The Siran 2011 is a blend of 52% Merlot, 36% Cabernet Sauvignon, 11% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc picked from 8th until 27th September. Following on from their successful 2010, it has a well defined bouquet with lovely floral notes, fresh strawberries and a touch of cedar. It is very composed. The palate is medium-bodied with tensile tannins on the entry, good acidity, fresh and vibrant with a crisp, fresh finish that bodes well for the future. Siran is back on form. Tasted April 2012.

Nice fleshy feel here, with succulent plum and blackberry fruit that stays pure through the black tea-infused finish. Fine mineral thread flitters through the finish as well.—J.M.

Elegant and refined red with well-integrated tannins with a mineral, mint and cassis character. Delicious sample. 52% Merlot, 36% Cabernet-Sauvignon, 11% Petit-Verdot, and 1% Cabernet Franc.

A potential sleeper of the vintage, the attractive, elegant, fruit-driven 2011 Siran offers up scents of licorice, camphor and black as well as red currants. It is medium-bodied and endearing, with soft tannins and good acidity in an attractive, up-front style. Enjoy it over the next decade.

Deep black cherry, black core. A touch dusty but there's cassis fruit too but also something slightly herbaceous. Direct, fluid, firm but well balanced without the drying tannins of some, though the finish is a bit hard. (JH)