; young and fresh on the nose, rose petals, elegant, floral, wild strawberry, soft red strawberry, slight orange, fresh; more linear on the palate, slight bitter note in back, softer fruit, firm acid but not really hard tannins, mineral, some age, not the friendliest; thought this was an earlier developer like an '09 Perbacco.

Nose is slightly muddy, bitter, leather, dusty clay, brick dust, less olive; better on the palate, lighter to medium body, sort of a natural wine finish, grains, rye bread, slight chocolate powder; ok, holding on but not a great example.

Black core with garnet rim; coffee, some blue fruit, espresso, good bit of oak, chocolate, balm, structured but modern, cherry, black currant, creamy, mocha, young, integrating but needs more time; I like the stuffing, was in St. Emilion.

Dark chocolate core with reddish violet rim; raisin, prune, nutty, black fruit, mineral, sun baked fruit; good grip, black fruit, good character, sweet ripe and raisiny; nobody on this one, off bottle I think.

Very dark opaque core with garnet rim; reminds me of the Clos de l'Oratoire but Left Bank, coffee, new oak, peaty, green pepper, chocolate, vanilla, wet earth; very nice texture, big and plump, softer tannin, polished, easy; soft and yummy; thought this could have been Clerc Milon or Pichon Baron from the '09/'10 vintages, a bit off on vintage but this shows how well this should age, still quite young but drinkability is impressive; my WOTN.

Black core with larger maroon rim, throwing some fine sediment; have to search a bit for the nose but there is black olive, violets, deep, aged, tar, white pepper, great texture, hard to get any granite, good acid; tasty.

Dark core with reddish violet rim; reduced, chocolate covered cherry, ripe, dark fruit, slight nutty VA; grainy tannin, darker Sangio?, brooding a little bit, nutty, fresh acid; called '07 Argiano BdM.

Very dark core with duller crimson rim; dark fruit, concrete, almost grapey, prune, red and black raspberry; Grenache-like fruit, grippy tannin, pithy, bitter (Grenache) note, darker fruit, mineral, volcanic, nice fruit; still may need a bit more time for fruit and tannin to settle; called Sicily even though reminiscent of Grenache, volcanic note didn't make sense, everyone else in CdP.

Black core with dull maroon rim; some age, brown sugar, dark fruit, almost stewed, tobacco, some grip, very tannic, raw meat, currants; called '97 Cali Cab; a bit disjointed at this stage, if well stored I'd suggest waiting another 5 years.

Black core with reddish violet rim; new oak, sweet fruit, the creamiest thus far this evening, chocolate, tobacco, vanilla; grainy tannin, dark fruit, leather, smoke, black currant, plum; tough showing in the context of this evening.

Cloudy maroon, dull rim; red fruit, complex nose, some sulfur, sour cherry, slight animal; tar and taut on the palate, smoky red cherry, slight medicinal, musky cherry, plush, sappy fruit and texture, cranberry and sour cherry, higher alcohol and some sweet fruit; everyone thought this was Burgundy; showing some age, not sure if this will improve so I would drink sooner.

Crimson core showing good clarity, orange in rim; roses, candied cherry, pretty, wild strawberry; grippy palate, mineral, oak tannin, Robitussin, lighter more elegant; sexier than most Gaiuns but needs more time.