Lovely! I see my notes from October Wimps say that that was the best of these I've had. Well this now overtakes it. It's all there on the palate from the beginning - open and ready for business. Really lovely start to proceedings.

Deep golden colour. To begin with - muted on the nose, Slight appley taste with an almost soapy mouthfeel, fine bubbles. Really didn't show well when sat beside the 06 Comtes. With food and a little air - started to open up. I left about half my glass and came back to it a few courses later...sheesh. Just super delicious - all the elements that were there before just came into focus, and became harmonious. I didn't pick a WOTL but if I were to...this would have been a contender, in a very strong line up. There's a lesson here - open your Krug before drinking. I would consider decanting if I had any...

Lovely, a fragrant, almost ecclesiastical nose. Lovely mouthfeel - really coats the palate. I struggle to describe Chablis, somehow haven't built up the right vocabulary, but this was a lovely wine, not overly showy, but quietly powerful.

Lovely stuff. Super complete, balanced - has the red fruit, blood and iron you want from Cornas, but also integrated and, while not laid back, also not shouting. If this had been decanted earlier we would have got so much more of the enjoyment - as it was, I saved most of my glass to drink after the flight which followed and...just lovely. If i drink this in the next five years at a restaurant I'll double decant at home...

On the nose - maybe a hint of vanilla? Floral, violet pastilles. On the palate - clearly a more polished wine - I think I'd have spotted it as a new world Syrah. There was discussion at the table as to whether it was really integrated - to my taste it absolutely was but, like Rioja or maybe Ridge, the oak can be somewhat prominent without being unbalanced. There was length on the finish - this was a really good Syrah. I've drunk very little Australian for a long time - will certainly seek this out in future.

Of this flight, the one that was most giving from the off. A whiff of bret but just enough to make it interesting. Clearly starting its third phase of life - everything in balance, there's still some fruit. Structure is there but not sure how much further it has to go. As it evolved in the glass - we got some camp fire and bacon. Of the flight - the one for drinking now.

My first experience of this wine. I'm told 100% Sangiovese - made as an IGT as at the time Chianti didn't allow 100%. Really refined - no rough edges. Hard to compare this -a bit of sour cherry perhaps, but the overall impression is just an incredibly well put together red wine, that will go on forever.

Clearly of a type with the 97 it was sat beside, but probably readier to go. In burgundy terms, this might be a 2006 or possibly a 2002, when sat beside the 1999 of the 1997...again, a just really well put together wine, no rough edges, and it's easy to see why it has the following it has.

100% Sagrantino from Umbria - a grape variety I'd never heard of, from a part of Italy I could not have placed on a map. In spite of costing a fraction of its flightmates, probably my favourite wine of the flight - by this stage my written notes were getting sketchy, all I captured was "awesome" and "So Complete. At the End.".

Double decanted at around 10am and served around 3:30. Deep - almost worrying colour. On the nose - still fresh, a hint of tropical fruits. On the palate - rich and long. Did just the job asked of it.