Tasting. Dark fruit with just faint spice hints on either nose or palate. Good, slightly backward, somewhat simple.

Tasted twice today. First from a bottle open several days prior, gassed and refrigerated since. All red fruit, leaner styled. Bright red cherry flavors, very well textured. Elegant. Long for its level. 90 points.

Second bottle was served blind. Popped and decanted, this showed so much sulfur that we poured it into glasses and waiting ~1 hour. Sulfur mostly dissipated aromatically, but left a lingering flavor. Similar red fruit, similarly lacy like the earlier bottle, just odd.

Tasting. Open several days prior, then gassed and refrigerated. I did not enjoy this wine. Perhaps it didn't store well, but had a character of decay. I have little experience with Chevillon 2007s, so just hope/think this is not representative.

Tasting. Open severald ays earlier, then gassed and refrigerated. This is a wine I like in mnay vintages and 2005 is no exception. Big and bold, perhaps easily showing Volnay charm right now, but lots of good background soice with large scales, robust fruit.

Tasting. Open several days earlier, then gassed and refrigerated. This probably benefited from having been opened days before. Meaty, black and very dense with good power. Lots of tannins, but on the elegant side. Very good for its level.

Tasted double blind. Easily recognized as Chateauneuf, also accurately assesses as 1998 given its ripeness and advanced level of maturity. Very good fruit, just seemingly short on tannins and acid, so enjoyable combination of fruit and earth, but time to drink up.

Served double blind to tasting group. Red and black fruit aromas and flavors with modest spice, not easily recognizable as Vosne/ Echezeaux. Good balance of earthy elements and fruit. I popped, decanted and poured 30 minutes later. Wine was better several hours later.

Tasted double blind. Mostly black fruit aromas, meaty, dense on plate with good minerality and textures, modest spice. Still very firm, this needs more cellar time.

Tasted double blind. Correctly assessed his as New World Cabernet. Black fruit with some nice mushroom elements and a bit of tobacco. Better flavors than slightly flat aromas. Good balance and life. Much better than a Girard 1984 Reserve from magnum tried last year.

Tasted double blind. Easily identifiable as Burgundy. Lots of red fruit, modest spice aromas. Fresh red cherry and raspberry flavors with good concentration. Delicious no, but the substance to age well. Decanted several hours before serving.

Tasted double blind. Good black fruit with nice touch of liqueur aromas. Lots of everything in good balance. Still very young, but lots of pleasure already.

Opulent and slightly sweet. Ultra ripe and fat, this isn't exactly my preferred style of Chateauneuf.