I am rarely a fan of CNDP Blanc, but this was nice. Clean. Some good freshness. I often find these heavy, but this was not.

Very light. Clearly quite old. Blood, iron, rust and tapenade. Mmmm, animal, pure cherry, earth and more iron. Old. Elegant. Horse sweat emerging in time. I guessed 1980's or even late 1970's, not bad. On the whole the group was pretty critical, and it was certainly not a wine of massive depth. But it was very pretty, very pure and delicate, as close to Burgundian as CNDP gets. It reminded me a lot of a more ethereal 1979 Beaucastel I had once.

Mmmm, cranberry, rust, a bit of brown sugar. Also very red fruit, a bit linear, quite focused, white pepper, a sharp finish. Upon reveal, clearly young and still rather primary. Pure.

Mmm, lavender, garrigue, wow, just love the garrigue. So spicy. With air getting a bit of iodine and band-aid, the full spice market on display though. Just love this, quite stern, medicinal. Old school.

Licorice, DARK in color and personality, chewy, peppery. Mmmm, lots of body, lots of tannin. A very powerful and masculine wine.

Huge, spicy, powerful, a massive wall of intensity. Alcohol is quite prominent, powerful, searing. Unevolved. Upon reveal, 60% Grenache and 40% Mourvedre.

Mmmm, more spice market, old school, powerful, plush. Very rich. These 2007's are just massive monsters.

Powerful, young, very pure Grenache, white pepper, called blind as highly reminiscent of Charvin, "I don't know anything that tastes like this other than Charvin." Let it age, this is a baby!

Higher octane style. Very spicy, peppery, really closed and concentrated. Not my cup of tea.

New World? Dried fruit, spicy, Seems very SQN in character. Massive white pepper, long, dry and tannic. Spicy. Soy. Savory. Very tannic.

Massive spirit. Spicecake. Hot. Rather tasty though.