Tasted blind.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, gold colour. Fine fading bubbles. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of oxidative nuttiness, toasty bread, umami, lemon-lime, stony minerality, slight florals. Developing.
On the palate, dry, sharp piercing high acidity, medium alcohol (12.5%), medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of lemon-lime, toasty nuts, yeasty bread, savoury umami, salty wet stones minerality. Long finish.
Very good quality. Very balanced with a nice bit of everything and a dash of oxidativeness. Going strong into the future.
Disgorged May 2016. Spent 82 months on lees!
Not sure about the blend of this. Galloni mentioned in his tasting note that this is 100% Pinot Noir. But others seem to suggest it is a Pinot and Chardonnay blend.

Tasted blind.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, lemon colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of butter cream, stony minerality, salty brine, citrus lemon. Developing.
On the palate, dry, zippy high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of butter oil, fatty cream, citrus lemon curd, briney salt, stony minerality. Long finish.
Very good quality. I was guessing young Meursault Perrieres maybe about 2011 or 2013 on this one. Other option would have been a Puligny 1er Cru maybe a Pucelles or Clavoillon.
Nicely played out to be a 2011 Leflaive Folatieres. Good minerality. Not shy at this point in time, but needs to shed the baby fat. Suggest to try again in about 3-4 years.

Tasted blind.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, gold colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, initially very tight but opens up with more air, medium+ intensity, with aromas of citrus lemon, hot stones minerality, flint, Leflaive matchstick, toast, slight brine. Developing.
On the palate, dry, vibrating high acidity, medium body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of toast, flinty stones minerality, salty minerality, citrus lemon that became richer and fuller with more air, turning into ripe nectarines. Long finish.
Very good quality. Clearly a Leflaive here. Premier Cru Puligny from a lovely vintage, just on the cusp of greatness. Tight on pop and pour. This needed quite a bit of air time to flesh out and show its stuff. Why such low ratings from Allen Meadows? Thankfully this was not premoxed, and still very much alive!

Tasted blind.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, bright ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of smoke, toasty oak, tobacco leaf, licorice, red cherries, some fresh leather. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), fine medium+ tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of fresh red cherries, darker red cherries, ripe strawberry, licorice, smokey toasty oak. Long finish.
The group was going for Vosne-Romanee 1er, but something about the masculinity, mild off-balance, and bit of rusticity makes me think of NSG Premier Cru rather than Vosne. Guessed probably NSG 1er on the Northern side nearer to Vosne, maybe a Boudots.
Very good quality. Ambitious lashings of oak just a bit too dramatic for me at this point in time though. Needs about at least 4+ years for this to integrate better.
100% new oak. 69-year-old vines.

Tasted blind.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour with slight garnet rim. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of meaty animal, dark red cherries, earth. Developing.
On the palate, dry, bright high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), fine high tannins, medium+ body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of sappy ripe red fruits, rich dark red cherries, red licorice, meaty animal, some rustic earthy chalky limestone minerality. Long finish.
The group was going for Vosne-Romanee 1er, but something about the masculinity, mild off-balance, and bit of rusticity and meaty sauvage animal makes me think of NSG Premier Cru rather than Vosne. Guessed probably NSG 1er on the Northern side nearer to Vosne, maybe a Boudots.
Very good quality. I like the meaty sauvage animal here. Rich ripe fruit here also. Clearly a ripe vintage. Not overblown for me. I felt it was quite balanced. Just about entering drinking window now. Could be be better in a year or 2.

Tasted blind.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of iron minerality, dirty earth, dark leather, ripe dark red cherries, bits of smoked meat. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), fine high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of ripe sweet dark red cherries, dark leather, earth, iron minerality, chocolate, cigar ash. Long finish.
Very good quality. Lovely complex and layered masculine Pinot. I was guessing Gevrey Chambertin Premier Cru here, possibly a Cazetiers.
My first time trying a Clos des Reas. Really good stuff. Many in the group liked this.

Tasted blind.
Appearance is not clear with obvious large sediments in each pour, pale intensity, garnet colour. Legs. Sounds scary already right?
Nose is not clean, medium intensity, with a nice touch of slight barnyard, earth, sous bois undergrowth, ripe dark red cherries, hint of tea leaves. Developed.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol , grippy high tannins, medium+ going on full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of mushrooms, undergrowth, earth, leather, ripe dark red cherries, slight tea leaves. Very long finish.
Outstanding quality. I suppose more or less this is what Burg drinkers are looking for in mature red Burgundy. Commendable tannins and fruit, still running neck to neck with the tertiary notes.
Clearly Grand Cru standard for me. Kinda had an Echezeaux feel to it, but since I was guessing this was a Gevrey flight, got my guess wrong.

Tasted blind.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of earth, stony minerality, ripe red cherries, slight funk. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium alcohol (13%), fine rounded high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of chalky earth, stony minerality, ripe red cherries, sweet spices, toasty baking spices, slight funky leather. Long finish.
Very good quality. Round and charming, ripe and accessible. Nothing to dislike here. Hence the no-brainer guess of Charmes-Chambertin from a ripe vintage if this was correctly the Gevrey flight.
Could still age for another 5+ years. But already in drinking window now.

Tasted blind.
Appearance is clear, pale intensity, ruby colour with garnet rim. Legs.
Nose medium+ intensity, with aromas of barnyard, funky earth, dried starwberries, ripe red cherries. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (13.5%), integrated high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of earth, leather, dark savoury mushrooms, meat, chalky minerality, ripe red cherries, dried strawberries. Long finish.
Very good quality. Big masculine Grand Cru from Gevrey-Chambertin. Clues from the hosts suggested Mazis-Chambertin. Mature elements already, and feels like it could still develop even more over the next 4-5 years.