From Coravin. Red berry; strawberry, slight leather, muted vanilla, a little spice. Slightly baked on the palate with a little non-intrusive alcohol on the finish. Tannins are fine. Fruit a little muted and, perhaps, faded. Hmm

From Coravin. Oof, a bit funky and gamey initially, plums, leather, freshly tilled earth, a little black olive and almost liquorice over slight sweet oak and prune. More of the same on the palate though the prune is more evident. Tannins are slightly gritty and the fruit doesn't carry. Okay. It's kind of sitting in a middle ground between maturity and primary. A little awkward.

From Coravin. Rich, slightly overripe, ripe black cherry and currant. Vanilla, cedar and sweet spice: Smells worked and ripe. And so it proves on the palate. A little raisining to the fruit and drying tannins as well as some alcohol warmth makes me want to reach for the BBQ tongs.

From Coravin. Ripe black hued fruits; berries and currants, touches of savoury spice, a hint of almost diesel here, still a quite primary nose even after ten years. On the palate it's juicy, a little foursquare (polite) or monolithic (accurate) though with good fruit length and stylish and integrated tannins. Years left for me. Pretty good.

From Coravin. Sweet cherry, slight orange peel, sweet spices especially cinnamon and nutmeg, a little floral component and some earth and plum. Oh my! Juicy, almost zesty, acidity, fine textured, non-intrusive, but massive chamois leather tannins, carry delicate fruit and floral flavours an awfully long way. In a great spot if you like 'em young but not obnoxiously so.

From Coravin. A slightly richer version of the Marcarini - more ripe cherry and plum, and the sweet spices are more prominent. It smells a little more polished with slight vanilla and cream. In the mouth it's juicy and mouth watering, more plummy than cherry with huge cheek puckering tannins which stomp (with the slightly avuncular fruit and a little oak) around the palate for a very long time with a little alcohol warmth coming through towards the end. Time required for me.