Powerful aromatics. Crisp with loads of energy and body. Long flavorful finish. Still young. Excellent.

Round, sweet fruit in the mouth. Good counter balancing acidity. Still fresh and lively. Definitely new world profile in comparison to the 5 Champagnes in the line up.

Wow - complex nose with an exotic spice note. Palate is chock full of flavor and punch yet elegant. Long, robust finish. Amazing stuff.

Beautiful aromatic nose. Fresh and lively palate. Smooth with no hard edges. Still youthful.

Shy, clean nose. Dry mineral driven palate. Crushed rocks. Clipped finish. Too young?

Shy, clean nose. More robust in body and flavor than the AoS blanc tasted side by side. Nice floral notes on the back end. Long finish.

Gorgeous and powerful aromas - complex mix of mineral, baked apples, peach and lemon zest. Precise palate with medium body and great verve. Long. Leaner and much more focused in comparison to the '09 Les Pucelles tasted side by side.

Stunning stuff - gorgeous effusive nose with minerals, lemon-lime with a hint of candy apple. Round and medium-rich fruit on the palate with juicy underlying acidity. Crazy long. Slightly preferred the more rich '09 to the '07 Les Pucelles tasted side by side.

Big showy nose of ripe apple and pear with citrus and mineral adding complexity. Palate has medium rich fruit, minerals and good cut providing balance. Long finish. Excellent in its own right but less pure and focused relative to the '09 Les Pucelles tasted side by side.

Bright nose with mineral, crushed rock, lemon-lime. Racy and crisp palate. Lean citrus-driven fruit profile. Good acidity. Fruit seems very lean at this stage, in particular relative to the 04 Les Preuses tasted side by side.

Terrific, layered aromas with mineral, stone fruit and citrus zest. Crisp and acid-driven. Medium rich stone fruit made complex with mineral notes. Long. More going on here than in the '04 Les Clos tasted side by side.

Wow nose - huge layered aromas burst from the glass. Mineral, baked white fruits, honey, spice, go on and on. Rich and delicious in the mouth. With terrific balancing acidity. More ripe with a bigger "yum" factor than the Chevalier Montrachet tasted side by side - both were outstanding.

Another wow, penetrating nose. In the mouth, an interesting contrast to the Batard Montrachet. This is equally as delicious and features a similar flavor profile but has more focus and precision. Splitting hairs, but I slightly prefer the richness of the Batard tasted side-by-side.

Consistent with many prior bottles - this is a delicious, rich and ripe sauv. Not the mostly complex or the most refined, but a new world lover cannot deny the melange of flavors, the interplay of rich fruit and cut and the long robust finish. Fun, if a little out of place with the Burgs and Champers.

Out of magnum, very much alive and kicking. Interesting, very mature fruit profile with some acid punch remaining.

A shame that this was the 16th wine tasted at dinner. My note literally says "yum" in three different places! Huge nose is youthful and rich. Palate too is very young with primary fruit and loads of energy. Yet maintains focus and balance. Flavorful and complex/layered despite its young age. Long. Delicious. Mid 90s rating for sure.

Tasted side by side with the 2011. Showed similarly, and nearly as youthful ... but the 2005 had more depth of flavor and better integration. Amazing stuff. Mid 90s rating if I was evaluating / rating the wine more closely.