Still very young, and a brilliant wine, vraiment blanc de blancs with all the tell-tale notes of a rich chardonnay, vanilla, butter, almonds, woven together by firm backbone of minerals and acidity. This has years to go, but it is approachable now.

A decent rosé, well balanced, dry - which means not overwhelmed by strawberry-notes - precise and fine, but overpowered by the Comtes de Champagne...

The concentration, the minerality, the mere tension here is crazy; sacrilegious, of course, to open this now, but it would have been equally blasphemic to turn it down, when someone offers ... I probably will never see this wine again, but if you have a stash, do not touch for ten years, I see absolutely no signs of premox here. A majestic wine.

A very typical Coche, a subtle mix between Puligny and old fashioned Meursault; very elegant tightly wound, minerals, citrus dominates, butter lingers behind, this is very young indeed, it will improve and merit a higher score, I think (served in tough company, vis-a-vis Montrachet from Laguiche)

Very, very young, with some herbal notes (almost) covering the elegant expression of the vineyard and the fruit. Still, this is burgundy showing elegance, grace, even lightness, but it will need time to come together. While this is of course on a high level, tasting vis-a-vis 2010, this goes to show the weakness of the 2009’s, when it comes to the top terroirs.

Even of the successor of Denis is less heavy in the oak, this is STILL heavy on the oak and the obvious vintage does not help; this is quite open, very rich, loads of pinot here, a plentiful wine, that will probably merit a higher score, if given time to settle down

First HB of the night - served blind. Impressive wine, a tell-tale Haut-Brion – and surprisingly strong for the vintage - I was actually guessing 1996, which says something. It has tobacco, black cassis, minerals, a firm backbone and a very solid body – all in balance. This will keep a decade or longer, but it is coming around.

This is right up there with the best of them, in complete harmony, and yet with a lot of backbone still here, HB at it’s best. The tobacco and cassis notes are great, the somewhat dusty, serious exterior is drawing attention, there is an Imperial, majestic feature to this, it tells the stories of The Reform Club – a woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke etc. A historic wine - and it will keep a decade longer, easy.

A very classic example of both the wine and the vintage; it is smooth, almost creamy, a little warm in the style, vanilla interferes with the tobacco notes, a hint of the south here. Hard to resist, and I doubt it will become any better than this.

Tastes great, just way to young – and really no reason to open one now. The juice is here, but what it will be, is hard to say – certainly a lighter vintage and the weakest HB of the night, a rather plain (in comparison), albeit abundant fruit, but somewhat lacking the HB character. Try in ten years to get more of that tobacco & smoke, let it bngrow to be a man ...

WOTN and just overwhelming in it’s masculine charm, everything in the right place. You could talk about tobacco, minerals, some sexy sweetness of fruit, spices et al, but music comes to mind - Bach, Symphoni no. 3, F Minor ... ;)

This reminded me somewhat of the 1995 – just much younger, of course. It is a firm wine, very concentrated, quite closed (a crime, really, to open it now) but with promises of future greatness. I love it’s cool, very European Old World style with minerals, tobacco, black fruit all tied up in a fist. Tannic in a good way. Try in five years.