April 7, 2017 - The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is moderate sediment in the bottle. It smells like black currant (cassis) and prune. It tastes like plum, forest floor and black chocolate. The body is medium/full. The wine has round texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
October 5, 2010 - It was very decent,a good surprise,lots af exotic stuff,the wine does lack a sense of focus,but it was good nevertheless.Nice fruit,the alcohol was a little off,this wine could have a little more structure,or backbone,as you wish.
October 18, 2008 - Interesting nose. Very earthy, mineral, moss, dirt, very slight hints of floral tones, some banana. The wine lacks any sense of focus. In the mouth the wine is very light and smooth. Very easy drinking with no hard edges. Well balanced. The palate is earthy with some chocalote flavors. The finish is long, spicy and herbal. Excellent QPR and a great 87 pointer and can sit for another 7 years.
November 22, 2007 - same notes as last time. brought to a friend's dinner. they had it with lamb and loved it.
October 8, 2007 - spicy, good, a bit young could use a bit more time in cellar
September 15, 2007 - Extremely herbal. Must goes well with food from southern France. But overall not my type of wine.
September 9, 2007 - 13.5% alcohol. equal parts syrah, grenache and carignan. medium purple color with crushed rasberry, blueberry cobbler and herbal nose. medium bodied with medium acidity and silky tannins. rich berry fruit, herbs, pepper, toasty oak with mocha on the finish. great qpr. on the second day, the toasty chocolate finish was more pronounced.
March 18, 2007 - Without decanting: Fruit on nose, light to medium bodied. Tannin is big and chewy but quite fine. Initial fruitness takes over by acidity on the medium finish. After 2 hours of decanting: nose open up to a very rasiny, almost jammy aroma. Still soild medium bodied. Tannin tones down. Acidity is also more balanced. Rasiny character reaveals on pallet even more and carries all the way to finish.
February 26, 2007 - Decanted 1.5 hours. Jammy on the nose -- incredibly fruity. Cherry, strawberry, cassis. Cedar, herbs. Med-full body. Moderate acid and tannin. Blacker fruit on the palate. Very nice.
August 27, 2006 - white pepper, herbs, cherry, raspberry. med-full body. very enjoyable