Cherry fruits in the bouquet. On the palate quite lush with some sweetness and firm acidity and bitterness. Red currants and some spiciness. Overall a clean wine, but not with much complexity.

Transparent red. A bit lactic and showing cherry yoghurt and lemonade. Same on the palate. Special and not really in a positive way. Not even close to Loire Cabernet Franc. Firm acidity and bitterness. On the other hand; nothing really wrong with the wine. In the "objective" sense it does not show any complexity, but there is nothing really wrong with it either. Just a very simple and not very characteristic Cabernet Franc as you might expect.

Transparent red. Special bouquet with some (toilet…..) perfume. The bouquet is quite expressive. On the palate candy flavors like cherries and raspberries. Medium (candy) acidity. Some bitterness. Not really pleasurable and also no complexity. But also nothing wrong with this lemonade style of wine.

Ruby red with a slightly carmine rim and high viscosity. On the palate some earthy impressions as well as autumn forest. High acidity and bitterness. In fact a bit disappointing Classiso. Some thought it was slightly corked, but I don't agree about that. Possibly the wine was not completely fresh, but imho the earthy impressions can belong to a Chianti. Anyway; the wine was not really impressive and ready now.

Light carmine red. In the bouquet mainly dark, but also some red forest fruits as well as some oak. On the palate the same impressions, some salty licorice. Ok acidity and bitterness. Although most tasters were not really impressed about this wine, I thought it was quite ok, but not exceptional. Ready now.

Dark red with still a purple hue. A bit lactic and yoghurt impressions in the bouquet. On the palate a bit perfumed, candy like with a firm amount of sweetness, mild acidity and tannin. A very easy going wine. Becomes more pleasurable with some more air time, but is not really great or complex. Just an easy drinker and ready now and the next few years.

Light transparent red. Red fruits and rhubarb in the bouquet. On the palate red fruits, a bit candy like, but also ok acidity and bitterness. Easy going wine with a medium length. For a C9duP this is a rather disappointing wine without a good balance. Completely true: For a (special offer) price of below $ 9………….. what can you expect? And considering that, you might think it is an ok wine. (I also uploaded the label……. all special references are there: "vieilles vignes" "selection" "terroir".) Mister Lepetit understands marketing…… I hope he will ever learn how to produce really good wine as well…. But honestly, at this price, who am I to complain…. ?

Beautiful and classical bouquet with cassis, smoke and some graphite. On the palate cassis and other dark berry fruits, licorice, good oak and acidity. Soft tannin. The wine is entering maturity stage now and will probably be lovely to drink until 2015 – 2016 or maybe even a bit longer.

Some smoke, black forest fruits and sweetness in the bouquet. On the palate Eucalyptus, spiciness, quite much sweetness and ok acidity and tannin. A full bodied wine. The alcohol shows a bit. Ready now and the next 5 years or so.

Beautiful bouquet with a lot of herbs and spices and ripe black cherries and black berry fruits. On the palate the same impressions. Very ripe fruits, full bodied and lush. The sweetness dominates a bit, but there is mild acidity, tannin and bitterness. Beautiful wine, ready now and the next few years.