In the bouquet some minerals and yeast. Same on the palate. Soft citrus. Pleasant and clean, easy going wine.

Beautiful and mature with good garrigue. On the palate still some cherries and raspberries, juicy still, also herbs and spices like thyme, rosemary and sage. Some leather and tobacco. Mild acidity and tannin. Beautiful and mature wine.

The bouquet shows a fully mature wine with tea, still some cherries, plums and cinnamon. On the palate some kirsch and pepper, but also rust, chocolate, autumn forest and mushrooms. Good acidity and soft tannin. Still ok, but don't wait too long. 88 - 89

In the beautiful and mature bouquet earthy and autumn forest impressions. On the palate cherries and ripe berries, a lot of herbs and spices, tobacco, leather, salty licorice, coffee, figs, juicy acidity and soft tannin. A fully mature and supple wine. Drink within the next few years. 90 – 91

Beautiful and intense perfumed bouquet with cherries, smoke and game animals. On the palate a very juicy wine with cherries and raspberries, some licorice, leather, blackberries, herb and spices and beautifully fresh acidity and soft tannin and some pleasant sweetness. This will deliver really nice drinking over the next 3 – 5+ years. 92 – 93

Beautiful bouquet which shows some development, cherries, garrigue, and leather. On the palate a sweet start with good herbs, cherries, chocolate and leather. Beautiful acidity and tannin. Ready now and the next few years. 90 - 91

Beautiful and complex bouquet with dark berries and cherries, smoke, mint, animals, and beautiful oak. On the palate juicy dark berries, herbs and spices, some pleasant sweetness and soft tannin with a pleasant bite. Overall a full bodied wine with a lot of structure, length and a beautiful balance between acidity and sweetness.

In the bouquet a complex wine with chocolate, tea, earth, soy, celery, earth and autumn impressions. On the palate the first impression is that the wine is not a 100% fresh, but there is juicy fruit, some chocolate, good acidity and soft and ripe tannin. I did not score the wine.

The bouquet is mature with dark berries, garrigue, smoke and black tea. On the palate juicy cherries, cinnamon, beautifully fresh acidity and soft tannin. Completely ready now and the next 4+ years.

In the bouquet green herbs, dark and red berries and garrigue. On the palate a juicy wine with dark berries and cherries. Some strawberries as well. Beautiful acidity and soft tannin. A really pleasant and elegant wine.

Beautiful bouquet with ripe fruits like cherries, sweet spices, lavender and almonds. On the palate juicy dark fruits like ripe blackberries. Good acidity and bitterness and slightly sticky tannin. Good length. 90 – 91

Special bouquet with some metal, soy, tea, celery, thyme and red berries like raspberries. On the palate the wine shows maturity; soy, figs, dried fruits, brown spiced biscuit etc. Firm acidity. Still beautiful and complex, but there were some doubts if this was an off bottle. No score.

Expressive bouquet with a lot of garrigue, dark berries, chocolate and tea. On the palate dark berries, chocolate, some celery, soy, sweet licorice, good acidity and soft tannin. Good length. Seems to be fully mature now.

In the bouquet barnyard, horse stable and flint stone. On the palate a mouth filling wine with red berries, coffee, butterscotch, some sweetness, good acidity and a good length. Fully mature. Nice wine.

In the bouquet some pleasant barnyard, red berries and cherries. On the palate beautiful herbs and spices, juicy fruits, some coffee and sweet licorice root. Beautifully fresh acidity and good tannin. Ready now and the next few years. 94 - 95

In the bouquet dark berry fruits and dried fruits of all sorts as well as garrigue. On the palate juicy dark berry fruits like blackberries, coffee, chocolate, some pleasant sweetness, good acidity and beautiful tannin with a pleasant bite. Good length. Beautiful wine in its young maturity stage and it will age well until the mid 2020's at least. 94 - 95+

In the bouquet red and dark berry fruits like raspberries. Cherries as well. Also a lot of herbs and spices. On the palate very full bodied, juicy dark berries, licorice, eucalyptus, chocolate, a good balance between juicy acidity and sweetness, slightly drying tannin and a great length. Beautiful wine and a pleasure already, but certainly a great pleasure over at least the next decade. 94 - 95+

The first bottle we tasted tonight was decanted early in the afternoon. Our host was curious if this early decanting had seriously influenced the way the wine tasted, so he took another bottle and we tasted it popped and poured. And indeed; the bouquet was much more youthful and did not show any tertiary impressions at all. Also on the palate this bottle was much more youthful and fresh with juicy fruits, good acidity and soft tannin. This second bottle scored 94 – 95.