Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over 20 minutes. Very nice, pear citrus, a bit of strawberry, minerals. The palate is consistent, clean, defined, elegant. 90+ pts.

Pale gold color. Lovely nose with lime, citrus, green apple, yeast, floral. The palate is very bright and lifted, very good energy, lime, lemon, apple, minerals, yeast. Very clean and a long finish. This was my #3 WOTN and group #4 by a point. 92+pts.

Light medium gold color. PNP, drank 1 glass over an hour. I enjoyed this as usual, but it was just a hair short of previous bottles. Moderate fusil, lime, tart, lemon, mineral. The palate was consistent, and was drinking more kabinett like tonight.

Unfortunately this was bad. Very burnt on the palate, burnt rubber, sharp.

Medium dark yellow color. PNP. Followed 1 glass over an hour. Very disappointing showing after the last bottle being completely oxidized. This was drinkable, but hardly the wine from the first bottle. Minerals, nutty, oak, lemon, did get a bit better in the glass, but still lacked fruit on the palate. Mildly oxidized.

Light gold color. PNP, drank 1 glass over an hour plus. This was pretty introverted on the nose and rather disjointed on the palate initially. It did improve considerably in glass and was more reminiscent of what I expect from this wine. The nose was superior to the palate, lemon, lemon peel, tropical notes emerge after a half hour. The palate is medium bodied, citrus, just a hint of butter, light tropical fruits, toasted, light oak, nice medium finish emerges after being bitter and sharp.

Medium dark red color, a bit cloudy. PNP, with aeration in glasses. Drank 1 glass over 1.5hrs. This was lovely as usual showing the typical damp earth, floral, cherry, strawberry nose. The palate was elegant, earthy, velvety, with cherry and berry fruit, deeply layered and long on the finish. 93+ pts tonight. My and group #2 WOTN.

Very dark purple/inky color. Splashed into decanter and back into bottle and poured with aeration. Drank 1 glass over 1.5hrs. Wow, this was a blockbuster right out of the gate, the nose is explosive, blueberry cobbler, blackberry pie, creme de cassis, roses, leather, tobacco. The palate is rich and concentrated, deeply layered black fruits that are ripe, but not jammy, smoke, leather, crushed rocks, tobacco, spice, fine grained tannins. this is smooth, long, and elegant with that power and grace that impresses all the way around. Landslide WOTN. 94+ pts. Drink or hold.

Very dark red color. Splash decanted and back with aeration from bottle. Drank 1 glass over an hour. Very nice nose with cassis, black cherry, blackberry,vanilla, coffee, oak, and dust. The palate was medium-full bodied, maybe not showing as much mid palate, consistent notes from the nose, a bit more oak on the palate. Tannins are round, medium plus finish. I'm not quite sure where this is going right now, it may not be a long term cellar candidate, but it should be good for at least 3-4 years.

Very dark red/purple color. Decanted for about 2 hours. Drank 1 glass over an hour plus. I could just copy my last note from December of '12 because this was a carbon copy of the bottle, The nose was lovely, but the palate did not improve any with decanting. It was the same on PNP and after 2 hours in the decanter plus in glass time. (10/18/12 note: Very dark red color. Another bottle with no decant. Drank 1 glass over 2 hours. I was really looking forward to trying this, but sadly was disappointed. I'm a huge fan of Pontet-Canet in general, certainly over the last decade anyway. This bottle presented as austere, tannic, black fruits, anise, oak, gravelly mineral, spice. Not sure this will get a lot better. I'd like to see the impact of a significant decant, but this did not improve a lot in the glass.) So FWIW, I think this is what it is and what it will be, drink up.

This just keeps blowing me away.