Very nice indeed. There was a bit of sulphur on the nose at first, but this opened up nicely to show ripe, tropical tinged aromas alongside whiffs of chalky mineral - the sunniness of the 2009 coming out a bit here. It was clearly a Chablis on the palate though. There was a bit of that same ripeness in the shape of the fruit, especially on the attack, but this was underlined with lovely, bright citrus acidity and a nice streak of stony minerality and a flush of warm spice stretching into a long, precise finish. Very good indeed. I really liked the focus and juicy balance here. While drinking pleasantly now, it still has its best years ahead of it. This will be lovely in the mid-term. Very good indeed.

Quite delicious. Neither the nose complex nor the most compelling and, if I am to be honest, a rather advanced, but yummy nonetheless. The nose had a whiff of ripe blueberries and blackberries streaked with a bit of stalky herb, funky earth and drifts of smoky, spicy cigarette notes. The palate still showed a chew of fine, mouth coating tannins and bright, orange citrus acidity, but the flavours were soft and mellow and rather advanced, with shades of preserved berries and cherries and a haw flake sweetness trailing away into a deliciously smoky, ashy finish. It was just a tad soft and lacking conviction at the finish. Otherwise, this was very enjoyable.

A throwback to the days that I first started drinking wine. Big plummy fruit aromas, a little stalkiness, some eucalyptus. Not unpleasant, but certainly not a bouquet that calls out to me. The palate was not bad, but not to my taste. This was very much in line with the "international style". Bright plum and cassis fruit, soft tannins, bright acid, a little warm spice. All decently put together but rather anonymous. Not bad, no harm drinking, but not one I would go out seeking.

Really nice. This is ageless and does not seemed to have changed at all from the last bottle. It had a lovely, heady nose with complex notes of salted fig peel, preserved limes and kumquats, sweet molasses and toffees, little drifts of coffee grounds, sweet fruit cake aromas - really lovely. The palate had tons of character on it, with a real flush of bright acidity framing lovely, clear flavours of preserved fruit - cherries, plums and kumquats - alongside sweet honey, maple syrup and molasses, all packed together in a nicely focused, balanced package and stretched out into a long, spice infused finish backed by a mushroomy earthiness. Delicious, palate-staining stuff. I loved this.