Quite heady for a 2008, the ripe yellow fruit is at the forefront rather than the acidity. We were evenly divided between house and grower on this so guess the style is in between.

Seemed green and underripe, texture of the wine was thin and dilute. Liked the 2011 a lot more from this producer than this 2012 and a 2008 from a couple of months ago. Buy their off-vintages?

Fruit was clearly from a warmer vintage but still showing good tension and acidity. The darker hue made me think it had more age on it but probably was from the oak use. Thought this was a 2006 BdB. Probably the most balanced out of the champagnes today.

Think nobody liked this at the start, it was a little too ripe with too much alcohol showing. On revisiting a few hours later, it had settled down to be more like the classic 2014 that I tried last month. Still rather weighty but floral orchard fruit was more expressive. Think the En Remilly and Montceau might be the plots to go for instead for a more classic Burgundy white.

Agree with previous notes about the weird mix of under and over-ripe fruits - reminded me of something like Kumeu River which always comes across as rather unbalanced to me since it doesn't have a clear sense of identity - same impressions here. Was still disjointed after time in the glass.

Quite green and herbaceous on the nose that pointed towards the Gruner and not Riesling (given the person who brought this). Appealing citrus fruits, clearly from a warmer vintage but not excessive. Showed some good secondary development.

Wanted to try a Boxler single vineyard so brought this as an extra. Dark golden in colour but no signs of premox, consistent with the previous review. Slightly sweet, quite rich and heavy, the acidity was there but not quite at the forefront which made it rather pedestrian. Slightly bitter finish. Not the biggest fan of this unfortunately.

Clearly a larger-scaled wine but compared to my previous bottle which showed very youthfully, this was slightly advanced with plummy notes and less structure. Bad end of the stick for bottle variation?

Got the country and vintage right for this, clearly American with fresh cherries and strawberries on the nose but showed great restraint without any candied fruit. Quite a sensual and silky palate, not too earthy and dark unlike the Yamhill Close from the same vintage that I tried previously.

Jammy, bubble gum nose with predominantly blue fruit that made me think new-world Shiraz. Palate was very rich with creamy red fruit, no greenness at all to this despite the grape. With this kind of winemaking I guess no matter the grape there would be the same end result since everything has been smoothed into a velvety, milkshake sort of texture. Marginally better after a few hours.

Vibrant red cherry fruit that got fuller and rounder with time in the glass. Quite a bit of sweetness but just about not overdone. No greenness at all to this, probably this was picked much riper than contemporary Napas of its time.

Thought this was a new-world Pinot with age but after being told that this wasn’t a Pinot I thought this must be a Shiraz given that I made the same mistake with an old Astralis before. Sweeter and simpler than the Astralis but the difference in quality is much more marginal than the price differential. A pyrazine note emerged with time in the glass that made me think there was some Cabernet.

One of the two 1990s that I brought to do a comparison between Bordeaux and Loire. Beautiful perfumed nose, fruit on the palate is fading but still very pleasant with some sweetness. A lovely, understated traditional claret.

One of the two 1990s that I brought to do a comparison between Bordeaux and Loire. More greenness and rough edges that then Lanessan alongside, some classic Loire funk that blew off. Almost no perceptible fruit, some balsamic notes but the structure is still quite formidable. Liked the 1996 that I tried before better which was more pleasurable.

Cooler and more understated than the '05 Poyferre and '06 Clerc Milon, I liked the classicism on this. Took time for it to open up but this had greater depth and layers to the dark fruit than the other two wines.

Rather modern with an overt vanilla nose, showed the warmth but surprisingly not the structure of 2005. Quite soft and approachable albeit without much complexity.

Quite a high percentage of Merlot (44%) that might have contributed to the sweet fruit. Very soft and luscious fruit, tannins were quite smoothed out. Didn't get a sense of place for this, thought modern right bank.