Apple, lime, pear and slate notes on the nose. Lovely richness across the palate, with punchy fruit power, while still showing the signature acid profile of Salon. Finds balance within its components right now, a relatively approachable young Salon. Not entirely what I expected, but an enjoyable encounter.

Honey, ginger, lemon and some oxidative notes. Really good freshness and lift on the palate, leaving it feeling really brisk. Doesn't have nearly the depth of a bottle tried earlier in the year, but it was still very good regardless.

Toast, lime, apple pie, vanilla and ginger on the nose. Full powered on the palate, very much within the house style. Excellent mix of power and precision, the richness of the flavours driven along the palate by lovely acidity. Lovely stuff.

White florals, orange, toast, spice and some brioche. The palate is super clean and fresh with fantastic precision and real delicacy around it. The fruit has power but it is more restrained than the bolder 2002 version. Superb drinking.

Peach, orange, apple and pear aromas. Medium bodied, with some extract and lovely delicate fruit. Opened up really well with air, giving the fruit some extra nuance. Great length behind this. Drinking well now, but another 5 years wouldn't hurt.

Lemon, persimmon, floral, orange and spices on the nose - plenty of interesting things going on. Palate has lovely flow, with very good acidiy lending the wine a feeling of purity. A very small dab of residual sugar helps this gain the right balance. Plenty of time remaining to drink this wine.

Matchstick, smoky oak, apple and hay on the nose. Open knit palate, with upfront fruit and quite loose structure. Medium length, with some good depth. Perhaps in a bit of an in between stage where the ripeness is sticking out.

Corked.

Raspberry, cherry, aniseed, earth and truffle - really wonderful complexity, the best nose of the Burgundy wines tonight quite easily. Palate has great class, with lots of fine detail. The fruit is held back and while the structure is there, it doesn't intrude. This has a huge amount of potential and is one of the more impressive 2005 Burgs I've tried in recent times.

Medicinal, spice, meaty and spicy notes, perhaps tinged by leather as well. Quite soft on the palate, the fruit is mellow and it finishes reasonably long. Possibly not a great bottle, but I was happy to drink it anyway.

Five spice, bay leaf, stalk, cherry and licorice aromas. There is a stalky streak on the palate as well, but the fruit does an excellent job of working together with it and finding good balance. Plenty of acidity, though this calms down with time in the glass. Really good combination of spice, red fruits and herbs. Just getting started, but really lovely.

Blind. Mint, menthol, chocolate, cranberry and graphite. Medium bodied palate, still showing some fruit sweetness and some driven acidity. Seems really well resolved, but will continue at this plateau for quite some time it felt like.

Game meat, stalk, orange peel, tobacco and tea leaves, along with some chocolate. Lifts quite a bit with air time, showing off more and more complexity on the nose. The palate is the usual delicate Rayas style, with red fruits and some fine tannins throughout. Really elegant and fine. Won't be a superstar vintage of Rayas, but excellent in its own right.

Raspberry, graphite, redcurrant, earth and spice. Rich and bold on the palate, tannins have a similar powerful presence. Still very young and has a lot of potential once the intensity is tamed. Has all the elements present to get to that point.

Licorice, cherry, menthol, spice, redcurrant and some roses. Lift and verve across the rocking palate, lovely flavour puirty and flow. Excellent acidity contributes to how bright this feels. Awesome wine.

Earthy, cherry, autumn leaves, roses - more emerged with air, with the components taking on extra definition. On the palate, we see good structure still, with the fruit holding on but not being particularly assertive. It might be with more time the palate would have picked up as well, but it was just not happening with the same speed as the nose.

Smoke, blueberry, cedar, spice and blackcurrant - a tobacco note as well with some time in the glass. Superbly composed on the palate, the flow is impeccable, with pure black and red fruits leading into a very long finish. This feels more fruit forward than the last bottle of this that I had about 10 years ago and would have more time on its side as a result.

Green notes, cedar, red cherry, roses and cloves - the spice emerges more in the glass as the green notes fall back slightly. Palate is really well settled, the tannins are noticeable but work well alongside the medium density fruit. Great length here.

Plum, raspberry, blackcurrant, peppery and with dark floral notes on the nose. This just gets better and better with the more air that it gets, was lifting right up to the last sip. Fine acidity and tannins, excellent persistence, with medium fruit density and the aforementioned structural notes controlling and focusing the wine really well. Super classy and delicious wine.

Tobacco, violets, cherry and plums on the nose. High toned flavours, this is really bright, with mouth-filling fruit intensity. Well made, with plenty of polish, though perhaps not the most character. Drinking well now.

Cherry, graphite, blackberry, pepper and ash on the nose. A different expression of Chave here, with more ripeness showing through and less of some of the savoury characters I usually see. Still manages to find balance and interest, and there is a lot to like about the wine, but it'll benefit quite a bit from more time to settle and develop.

Blackcurrant, plummy, blackberry, ash and smoke on the nose. Punchy fruit presence on the palate, though it does find some of that smoke and savoury note to give it an extra dimension. Powerful wine, but impressive that it finds that extra depth.

Pineapple, lime, orange, mandarin, lemon and grapefruit on the nose. The palate has a real sense of delicacy and poise. Tangy acidity lifts the wine up with the sweetness siting in the background. Very good length, this is still very primary. I thought I'd be blown away by this, it didn't get there but was still excellent - perhaps more time will give it that extra interest to take it to the next level.

Pear, peach, pineapple, raspberry and meringue. Sweet with medium depth, very fresh flavour and very good balance. Trotting along slowly in terms of development, this is improving, but the best is yet to come.

Lightly corked.

Oxidised.

Damaged, perhaps by heat or oxygen ingress.