Dark red fruited nose, floral and rocky. Dark, fleshy red fruited palate. Palate-staining fruit skin tannin, dried flowers and rocky detail. Lovely and seems like to improve.

Sweet raspberry, pixy stix nose. Medium to high acidity, high toned raspberry fruit. Nice, but a touch shrill. (my 6th, group's 3rd)

Caramel, vanilla, oak nose. Blackberry, vanilla, tannic palate. Too much oak for me and an outlier in this flight. Not surprised to read this in Barry's note from 2/21/13: "Aged for 10 months in oak barrels, 40% of which are new and 60% are second use." (my 7th, group's 4th)

Reticent nose, some raspberry and floral notes. Light bodied, minerally with some raspberry fruit. Lacking weight and intensity compared to others in this flight and probably suffered unfairly as a result. (my 5th, group's 7th)

Pretty, ripe raspberry nose. Juicy raspberry palate, floral notes and ripe fruit skin tannins that persist through the long finish. Delicious. (my 1st, group's 2nd)

Ripe raspberry nose. Juicy black raspberry, stony minerality and velvety tannins. Ripe fruit but balanced. (my 3rd, group's 1st)

Reticent nose, some black rocks and dark raspberries. Minerally palate, the most pronounced of the flight. Some crunch raspberries too and a long floral finish. Restrained but lovely. (my 2nd, group's 6th)

Nice, ripe cherry nose. Less fruity palate, tight, slightly tannic, minerally and earthy. Interesting but needs time. (my 4th, group's 5th)

Blueberry, vanilla and baking spice on the nose. Light to medium bodied with black raspberry, blackberry and vanilla. Still showing some oak influence which is surprising at almost 8 years of age.

Big but pretty, bright black fruited nose with floral notes. Medium bodied with juicy blackberry and black plum skin tannin. (my 2nd, group's 6th)

Weird, sweet, sweet, bubblegum, watermelon candy nose. Powdered sugar and bubblegum on the palate. This didn't make a good impression on me but others loved it. (my 6th, group's 2nd)

Reticent, dark blackberry nose. Medium to full bodied with ripe blackberries and some rustic tannins. Needs time. Big debate over whether this was ever-so-slightly corked, obviously I came down on the "not corked" side. (my 3rd, group's 3rd)

Sweet, candied raspberry nose. Sweet raspberry fruit, powdered sugar, too sweet for me. Funny to compare this to my previous notes. (my 4th, group's 1st)

Vanilla, sweet raspberry and a hint of barnyardy brett on the nose. Sweet black fruit, vanilla, earth and brett. (my 5th, group's 5th)

Reticent, red fruited nose. Red raspberry, nice acidity and fruit skin tannin. A outlier of restraint in this flight. (my 1st, group's 4th)