Quite rich on the nose, nice depth. Positive attack, nicely mineral and with good depth. Opens up to a touch of honey. Mineral, long, interesting. ****

Mid to full straw. Full and a sense of fatness on the nose with a touch of aniseed lift. Fat in the glass, far richer and more viscous than the Chablis. Quite tight on the mid-palate initially, but this does open up nicely, more expansive and richer across the mid-palate. ****

Mid gold. Quite expressive on the nose, richly mineral. Slightly iodine-scented. Quite rich and full. A sense of underlying tension. There's GC weight here. Minerally on the fairly long finish. ****

similar mid gold colour to the Raveneau. Nicely mature, slightly mushroom nose. Rich, rounded, nicely fresh with a good weight and length. Lovely. Rich, slightly leesey nose. Full and long and lovely and proper. ****

Ruby to deep garnet at the rim. Nicely expressive and fragrant on the nose, gamey red fruit, a touch of sous-bois. Quite bright and nicely focused on the attack. A gamey edge that transitions to a mineral, fresh mid-palate and finish. Good line. Mineral. A slight sweetness on the finish. After an hour or so, there's a good dollop of sweet herb- thyme coming through on the attack; really quite vibrant. ****

Higher toned with more lift and sweeter-fruited fragrance on the nose opening up to a more evolved, gamey edge. Rounded and fatter on the attack than the Faiveley Beze. Sweet fruit, quite lacy across the mid-palate, tightening up to a more mineral edge on the long finish. Long, expansive and silky. ****1/2

Denser, slightly tighter but still giving nose with a slightly sweet-cure bacon edge to the nose. Quite seductive. the bacon thing evolves to a more synthetic 'Frazzles' nose. Gorgeous! Tighter and more minerally on the palate, less open and showy than the nose. Wi a bit more air the Frazzles dissipates and moves to the edge and there's a core of deep cherry-scented fruit. Opens to a sweet-fruited silky to finely velvety. To be critical, lacks a bit of flair or excitement cf the Rousseau, but... ****

Dense but also nicely lifted nose with a sweet-fruited core. Very ripe, rounded and quite fat on the palate, positive attack and beautifully rounded across the mid-palate. Dense, velvety and long with a bright cherry-led fruit. Still quite minerally with a bit of bite on the finish. ****

Lighter, lacier, silky red-fruited nose, with a slightly menthol edge to the nose. Slightly brighter and more vibrant red fruit than the Richebourg. I'm a few notes short here, and the glass is empty. Not a bad sign. ****

The glass from the bottom of the bottle a bit sludgy and muddy-nosed, but a generous snifter from Alex, half way up the bottle, purer and fresher with a slightly funky, meaty nose with a bit of floral lift. Sweet-fruited attack, rounded, long and persistent. Pretty, with proper lift, but there's a persistence to this and a fine line to the finish. The muddy glass still showing well, but seems older and less well defined. Picks up a bit in the glass and certainly shines, but I don't think this has quite the depth or persistence of some. That said, it's very pretty and pretty good. ****