Floral start with lots of fat apple and lemon hints to follow. Rounded and approachable with a firm, almost bitter hint at the very end, but good depth and energy.

Precise, long and vibrant as always. Apple with lemon and lemon zest notes throughout. Long life here.

Round, forward and fat with very pleasurable fruit, perhaps a bit too much pronounced new oak influence for me. Moderate intensity. I preferred the Martray '07 served alongside.

Dark color. Ripe stone fruit aromas with hints of sweetness and spice. More nuanced flavors immediately emerge with the same fruit but so well supported and chiseled by good acidity and minerality. Very good density, moderately good length.

Direct from the Drouhin cellars a few blocks away, this was more fresh and charming vs another bottle from my cellar a few weeks ago. Perfect balance of freshness, energy and hints of maturation. Great now.

Black tea and good spice to start, very intriguing. Faded quickly. I've never seen this wine before, but would imagine it was an assemblage of younger vine or declassified Echezeaux, Grands-Echezeaux and Brulees?

Charming and still quite alive with spice and red fruit hints behind more prominent earthy character.

From magnum from the Domaine. Started quite musty, some thought corked, but then came across as earthy, then as clear and pleasurable after 15-20 minutes in glass. Still earthy but ripe red fruit aromas and flavor hints.

Huge sweet baking spice with mature black cherry. Very long and powerful with superbly elegant structure throughout. As impressive as prior bottles, no fear of this fading any time soon.

Mature red fruit, earth and subtle sweet spice. Moderate depth and intensity. Best now. Perhaps slightly lost in the quality of its flight (how often does that happen to a Meo-Camuzet Grand Cru?).

Probably the 3rd or 4th time I've had this wine and it's been a rock star every time. It has prob been 5 years since I've had it last and while moderately mature, it shows such great red and black cherry, perfectly accompanied by Asian five spice. Dense, powerful, well textured and nuanced. My WOTN, and also WOTN for at least half the others at dinner that I asked.

Corked.

Mature red fruit through with enticing spice, lots of earth, some faint hints of rot that Frederic Drouhin said are common in 1980s. Intriguing sweet notes also persisted that added charm. Nuanced and well textured, very interesting and good.

At a very good place right now with lots of mature fruit and subtle spice in the background. Everything here is resolved, integrated and good right now.

From magnum. Very pleasant and mature black fruit and gamy character. Seemed more advanced than I expected. Others liked this far more than I did tonight.

Only the 2nd time I've had this wine. First time it was corked and this 2nd wonderful bottle was opened in Beaune! Lots of black fruit, tobacco, spice. Very intense but with great overall balance, textures. Still fresh.

Opened in honor of Etienne's birthday. Fruitcake flavors and spice. Mature, intense red cherry start-to-finish, really charming and fun.

Not yet bottled, recently racked for bottling. Starts of ripe but incredibly elegant with powerful re berry aromas and flavors. Picks up weight and density as you are tasting the wine. Long, enticing finish. A masterful wine, with 94-96 point potential.

Bottle had been open most of the day. Accessible and very forward with bright red and blue berries, good spice and fresh herbs. Very easily enjoyed and accessible tonight.

This bottle had also been open 12 hours when I tasted it. Cross-section of great red fruit, accessible and great spice. Slightly floral hints. Very powerful and very persistent.