chateau de st cosme gigondas "le claux" 2006 (100% grenache ... supposedly really old vines ... >100yrs??? ... 30% new wood: 40% 1 yr old: 30% 2 yr old)) [1st vintage as a standalone]purple almost; berries/plum (unripe), closed/ restrained, green peppercorn, herbal, vanilla ... hint; plum/berries, bit lean now, mineral, someone said meat ... not me; still heaps of furry tannins; nice juicy acid; hardish?/structured; tight/backward ... didn't really open up even after an hour; needs fatty food now (had pork ribs :-)) ... can be refreshing ; medium/big bodied; medium length; for the long term; BANG!. sibling slightly mo complex/approachable now.
2)pierro cab sav/merlot 2001 (cab sav, merlot led and bits of franc, malbec and petit verdot) [margaret river]
ruby; blackcurrent, berries, smoke?, bit of cherry vanilla, bit stalky but not green; aforesaid blackcurrent/some plum (unripe), someone said savoury, mineral; lots of fine tannins; good acid; medium bodied and length; a little lean still, bit simple?; pick up some flesh in a coupla years?; overall still a BANG!(-). pork helped.
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