Medium dark purple. Not opaque.
Gorgeous nose of ripe blueberries, blackberries. Nice play of leather with creamy pie-like aromas of more dark berries.
Violets on the back end. Tons on the nose, especially for a wine at this price point.
Feminine in style showcasing lots of fruit and now mocha. Lovely aromatics.
Palate shows raspberry, bitter chocolate and earthy cassis. Easy drinking with lots of solid backbone and acidity.
Excellent value at this price and a great bottling overall regarless of price.

Fantastic bottle of juice!!! Slightly more opaque than the 2006. Deep ruby (rather than 2006's purple) color. Still some purple tint near core.
Beautiful full nose. Lots of layered dark elegant fruit. Blackberries, dark cherries, with licorice, and some nice heat that's enjoyable with its accompanying fruit.
Excellent on palate. Rich and extracted showing the lenth, purity and finesse of a $100 Napa Cab to be honest. Plums, blackberries, leather and some sure signs of quality oak.
Medium high acidity, alcohol and tannins. Very well integrated as a whole. Expansive finish with a full, round and opulent mouth feel. This, for the money, was the wine of the evening.
I recommend anyone grab a bottle of tihs if it's in your price range and you are looking for a blockbuster stlyed New World bottling. You get a lot of bang for your buck - I promise.

Deep royal purple color. Opaque only at the center. Less berry driven than the Termes with masculine force.
Charred wood, gravel and tar accompany black spices mostly pepper. Bitter chocolate roll off the back end of the nose.
Palate is very lush and approachable now though showing great potential for 5-10 year ageing.
Lush and round on the nose, though showing much more oak the the 2005. A little thinner and lighter stylistically than the '05 as well.
This was probably a sign of the vintage as a whole rather than vinifaction considering I found to be the same when comparing the '05 and '06 Termanthia.
High acidity, moderate high alcohol and tannins lead way to solid vanilla with a toasty component. Rose petals show during the last sip.
Stylistically the '05 performs better for me, though this is very nice.

Tasted from a Magnum. Showing really nicely. A few years in the bottle has done wonders on this juice.
So refined and elegant. Has characteristics of a gorgeous Bordeaux.
Medium dark ruby. Opaque at the center but showing signs of age only around the rim -- and only slightly.
Nose reminds me a bit of a California Cult Cabernet (like the 2005) showing a few years under its belt.
Nose is a bit restrainted but has elegance and finesse. Fabric softener, baked ginger bread and soft cinnamon spice also on the nose.
Rustic rastpberries on the palate with more baking spice, leather and refined ruby red fruit. Flowers and cigar box also on the back end.
Spot on balance in the finish. I seriously enjoyed this wine. This has another decade of life, but it sure is singing out of the 1.5L today.
I wonder if I would have enjoyed this bottling as much if I had tasted it upon release...?

Etheral wine showing massive gobs of fruit, earth, flowers, minerals and different shades of mocha. Wow!
Dark purple. Actually lighter than the regular 2005 Numanthia Estate believe it or not...yet the nose was ENORMOUS comparatively.
Dark cherries, violets, plummy oak, cassis, crushed slate, gravel....where do I end. It just keeps going and going.
Each time I picked the glass up to my nose I was forced to focus solely on the wine.
Just when I thought I could get away...it pulled me back in.
From 120 year old (Pre-phylloxera) vines, the grapes are individually hand picked, sorted and pressed by foot.
On the palate crazy rhubarb action followed by royal aromas of dark cherry, dark roast mocha espresso and cigar. Richer and darker than the 2006.
Silky smooth, this royal and elegant bottling has so much opulence in the nose you don't even want to drink it....then when you do...you can't wait to take another sip.
In the last drops I start to detect notes of burnt caramel and medium dark white toast. Exceptional balance on the finish which lasts nearly 60 seconds.
This is legendary stuff with tremendous ageing potential -- two decades with ease.
WINE OF THE NIGHT.

Identical in color to the 2005. Not opaque but beautiful lively medium dark purple.
Sweeter and riper than the 2005 showing more lushness and floral aromas.
Awesome candied berries, vanilla, oak with massive amounts of fresh medium red fruit.
Strawberries, cranberries, cherries and raspberries dominate this wine...yeah...that's the whole basket!!!
More action of caramel, and lightly roasted nuts, similar to the 2005, but in this case, a much lighter roast.
Milk chocolate and cherries on the palate with a real nice vegetal note showing both red and green peppers.
Some vanlila extract on the back end of the palate (almost waxy and liquer like)...really cool.
Finish lasts and lasts showing some heat, but rightfully so....but no worries...it's accompanied by beautiful fruit and lush tannins.
Both accessible now by me, and one to put down for two decades.