Deep yellow. Honey and nuts. Medium to full bodied, pungent citrus, slight residual sugar. Surprisingly bright with nice mineral finish. Overall, good and above its class.

Bright pink. Zesty watermelon. Round and moutcoating with terrific soil finish. Powerful, expansive, strong dry finish. Impressive rose.

Medium ruby. Fraises des bois and alcohol initially, then some thyme. Light to medium weight. Nice fruit, good acidity, persistent tobacco finish. Very good at this level.

Medium color. Bark, brown spice and some late raspberry. Sappy and brooding. Structured like Mourvedre with tannic finish. Redder fruit emerges. Shorter than others in the series.

Saturated color. Full of garrigue. Modern, clean style with woody base. Lush and absolutely mouthcoating, full of licorice. Long, fairly intense but not as complex and interesting as some of the wines.

Also full colored, only slightly lighter than the Grand Veneur. Licorice, lavender aromatics. Dark fruit and tobacco. Smooth and harmonious but excellent balancing powerful acids. Tannic finish which falls off more quickly than the previous wine. Ultimately not worth the extraordinary price for a Lirac.

Medium red. A bit of funk. Light to medium body-this is a reserved, more elegant style. Nice segue of red fruit to herbs, pretty classic in this respect. Not as impressive on the finish either in terms of length or harmony. New producer for me and I liked many aspects of the wine.

Medium color, slightly brown edge and not crystal clear. High pitched, fragrant and definitely funky. However, clean in the mouth. Big, sappy wine with a hint of sweetness (really the only red today about which one could say this) but an excellent, savory finish. Seems to be showing a lot of Mourvedre character at present. Definitely a new wave Clos des Papes.

Medium yellow. Almost sickening high toned florality. Syrupy, very sweet Muscat.