Gentle nose of blood, tobacco, roasted capsicum, violets emerging with time in the glass. Sweet, ripe fruit on the palate with intense bacon and smoke. Silky, classic CR texture on a fair, feminine frame. I liked this a lot, although it did shut down a bit in the glass.

Sweet oak, vanilla, olive, candied black fruits, some volatile acidity. Surprisingly revolting; I moved on in a hurry.

Strongly reductive nose with barnyard and rubber tire. Palate is floral and red/purple-fruited, very pretty texture, but again lots of reduction. Great acid structure and fine tannins but really tough to taste today.

Charming nose with sweetly ripe, floral syrah fruit, salami, toasted kasha and capsicum. Attractive palate with beautifully ripe yet fresh fruit, nice acid and some dark minerality. Pretty clean for Clape which I usually find a bit rustic, if charmingly so. Really good and quite generous for current drinking.

High-toned savory, smoky nose with bright, pure fruit, celery stick and white pepper. Silky, rich palate with bright, fresh fruit, savory and smoky notes. Strongly mineral, roasted capsicum back palate with firm acid and remarkably fine tannins. Full and complete; hauntingly great.

Spicy, savory olive, mineral nose. Ripe, juicy fruit with more olive and smoke. Mouthcoating intensity, with great acid and quite astringent, grippy tannins. This shut down hard in the glass; apparently not for current drinking. Seems full of promise, though.