Medium gold. Rish smelling touch of creamy oak. Medium-full bodied creamy grapefruit. Similar tangy grapefruit palate. Upon revisiting it seemed a little more restrained. This is good.

Light gold color. Sweet smelling apricot syrup nose. Big rich sweet apricot and peach fruit on the palate. Honeysuckle. Little bit of cereal on the nose, not sure if this sees much oak. Rich. Hedonistic. Maybe a little syrupy for some palates, but I like it. $37.

Light nose of cereal and honey. Touch of lemon? Medium-full bodied rich honeysuckle. Late tangy acidity. This was drinking better than I feared.

Touch muddy black fruit on the nose. Mocha menthol. A bit dried out a dusty. Past its prime.

Bitter chocolate dry dust nose. Medium-full bodied with black currant and some menthol. Drinking better than the 1997 we opened alongside, but I suggest drinking up.

High-toned, somewhat gamy funky initially. Olive tapenade. Full bodied red berry fruit. Saddle leather and earth. Pretty darn good. Nice "sweetness." Revisiting, i thought the Grenache really added some nice complexity to this. Great QPR at $27.

Minty tannin. Touch dry and dusty. Dark fruit with a slight something like graphite. Just okay.

High toned raspberry jam fruit. Touch of raisin. Pretty tasty. Little bit of late tea and tangy acidity. This seems quite youthful still. I tasted again the next day and still enjoyed it quite a bit. Really nice raspberry fruit.

Rich creamy blackberry jam and blackberry fruit including seeds. Rich tangy black fruit again on the palate. I didn't find this bottle as sweet as the last. Open for business. Good.