Pretty lightweight, berries, cherry. Cherry and berry on the palate, a little tight texture on the mid palate, alcohol warmth on the finish. Hmm.

Initially a little apricot, with peach, slight bees wax, touches of citrus peel. Juicy, slightly bitter, apricot, stone fruit, tangy, savoury, a little mid texture grip, alcohol warmth on the finish. Hmm.

Butter, toast, rich, slight stone fruit, sweet spice, a little pastry (?), with time it get's more perfumed, floral top notes, fleshy rather than juicy, textured mid palate grip, slight alcohol warmth; more about structure than fruit but very young for me, waxy, a little cereal note. Interesting.

Apricot, fresh, a little fresh ginger, touches of bitterness, a little orange blossom, orange and apricot, alcohol warmth is controlled, fleshy, balanced, very nice, pleasing.

oak, rich, butter, toast, apricot, young, polished. Juicy, fleshy, freshly acidic (for a viognier) plenty of texture and grip on the mid palate, apricot, and equally polished. Okay.

Savoury, red and blackberry, black pepper note is reinforced by the alcohol, with time a little jubey note. Juicy, fleshy, fruity, balanced, liquorice, grippy tannins, s'okay but great QPR.

Slightly dusty, baked black fruits; slight alcohol warmth, tiny touches of green and black pepper. Juicy, almost slightly sour, wild blackberry with black pepper and alcohol heat which I find intrusive. Hmm.

Slightly dusty, almost a smidge of taint, savoury, meaty, olives, blackberry with time. Wetly juicy, slightly sour fruit, chalky tannins are drying, it's a bit out of whack for me. Alcohol intrudes a little on the finish. Nah.

Oak and ripe black fruit, concentrated, dense, a little black pepper. Quite spicy, worked nose. Juicy, fleshy initially with plenty of black hued fruit and oak; which lends a woody quality to the drying, slightly chalky tannins. Still quite savoury but without a doubt the 'biggest' wine in this bracket. Hmm.

Concentrated blackberry, a little polished oak, and a little black pepper, tiny smidge of brett, cream. Concentrated blackberry & olive on the palate as well as grippy, grainy tannins close things down, the fruit just about persists, a touch of fleshiness here as well. Hmm.

Initially wet cardboard but this blew off to show ripe and concentrated blackberry with a tiny little redcurrant note underpinning this, spicy, polished oak. Juicy, black hued fruit, polished persistent tannins, lasts forever supported by the dark fruits, long, very long, Young. Yum.

A little closed initially, blackberry, a little plum, sweet spice, polished oak, a little plum, chocolate. A tiny sour note here, tannins are drying, chalky, and it seems, after the Ampuis, to finish quite short (it isn't short). Hmm.

A little reductive, touch of farmyard, sweet spice, wild blackberry and dark fruit compote, rich, concentrated, thick dense, chewy, monstrous, years required. Woof.

Fresh and wet smelling initially with black and red berries, cedar...And wetly enjoyable it proves on the palate, red and black fruit, chalky, gritty tannins. Hmm. Wet vintage? Pleasing with the food.

Cellar stink over leather, red currant, earth, mushrooms. sourly acidic, drying grippy tannins, not much going on flavourwise. A whisper of black fruit. Not flawed but old.

Fresh red and blackberry, a little fresh plum, smells juicy, a little whole bunch spiciness. And so it proves on the palate, backed by persistent, long, drying tannins, balanced, fleshy, fresh. Lovely

Initially medium minus intensity aromas initially but opens with time to show black hued fruits; compote, earthy, spice, with time polished oak starts to show and the fruit becomes more perfumed. Juicy, savoury, quite concentrated, black fruits, tannins are talc textured persistent, proves savoury on the finish as well.

Concentrated, cedar, almost sandalwood, dense, dark fruits, sweet and savoury spice; peppery. Smells like it's going to be thick and chewy, touch of baked earth, plum almost prune. On the palate there is some fresh acidity to help things along, tannins are drying, chalky textured, chewy and persistent, fruit, unsurprisingly, is as the nose and persistent, touch of liquorice as well. Another beast.

Served blind.
Spicy, red and blackberry fruit, jubey, a little black pepper...juicy, fleshy, generous, fresh and fleshy, softly textured.