Medium dark color, big, slightly ripe, fairly modern, touch of spice and some bitterness on the finish. Decent but uninteresting.

Nice, medium red fruit, fairly forward, missing a bit of acidity for balance.

Very clean and crisp, beautiful depth, mineral, great balance, love the low oak profile that gives this some edge, instead of rounding and blunting the fruit.

Medium body, decent fruit depth, touch spicy/hot, medium finish, nothing to grab your attention at this stage.

Medium body, terrific nose of crushed berries, garrique, lavendar perfume, spice; palate is amazing - not in a big, grab you by the throat sense, but in its depth, intensity and complexity. Great intensity on entry, then spice and herb complexities, and a long finish. Candidate for wine of the vintage. I later tasted this side by side with the 05, and this showed much better, less heat, better overall balance than the 05.

Very nice spicy fruit, but for my tastes the wood treatment overpowers the fruit, imparts too much wood spice, blunts the fruit and takes away too much freshness.

Touch skunky on the nose, but there is nice darker fruit, good balance, nice wine.

Very nice dark, complex fruit, but the wood is fairly obvious here. A little less oak and this wine would be very good.

Dark garnet, big, deep, rich, spice, bit too large and modern, showing some obvious oak.

Nice medium depth, some spice, decent finish, showing bit of wood.

Nice medium body, good depth, bright, lush, good balance. Very nice.

Darker than the Safres, big, rich, deep, lush, slightly ripe, sweeter finish, some spice. An example of "too much of a good thing", here's a case where making a single wine would almost certainly be better overall than dividing into smaller cuvees.

Medium body, bright red fruit, slightly woody, with fair amount of wood spice. Another argument for just making a single blend wine, instead of treating this as a unique cuvee.

Slightly ripe nose, big, deep, lush, cali-like. 50/50 syrah/grenache. Decent wine, but I can buy wines like this from California.

50/50 syrah/grenache. A slight chemical aroma on the nose, can't place it. nice deep fruit, darker flavors, good balance. Would not guess CdP, but decent wine.

Very nice medium dark red fruit, nice complexities, good balance. This is a great CdP, showing some real character in the vintage.

Decent medium red fruit, quite forward, OK balance, Ok but uninteresting.

Medium body, very nice darker red fruits, some complexities, good finish.

Gorgeous dark, intense red fruit, medium/full bodied, earth, spice, anise, garrique, this has it all. A potential 89 in the making? This anchors the other end of the spectrum from the more feminine, elegant, but equally complex Vieux Telegraphe in the vintage.

~65/20/10 grenache/mourvedre/syrah. Big, dark, rich, lush. slightly ripe, cali-like, but very enjoyable.

50/50 Grenache/Syrah, big, deep, dark, spicy fruit, rich, medium ripe, would be hard pressed to tell this in a Cali lineup, but fun to drink.

Old Vine Grenache. Dominant VA on the nose, some ethyl acetate, quite ripe, sweet, over the top, lacking any CdP character. Doesn't have that 2003 roasted character, just far too ripe.