A little richer and creamier on the nose than previously. Similar on palate but falls away very quickly. Little substance or length. A touch of sherbet. No, this is very light and inconsequential. A decent enough aperitif but disappointing in its context. ***

Mid straw. Nicely rich on the nose, hinting at a slightly oxidative style but all nicely in balance. Rich, with a touch of ginger spice. Easonably long. Nicely complex and satisfying. ****

Magnum. Lovely, slightly reductive classic PY nose. A touch of green freshness coming through too. Similar on palate, nicely mineral and quite long if not particularly persistent, with that green tinge to keep it nicely fresh. Very decent. ***1/2

Quite a lot of sediment here from the off. Nicely meaty, deeply red-fruited nose with a lovely savoury element. Mid to full red fruit. A touch animale. A graininess too. Really bright acidity that gets shriller in the glass. ***1/2

Brighter, more cherry red in colour. Punchy raspberry fruit. Mid weight. Good acidity and typicity. Nicely complex. Grows in the glass for an hour or so before becoming shriller and less expressive after a couple of hours with the acidity dominating. More complete and a little more multidimensional than the Geynale alongside. ****

Beautifully deep garnet. Bright. A sense of velvet. Dark fruited with a sense of tobacco, licorice and warm gravel against slightly plummy fruit. Mellow but vigorous. Similar to a bottle earlier in the year, albeit not quite with the same sheen. Just a very good and nice wine without top level fireworks. ****

Claret with a touch of garrigue, but the southern, Syrah elements have melded since my previous bottle four years ago and this is now the sum of its parts rather than emphasising one of the halves. A slight, albeit fine, graininess to the texture. ****

Mid weight PX. Coats the glass but without the daunting viscosity of some examples. A lovely figgy, toffee sticky pudding nose. Quite fresh, brown sugar, decent length without being cloying. Complex and long. ****