Pale lemon. Lime, grapefruit, spice - intense. Medium bodied, grapefruit, spice, touch of mineral, hint of creaminess, crisp acidity, long finish. Excellent.

Pale/medium yellow, gold tints. Nose if quite rich, with grassy fruit and a touch of butter, Medium/full bodied, quite weighty and rich, grassy fruit, nice acidity, decent length. Attractive if not overly complex.

Quite waxy, wet wool notes, baked apple. Fresher on the palate with some grapefruit coming through, quite long but tiring quite quickly in glass. Based on this bottle I would be starting to drink up.

Deep garnet. Intense cigar box nose, blackcurrant fruit, spice. Medium bodied, quite rich dark fruit, cigar box, soil, soft tannins, fresh acidity, fans out into a long finish. Excellent, drinking beautifully.

Medium garnet. Slightly dustier, red fruited nose, some tobacco and leather notes. Smoke. Medium bodied, red fruit, earth, smoke, tobacco, firm but fine tannins, elegant, classic, vibrant acidity, good length finish. Lovely.

Deep/opaque garnet. Rich, dark fruited nose, smoke, spice, tobacco. Touch of fruit cake. Medium/full bodied, rich dark fruit, tobacco, smoke, vibrant acidity, touch of grip on the finish. Excellent, drinking well.

Blackcurrant fruit, some sweetness, liquorice, tobacco.Medium bodied, blackcurrant p, spice, tobacco, soft tannins, long harmonious finish. Excellent.

Red and black berry fruit, lots of smoke, tobacco, earth. Medium bodied, smoky red and black fruits, tobacco, fresh acidity, slightly grainy tannins on the finish. Lovely though.

Notes becoming a bit sparse by this point - attractive cool dark fruit, notes of smoke and liquorice, fresh acidity good length lightly grippy finish.

No formal note - quite rich and ripe, full bodied, soft tannins, accessible and attractive if not overly complex.