Tasting, brief note. I'm not very familiar with this wine, but it comes across as very precise and Chardonnay-driven with lots of apple and lemon peel. Very good energy and length, even if not necessarily very powerful.

Tasting, brief note. Comes across as very Pinot Noir to me with ripe apple and lots of berry notes. The vintages of this wine I've most admired come across as fresher at this youthful stage, and I find this very toasty and bready, even while I find this powerful and dense.

Tasted double blind. Spice-driven nose is better than earth-driven palate. Mature black fruit throughout. I liked this much more when last tasted shortly after release. Firm structure is outlasting the mature fruit here.

Tasted double blind. Black plum and cherry on palate and nose. Good balance, a nice glass of wine, but overall slightly simple. Good now.

I'm not a fan of most 2003 CDP, but will assume this stewy bottle is flawed and not just devoid of acidity and fundamentally bleh.

Tasted double blind. Big and burly black fruit start with some green pepper. Moderate weight. Simpler than I recall from other time tasted in recent years, but still drinking nicely now.

Bottle had been open and sitting on the counter overnight. Bigger, fresher and more dense than the Lynch Bages 1990 just tasted. Black plum, some liqueur and cigarbox. Good balance. Moderate length.

Tasted double blind. Meaty black fruit, very Gevrey character. Crunchy textures, I didn't think it ripe enough for 2002, instead thought it a 2001 1er Cru with plenty of life ahead. Barely in its peak drinking window.

Tasted double blind. Clearly ripe Bordeaux. Mature black fruit aromas and flavors with rounded textures. Nicely balanced. Slightly hollow middle.

Totally madeirized.

Dead.

Tasted double blind. All black fruit with good textures and balance. Mountain fruit structure is holding this up nicely. Very enjoyable now.

Tasted double blind alongside the 1995 vintage. Mature, ripe black fruit with enticing spice and cigarbox. Very good, very long. Best wine of the day.

Tasted double blind alongside PLL 82. Dense black fruit with background spice. Firm and still backward (could have used decanter time), but overall excellent balance and potential. Will benefit from more cellar time.

Tasted double blind. Black and blue berries on nose and palate with floral nice and an overall sense of elegance, with the charm of enough ripeness without jamminess. Best vintage of this wine I can ever recall tasting. Good now, but with the structure and substance to improve.

I served this double blind to the tasting group as a "palate cleanser" of sorts. Lemon, lemon peel, some orange peel as well. Precise, energetic, long and pristine. I was surprised how fresh this came across. Purchased at release, basically unmoved since.

Corked.

Tasted double blind. Popped and poured. Fat, ripe and rounded black cherry and plum. Elegant structure sneaks up on you. Very good length and finessed finish.

Seemed corked at first, then I thought it musty, but alas it was corked.

Tasted double blind. Black berry aromas and flavors, slightly mature, with modest spice. Hints of roasted meat. Very classically northern Rhone, even if it didn't show the spice I associate with Côte-Rôtie.

This bottle had been sitting open on the counter for several days when I tasted it. Floral and citrus aromas. Lemon, lime and intense saline minerality. Very impressive given how long it had been open, so I'd expect this might easily be a 92-93+ point wine if tasted more normally.

Tasted double blind. Forward black and red cherry with modest spice. Weight made me think 1er Cru, but textures made me think Chambolle. Very good now, with ongoing cellar potential.

Tasted double blind. Black fruit, meaty and dense. Lots of structure. I thought this Bordeaux from a mediocre vintage. Too firm for the level and quality of fruit.

Tasted double blind. Extremely concentrated and ripe with plenty of new oak. One dimensional. Not my style of wine.

Tasted double blind. I don't think I have tried this wine since shortly after release, and found it slightly disappointing today. Very ripe berry aromas and flavors with intense spice, all of which are good on the nose and palate. But not showing the weight, depth or length I'd ever have expected from the middle forward. Odd.