Tasted double blind. Big aromatics including lots of barnyard charm alongside red cherry and dried herbs. Lean red cherry and strawberry flavors come through on palate with thyme and sage along with some baking spice in background. Flavors expand on finish. You rarely see this wine around. Thanks, Katsu!

Perhaps an off bottle? Lean and angular without much fruit or spice today.

Tasted double blind. Aromas of overripe black fruit to start along with plenty of prominent oak spice. Jammy flavors with a flabby finish. Probably more than half the group liked this wine, so it's a good wine if you like big, simple wine that's all fruit.

Tasted double blind. Starts with big, black fruit aromas, slightly more lean and textured on the palate. Short finish is a bit dry. Slightly past its peak.

Tasted double blind. Mature black currant and cassis aromas with some lead pencil elements that gave it a Bordeaux character. Modest degree of good barnyard comes through on both nose and palate. Same fruit on palate with modest spice increasing towards the wine's moderate finish.

Tasted double blind. Open approximately an hour. Green aromas dominate to start. Lean red fruit alongside that same green character with a slightly bitter finish. I'm told this was much more pleasant when initially opened.

Tasted double blind. Ripe plum and black plum aromas on nose. Palate was much more structured with somewhat coarse tannins and sharp acidity well ahead of the black fruit. Seemed disjointed.

Tasted double blind. Black cherry and boysenberry aromas with some licorice and perfumed character. Same fruit profile on palate that's ripe but well balanced. Good acidity and silky tannins help give very good textures and elegance. Still has room to improve from here. Thanks, Jeff.

Tasted double blind. Aromas of lemon and lemon oil. Same citrus flavors on palate that transition to some apple on the finish. Lots of acidity providing lift and energy towards fairly long finish.

Tasted double blind. Aromas of black cherry with attractive baking spice. Maturing black cherry and red cherry flavors on palate with very nice balance. Drinking very well now.

I brought this to today's double blind tasting, and bottom line is that everybody liked it but it really was tough to identify as Nebbiolo. Powerful, sweet black cherry flavors and aromas with some clove and allspice. Fruit is quite fresh, finish a bit short on acidity.

Tasted double blind. Dark black fruit on both nose and power, showing lots of power in both. Fruit is just barely starting to age but I didn't really get much complementary spice or emerging complexity here.

Tasted double blind. Easily identifiable as Northern Rhone based on great black pepper aromas. Reasonable and elegant black cherry comes through on both nose and palate with good balance and textures. Very fresh and enjoyable already today, this probably isn't a vintage to stash the Chave Hermitage in the back of the cellar.

Tasted double blind. Dense, black and not particularly accessible aromas. Similar black fruit on palate with just the most faint hints of black pepper. Massively tannic also made this tough to appreciate today. I was completely surprised to see this is a Guigal "La La" when unveiled. If representative, I would imagine this will take another decade to mature.

Tasted double blind. Moderate black fruit on nose. Palate is far more dominated by lots of acidity and fairly robust tannins, I'm not sure where or when this wine will emerge as something more balanced or interesting.

Tasted double blind. Lean black cherry and black berry aromas with a hint of Gevrey animale character. Same fruit on palate, coming across as quite balanced. Tasted blind, nobody thought this was from 2003, instead mostly thinking it from 2006 or 2007. Surprisingly good acidity and subtlety for the vintages. This showed much better than another bottle tasted blind just a few weeks ago.