Lobenberg: Le Desir: A blend of 83% Cabernet Franc, 8% Merlot, 5% Malbec, and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon. Deep violet in the glass. The nose is pure stone essence! This is some serious minerality! Graphite, slate, cedarwood with smoked meat, leather, and a crackling fireplace. Gradually, an ethereal gin note emerges, along with lingering mint notes. Only then do juicy red cherries in dark chocolate and a touch of fragrant potpourri appear. Even on the nose, this wine is highly complex. On the palate, it's dense, ripe, juicy, and wonderfully harmonious. Enveloped in juicy cherries, the same spicy aromas from the nose are also present on the palate. Brilliant. The animalistic side of the Cabernet Franc appears here domesticated, parted, and styled with Motörhead playing in the headphones. The tannins are powdery, ripe, and rounded. La Classe! Although this is still a very young wine, it's already quite something. A long-distance runner, this wine can be forgotten in the cellar for a while. 100/100 *** La Joie: A blend of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc, and 4% Petit Verdot. Deep violet in the glass. The nose is intense and concentrated. Wow, an incredible, almost overwhelming density of spices! Incense, juniper, cedar, sage, thyme, and mint mingle with juicy blackberries and black cherry. On the palate, the tannins are fine-grained, smooth, and velvety ripe. Here, too, there is great density and power in the glass. Cassis, blueberry juice, freshly turned earth with smoky graphite, 100% chocolate, white licorice, a touch of chili, grilled red pepper, and freshly roasted coffee. This wine has considerable power; ethereally cool, it combines strength and elegance. More Nureyev than Schwarzenegger. It lingers on the palate for a very long time with black cherry and juniper spice. 97-98/100 *** La Muse: A blend of 90 percent Merlot, 5 percent Cabernet Franc, and 5 percent Malbec. Deep ruby red with violet hues in the glass. The wine leaps aromatically from the glass! Juicy, ripe black cherry, sweet blueberries and blackberries with a touch of blackberry bush, thyme, and juniper berries. Coffee and dark chocolate mingle with gentle vanilla, a hint of incense, and warm candle wax. After just a moment in the glass, the wine opens up with its strikingly impressive, intense, iron-rich minerality. On the palate, it's an elegant muse! Sour cherry and juicy Morello cherry with crème Chantilly and a hint of rosehip. Dark chocolate gives way to slightly smoky notes and sweet vanilla. The tannins are finely polished, almost powdery, ripe, and silky, yet integrated. The oak aging is superbly incorporated, the balance fantastic. Expressive, yet so wonderfully harmonious and elegant. The finish is epically long. It's already a joy with its vibrant fruit, but after five to ten years in the cellar, this wine will be a celebration! 100/100