This is a bit sherried on the nose but still showing some lemon, salt, caramel, brûlée and nutty notes.
The palate is advanced as well with obvious bruised apple notes but augmented with minerals, nutmeg, clove, lemon and hazelnut.
Finish is medium and a somewhat singular. This was much more advanced that I would have expected and given that it came from a great cellar...I would say drink up as this is tiring.

Nose is very giving right off the bat and quite complex with aromas of leather, animal, sauvage, smoke and a bit of stank but also possessing some pure cherry and raspberry fruit that really makes this quite inviting. Obvious whole cluster fermentation which I am a huge fan of....incense and that stemmy goodness.
One the palate, you can tell that this is a bit of a leaner year as it is dominated by the ample acidity. The tannins are also a touch austere. The wine is very clean and shows shows tart red fruit, spice, minerals, orange peel and a dominant lactic note but definitely leans to the more rustic side of Burgundy.
The finish is medium with good complexity. Overall, this is a touch disappointing as the nose showed such promise...

Nose was dominated by blood, beef, salt, iron....this is a really difficult as the saline aspects of the wine really take over. Not a good bottle in my mind so not rated. Very disappointing.

I have had some very majestic vintages of Palmer over the years.....1961, 1978, 1983, 1989, 2000 etc. so have very high hopes when we had a new person joining our tasting group that was born in 1970....
Needless to say...the 1970 Palmer did not show up to the party. Nose showed some traces of fruit but this was really over the hill with a dominant metallic note. The palate was thin, metallic and boring....what a waste. DOA

I am a unabashed Rayas fan....so when I can find bottles made by the Rayas winemaker I jump.
I pulled this to fill in for the previous off bottle assuming that it would provide that classic Rayas profile....this was....interesting.

If you closed your eyes when smelling the wine...you would have assumed you were smelling an ontario Riesling Icewine.....notes of orange peel fresh cut strawberries, flowers, ripe citrus flavours...this was so aromatically intense.
The palate showed similar flavours of incense, saffron, orange peel, strawberry and minerals.
Finish was long and quite complex.

....this was dirty....but still showing some character that I so associate with Hermitage like blue fruit, olive, and fat...but in addition there was pickle juice, coffee bean and you guessed it...more dirt.
The palate showed a leaner blue fruit profile augmented by classic notes of olive, fat and earth.
Finish was medium with moderate complexity.

This was rocking from first pour....olive brine, blue fruit, roasted meat, fat and smoke.
The palate was quite complex showing similar characteristic notes of brine, olives, smoked meat and campfire.
Finish was medium+ and quite complex. Pretty wine.

This was quite strange....tonnes of powdered sugar, vanilla, coconut and pina colada on the nose.
The palate gave the impression that there was still some residual sugar...but the fruit also showed some tart aspects...
Finish was simple

Very pretty....nose of earth, mushroom, sweet spice, leather, cedar, blackcurrant and cassis.
Palate was very lithe....very pure and so integrated. Black and red fruits mix with secondary and tertiary flavours of leather, cedar, earth and forrest floor.
Finish is medium+. Pretty wine.

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Decanted for 5 hours ahead.
This was gorgeous...and by far the best 1977 port I have ever had.
Nose was a kaleidoscope of flowers, spice, dark rich fruit, nuts, minerals, figs, spice cake.
Palate was viscous but at the same time very light and elegant....such precision, focus and integration. Myriads of different dark and red fruits mix with a bouquet of flowers and spicy nutty notes.
Finish is long, layered and lush. WOW. Pretty.