Ruby, clear, bright. Clean, lovely, New-Worldly smell, with big fruit, moderate earth and minerality, touch of oak. Palate acidic, medium level of ripe tannins, moderate alcohol. Smells better than it tastes.

Ruby, very clear. Nose dominated by earth and minerality, mint and oak; evolved beautifully but remained more restrained than the St Clair. On palate, ample flavour profile, high level of harsh/astringent tannins (both oak and grape), high acidity. Moderately long and complex, but many years from ready.

Bright purply-ruby, transparent. Nothing at all at first pour – totally closed. Opened slowly for nose and palate with earth and minerals, modest fruit (strawberry), and some oak. High/sharp acidity, some tannic astringency. Simple and unbalanced. Disappointing.

Garnet. Oxidized Sherry-like nose, with earth, minerality, slightly rotted fruit and a MLF-gone-wrong kind of smell. Lowish acidity, flat, simple, short, some VA. Half the Sommeliers picked this as the WOTN and thought it was the Grand Cru. My worst.

Ruby, clear, bright. Nothing much on the nose to start; evolved some slight berryfruit and hard-candy aromas, along with some oak. On palate to start, some one-dimensional strawberry; put on weight and complexity with time in the glass. Good length, but limited breadth. Still, I like it.

Dark, approaching garnet. Captivating nose of big fruit, big earthiness, big minerality, dried flowers. Very flavourful, rich and clean earth, umami, smoke; nicely acidic, rich/smooth tannins, excellent body and palate weight. Balanced, long, complex. WOTN, for me and half the group.