Tasting, brief note. Ripe apple and some lemon curd with very good power and concentration for its level, with almost Grand Cru density.

Rich and fleshy orchard fruit aromas and flavors with some hints of roasted walnut and sweet spice. Vibrant and energetic, with a good life going forward.

Tasting, brief note. I was thrilled to see this wine, but rather disappointed when smelled and tasted. Lean, tart red cherry with moderate spice, but this didn't really come across as particularly clean. I'd wonder about its long-term storage.

Great floral start with intense fruit, but alas this was slightly corked.

Tasting, brief note. Lots of mushroom with cigarbox. Slightly less fruit remaining vs the best bottles I've had in the past few years, but very elegant and nuanced.

Tasting, brief note. Cork slightly sunken and loose, but still a good fill. Mature black fruit with a slightly simple character. Perhaps ever-so-slightly oxidized.

From 3L. I thought this was musty and slightly dirty. Others thought it corked.

Tasting, brief note. Slightly sweet apple and pear that was fresher than I'd have expected at this age, with better fruit, despite almost no remaining effervescence. Yum, thanks, John!

Tasting, brief note. Unmistakably Riesling aromas with plenty of ripe orchard fruit. Similar flavor profile, very pleasant with moderate depth, good balance.

Tasting, brief note. Lots of fat fruit that came across as nicely fresh for its age, but also slightly simple.

Tasting, brief note. This was all mushroom and forest floor, seemingly at the end of its peak drinking window if this bottle was representative.

Tasting, brief note. Massive and powerful black fruit, with mouth puckering tannins right now. So not lots of pleasure for me today, but clearly lots of great 93-94 point potential.

Lots of ripe and mature black berry aromas and flavors. Lots of Vosne styled Asian five spice. Good structure for the vintage gives equally good balance for its level of ripeness.

Tasting, brief note. Wow, really stunning baking spice, summer flowers with pronounced red and black cherries. Fresh and precocious fruit to start, meaty and dense middle, then amazingly powerful on the finish. Great now and i can see this getting better and better for at least another decade. Perhaps the best Latricieres-Chambertin I can ever recall tasting.

Tasting, brief note. Popped and poured. Musty start dissipated within 5 minutes, after which there was intense black fruit, bacon, black pepper and licorice for the next 20 minutes, after which it faded quickly.

Seemed very reductive to start, so this got a quick decant which really helped. Meaty flavors with black fruit and an overall sauvage character with black pepper and dried thyme. Good length.

Tasting, brief note. Black fruit retaining good freshness for a '79. Moderate complexity, but everything is in harmony right now so this is a very enjoyable wine.

Very enjoyable Spatburgunder, these are young Grand Cru vines just recently replanted with Pinot Noir. Fresh and ripe red and black cherry aromas with baking spice and a hint of cherry cola. More restrained flavors with the same fruit profile, but less sweet than implied from the aromatic start, and nicely energetic.

Tasting, brief note. Red cherry with some black cherry hints and background spice. Sneaky structure here gives this lots of power, while nicely balanced. Probably close to entering the early stages of a good drinking window.

Tasting, brief note. Maturing black berries and plum with good cigarbox character. good power throughout.

Tasting, brief note. Peach and ripe apple, very forward and almost opulent. Moderate depth.

Tasting, brief note. Came across as much older than we should have expected. Bottle condition or storage problem?

Tasting, brief note. Ultra ripe fruit dominates everything else at present, but there plenty of sweet baking spice and black pepper coming through near the end. Give this another year for better harmony to emerge.