Drinking amazing right now! Had alongside the 08....the 02 has the weight and complexity of a top grand cru...making the lighter 08 seem more top premier cru. Brilliant shiny gold metallic...creamy and rich fruits, some tropical, buttered with honey and loaded with crushed minerals...lemon citrus and ginger dance on the palate....laser beam freshness, caramel corn, butterscotch, exotic wood spice and florals. In the perfect place right now....just awesome!

Had alongside the 02...the 08 was a little cloudy and lighter than the amazing 02! Lot of fresh citrus acidity brightens up the med rich fruits...wonderful flavors of toasted marshmallow, honey butter bread, exotic wood spice....good dose of minerality...chalk dust, crushed rocks...pretty florals and some flint strike. Super wine today...but after seeing what the 02 turned into....the few more years of age should do even more wonders for this wine. +pts

Acquired from the Barney Rhodes cellar......bottle and cork were in perfect condition! This "Burgundy" probably has everything BUT Pinot in it! Super dark and youthful looking....needed some air to really open up...a little old cellar funk at first, but not dead at all. Dark fruits more like an aged Petite Sirah....some coffee and leather, decayed strawberry....old cellar dust, earth tones.....got better with air...kind of went in and out of "is it dying, no it's alive, it's amazing, it's falling apart...." Very smooth, but still structured strong....there was an intriguing perfume spice/mint thing that I kept finding here and there.....but then the aged flavors would take hold again. Not crazy good, but good enough to contemplate...especially for the age(maybe late 50's early 60's), and who knows what's in it! Fun stuff though!

Surprised how good this was! After a little air...the fruit was pure Pinot, light yet sweet strawberry, cherry, rhubarb...showing the aged sous bois, yet crunchy with crancherry acidity. The structure was surprisingly firm....yet with Pinot silk...loved the dusty earth dryness...as well as some tea leaves...dried rose florals. Very tasty older Pinot! Wonder what's grown in that vineyard now?

Not a great year....but this is a great wine! A more subtle Latour...still has the killer silky smooth dark berry fruits, plum liqueur, graphite powder tannins that are firm yet giving...pencil lead, exotic cedar wood spice, wintergreen tobacco....wonderful purity and elegance....I'd drink this all day long!