Purple/magenta colour with a deep ruby rim. The nose is redolent of plums, blackcurrants and black cherries in eau de vie, with additional notes of cream soda and cigar box/cedar. The palate is medium-rich and quite full-bodied, with flavours of black fruits, dark chocolate and tar - enjoyably rustic, with good acidity and a decent finish. A touch bigger and more concentrated than the 2005, this is still a somewhat lighter, more approachable style of Madiran - but it is still best drunk with hearty food.

A bright, clear purple/magenta colour with a light ruby rim. This is a Madiran which (amazingly) says "drink me now!" The nose offers copious aromas of plum, blackcurrant, cherry and even a hint of fresh apple, with subtle notes of cream and tobacco. The palate is light, airy and fresh, encompassing flavours of red, black and white fruits, with hints of Asian spice and bitter chocolate, agreeably soft tannins and really juicy acidity. For a wine so young, this is a really juicy, tangy, approachable style of Madiran, which is deliciously soft and drinkable now, or to be enjoyed over the next couple of years.

A deep, impenetrable purple core with a dark ruby rim - a real glass-stainer!  Classic aromas of blackcurrant, plum, bramble and cedar, together with a hint of eau de vie and peppermint, all complemented by well integrated coffee-infused oak. Ripe bramble, cassis and bitter cherry flavours, infused with bitter chocolate and spice, great acidity and firm, but fine tannins. A stunning wine, and a match for expensive classed-growth Claret at three times the price. 

A deep purple core with a narrow, dark ruby rim.  This vintage offers the classic Peyros aromas of blackcurrant, plum, bramble, cedar and a hint of peppermint, but also displays some wonderfully quirky (and rather unusual - for Madiran) notes of smoked beef and flowers. It is a nose that changes  and evolves over time in the glass - and indeed, over the next day or two - which is a nice surprise, for Madiran is one wine that I don't normally expect to show better on the second day. But this one certainly does, for it becomes even more beguiling and expressive, as those smoky/meaty notes fade into the background, whilst the floral, almost elegantly-perfumed aromas come to the fore, along with hints of cedar and fine tobacco. The ripe bramble, cassis and bitter cherry flavours are ever-present, of course, infused with bitter chocolate and spice, ample acidity and firm, but fine tannins. Matched with some hearty food, this is remarkably good to drink now, although it certainly has all the stucture - and the fruit - necessary for it to age beautifully. A very fine Madiran, which again puts many a classed growth Claret to shame. 

An immensely rich and full-bodied wine, with masses of dark fruit flavours, spicy, chocolatey tannins and excellent underlying acidity - well balanced, in a big sort of way. It can be drunk now, but definitely needs rich food to bring the best out of it - something flavoursome and fatty, such as a rib of beef, lamb chops or duck. An excellent wine for the long haul.