Starter; pale duller ruby, see through; slight volatility, soft plum, pretty and demure, high acid, cherry, simpler, good; maybe someone good's Barbera like Mascarello?; huh? I'd say this needs time but feels like it's more mature than it is already.

Bound up, flinty, steely, some peach, pie crust, mineral, structured, a glistening marble turret on the hillside, compact, young, late sizzling acid; Mouchere?

Somewhat cloudy, aged, orange rim; celery seed, raspberry, aged, leather, tart cranberry, tea, acid still pops, iron and stone, cooked fruits, balsamic, thinner on palate, dusty earth; a touch hard to decipher, went from Burg to N. Rhone to CdP/Gigondas here, called '08 Cote Rotie.

Bacon fat, ripe and powerful fruit but slight corkiness ruins the wine.

Darker core, deep ruby maroon; sexy oak evident right off the bat, ripe powerful fruit, licorice, spice, modern but so well integrated, not the longest finish, glorious nose, mahogany, gentler tannins, still fresh, seems like a hot year; 2007 Chiara Boschis?

Pretty see through ruby; young fresh and sexy, juicy, high toned, lovely herb, some darker fruit on the palate, lots of bass, late mineral, purple hibiscus, a touch of alcohol too; mine.

Dense opaque core with purple rim; tar, volatility, young, bordering on raisin, prune, textured, black fruit, black currant, chestnut, velvety tannins, sits on palate nicely, black licorice; the volatility was a bit much on day 1 but when revisiting on day 2 the balance was really beautiful, I guess this just needs some time.

Cloudy ruby maroon; sandalwood, sexy nose, nutty, oak, modern, still sweet purple fruit, plum, violets, in a good spot, some oak tannin; very good, just a touch fresher than the '03 Gaja but similar in style and seemingly warm year, called '07 Gaja.

Super dark core with thin garnet rim; graphite, black fruit, slight prune, bramble and earth, funk, black truffle, a juicy finish, some green, somewhat rugged; really good, '03 Poyferre?

Sediment, brown core with greenish straw rim; hazelnut, date, fig, bruleed sugar, powerful but a little aged brown vegetal stemmy note; Montilla Moriles?