100% Pinot Meunier, disgorged 07/16. Lemon, light earth, apple and floral notes. Nice acid flow, clean and nicely persistent. Drinking well now.

Started off decently but the alcohol got quite prominent while the fruit dropped away to be dominated by earth. Maybe a little bit of premox or something else dragging this down.

Pine nuts, toast, smoke, orange peel and spice. Delicious, with lovely ripeness but also depth to the fruit. It is rich, but there is also poise. Really well put together. Excellent!

Corked :(

Bottle 1 - Badly premoxed.

Bottle 2 - Blind initially. Lemon, musk, white florals and mineral aromas. The acid is settling and the wine feels really nicely composed. Has both power and delicacy. The brightness persists across the length of the palate. Really lovely, and a much better bottle, just a shame that it took 2 bottles to get something drinkable.

Peach, marshmallow, orange, florals and lime, there is a light herbal touch toward the finish as well. The acidity and texture of the fruit is great, there is good richness but not at a level that distracts from the purity of the fruit. There is a little tinge of oxidation here that would distract some tasters more than others.

Flint, graphite, smoke and pomegranate - definitely on the reductive side but there is still interest. The palate explodes with power, the fruit bursts forward, but there is still structure through the acidity. Really shining tonight.

Complex and exciting aromas - earth, meat, licorice, violets, some blackcurrant and also a leaf and olive element in the background. The palate is very savoury, with an truffle and earth element throughout. Tannins are fine and integrated really well, the wine feels like it is definitely ready to drink. Very much on song tonight.

Briar and stalky, with menthol and ash - the vegetable and herbal elements definitely stand out on this bottle, a little too much for my preference. On the palate the texture is holding up well and there is a bright note to it. Lacks a bit in complexity, especially next to the 1996 Chaillot tonight.

Blind. Red berries, roses, chocolate, blackberry, pepper and charcoal - aromatic and expressive. The palate shows quite a softness to the fruit, there are complexity and plenty of layers through the length of the palate. I wouldn't want to hold these too much longer based on this bottle as the fruit may fade too far, but for now it was excellent.

Redcurrant, graphite, cherry and rhubarb. Drinking nicely now, the fruit is clean and consistent. Good length and while it didn't really have an excitement factor, it was very nice.

Floral, cherry, leaf, spice, ash and blackberry. Showing better than a magnum from late last year, there fruit is mostly clean though there is an earthy element giving it some extra interest. Ticking along nicely.

Black cherry, blackberry, raspberry and charcoal on the nose and palate. Quite sweet fruited, with a light medicinal character. Feels a bit in between youth and having any complexity. Not greatly appealing tonight.

Lifted, with immense purity. A nose of violets, cherry, raspberry, gunpowder, spices with both white and black pepper as well as cardamom along with a line of mineral, chalky saline character. Plenty of firm tannic grip on the palate to go along with the mix of savoury and sweet red and black fruits, layered and deep. Constantly shifts in the glass, this has so much going on. Mesmerizing stuff.

Tobacco, coffee, redcurrant, raspberry and iron with some meaty character in the background. Excellent structure, with the tannins and acidity playing off against the power of the fruit. The oak, fruit and acidity are really well stitched together, with nothing feeling out of place. Really delightful way to finish the night.