Medium minus garnet.
Dark nose - dried blackberry, dried cherry, mushroom, slight brett. Oxidation - bruised, dried apple.
Oak (100% French) presents as dried, roasted coffee and baking spices.
On the palate,
- dry
- medium body
- medium alcohol - feels 13%
- medium plus acid
- medium tannins - rounded and softened with age
Oak presents on the midpalate and finish as freshly-sanded wood, cinnamon.

Medium minus garnet.
Sweet dried and stewed fruit - black cherry, red cherry. Tamari-soy notes of age. A prickle of possible VA (balsamic).

The oak presents as a sort of higher-toned sweetness, with a prickle of dill pickle chips.
On the palate
- dry
- medium body
- medium alcohol
- high acid (zippier than the '05 M. de Riscal GR)
- medium tannins - rounded with age
Oak presents as a higher-toned sweetness, vanilla, slightly green/woody (dill).

Medium minus ruby with garnet at the rim. Darkest of the three.
Earthy nose with red cherry, slight brett, mushroom, and lots of oak influence - coffee, dried baking spices, more of the high-toned green wood notes that are like fresh dill stalks.
- dry
- medium body
- medium alcohol
- high acid
- medium tannins - a little greener/harsher than the LdH or M. de Riscal GR.
Oak on the palate presents as sawdust, green wood, fresh cinnamon.

Deep ruby-purple.
This is fruit-driven with blackcurrant - fresh and in liqueur form, blackberry - fresh, both ripe and tart.
Oak presents as fresh coffee grounds - like in a pour-over at Four Barrel, when they grind the coffee then offer the tin to you to smell. Really lovely mix of maillard aromas. On the palate there's a hint of freshly-sanded wood, as well as baking spices - cinnamon, nutmeg, etc.
Beautiful oak integration.