Colour Clear, ruby, medium intensity, legs
Nose Developing medium intensity, clean, slight green/pyrazine, spice, cedar, perfurme, slight berry and an almost toffee/caramel oak
Mouth Medium minus body, tannin, acidty, medium flavour. Bitter over slight red fruit, toungue coating phenolic, medium alcohol. A little too acrid, medium finish

Colour Clear, ruby, medium intensity, legs
Nose Medium minus intensity, clean developing slight jam, spice, vanilla, ethanol heat and camphor!
Mouth Medium plus flavour intensity, medium body, medium minus tannin, medium acid, medium alcohol, short to medium finish, slightly metallic, disappointing and dull

Colour Clear, Ruby, medium intensity, legs
Nose Medium plus intensity, clean, developing, jam, vanilla, cream, sweet spice, alcohol heat
Mouth Medium plus tannin, acid, alcohol. Sice and black fruit, the tannins are very dry. Some vanilla as well. Too hot and feels disjointed and engineered

Colour Clear, purple to ruby, medium plus intensity and pronounced legs
Nose Medium minus intensity, clean. Developing. Some leather, biscuit and toasty oak. Red fruit and yet more biscuit!
Mouth Medium plus tannin and alcohol, medium acidity. Clove, nutmeg, spice, leather, very dry and a little hot. Long finish

Colour Clear, ruby, medium minus intensity, legs
Nose Medium minus intensity, clear, developing, cream, red fruit, spice
Mouth Medium minus tannin, medium acid, medium alcohol, chalky and slightly course tannin, slight red and quite muted red fruit. Spice. The body is quite light and the wine a little wet and thin.

Colour Ruby, Clear, medium minus intensity, slight legs
Nose Developing, medium minus intensity, clean, red berry fruit, slightly herbaceous, cream and mint.
Mouth Medium acid, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. Some spice and red berry fruit.

Colour Purple to Ruby, bright, medium intensity and some minor legs
Nose Developing, medium plus acidity, clean, perfumed, red fruit, vanilla, cream and spice but also a touch of herbaceousness
Mouth Medium acid, body, flavour intensity, tannin and medium plus alcohol. Dry. The alcohol lends a slight spice mouth numbing heat on the long finish. Not much fruit

Colour Purple to ruby, clear, medium minus intensity
Nose Developing, medium intensity, clean. Vanilla over red fruit, tiny leather, very slight sweet spice, creamy and rich. Very nice nose.
Mouth Medium plus intensity tannin and alcohol, medium acid, body and medium minus flavour intensity. Dry. Not much going on from a flavour perspective, it’s quite unpleasant and rather dull at the same time – the finish is bitter and long. Weird.

Colour Purple to Ruby, clear, medium intensity
Nose Developing, medium intensity, clean. Tea, slight funk, biscuit and toast, cedar and slightly meaty all dominate red fruit.
Mouth Medium acid, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. The tannins are drying on the front of the palate and, other than bitter coffee, there isn’t much going on.

Colour Clear, purple, medium plus intensity and pronounced legs
Nose Developing, medium intensity and clean. BBQ meat, toast, farmyard funk, dusty, beef extract over spice, mineral – stone – and red fruit
Mouth Medium acid, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. Bitter coffee and clove and nutmeg over black and red fruit, slightly warm but not intrusive alcohol. The long finish carries the fruit which seems to open and grow in the mouth and reveals touches of herbaceousness. Very nice indeed.

Woodlands Cabernet France Merlot 2009
Colour Purple to ruby, medium intensity, some legs and bright
Nose Developing, clean, medium intensity. Very perfumed, spice and savoury vanilla and red cherry and berry fruit. Lovely nose
Mouth Medium acid, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. Medium plus intensity alcohol. Red fruit, spice, leather and generous alcohol that comes to the fore on the long finish

Colour Clear, ruby, medium minus intensity, legs
Nose Medium minus intensity, developing, clean. Red currant, plum and spice. Slight herbaceous notes and greenness.
Mouth Medium plus tannin that seems to fade away. Medium acid, alcohol, body, flavour intensity. Dry. Slight hot, toast, red fruit, long finish. Hmm.

Colour Clear, purple to ruby, medium minus intensity, legs
Nose Toasty oak, red berry fruit, developing medium intensity clean yeast extract (marmite) and spiced meat
Mouth Medium acid, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. Slight spice marries with the tannin that last in the mouth and some red fruit that sits in the mid palate.

Colour Clear, purple, medium intensity, legs
Nose Developing, medium intensity, clean. Toast, red fruit, plum, spice, leather and perfume
Mouth Red fruit, spice, slightly bitter and green. Medium acid, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. Long almost candied with hints of chocolate. A tiny bit warm on the finish.

Colour Clear, purple, medium plus intensity
Nose Developing, medium intensity, toast, red fruit and green herbs, vanilla, spice, oak…lots’ of oak!
Mouth Medium acid, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. Bit dull and flat, some red fruit, coffee and chocolate. Feels quite engineered.

Colour Clear, medium minus intensity, ruby, legs
Nose Developing, medium minus intensity, red fruit over black plum fruit, spice and perfume and vanilla
Mouth Medium minus body and flavour intensity. Medium acid, alcohol, tannin. Dry. Some red fruit, wet, dull, flat and, inexplicably, liquorice and slight raisin. Ugh

Colour Clear, medium intensity, purple, legs
Nose Developing, medium intensity, slightly jammy red berry compote and a touch of raisin and, also in a most strange way, a touch or greenness.
Mouth Medium plus alcohol and acid, Medium body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. Again, the contrariness of jammy fruit and a certain green unripe quality. Medium minus length. Spice. Hmm

Colour Bright, medium plus intensity, purple, legs
Nose Developing, medium plus intensity, farmyard funk, toast, raspberry red fruit over black fruit over vanilla and spice and slight meat.
Mouth Medium acid, alcohol, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. A little thin, vanilla and red fruit over the long finish.

Colour Clear, medium intensity, purple to ruby rim fade, legs
Nose Developing, medium intensity, vanilla, graphite, red fruit, cedar, spice and cream
Mouth Medium plus acid and tannin. Medium alcohol, body, flavour intensity, dry and slightly bitter, red fruit and medium finish. A little disappointing after the nose.

Colour Clear, medium intensity, ruby, legs
Nose Developing, medium minus intensity, clean, slight funk, graphite, violets, toast, leather, spice, cedar, lovely nose
Mouth Medium plus acid, Medium alcohol, body, flavour intensity, tannin. Dry. Red fruit, spice, slightly bitter, fruit and spice grows on the long finish. Very pleasant.

Colour Clear, rim fade from ruby to garnet, serious legs, medium minus intensity
Nose Fully developed, slight vanilla, slightly porty, kernel, spice and plum
Mouth Medium minus intensity tannin, medium plus alcohol – a little generous on the long finish. Touches of plum and spice but the wine is a little simple and a little disappointing