Pale green color. Green fruit, apple peel, sort of a chalk like bitter character on the mid and back end. The fruit seems kind of ripe, yet it dissipates quickly into the abyss. Certainly ok, but there are other sparklers that can fill this niclhe.

Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over an hour plus. A lot of marzipan and a little more toasty yeastiness on the nose, golden fruits, quince, mineral. The palate has stone fruits, yeast, moderate acid, light minerality. I like this, especially with the weight and balance, but again I am underwhelmed by what it should be. I just can't quite wrap myself around where this is going. I really have seen no significant evolution over the last several year. Sit on them and hope, or just drink them up. You make the call. 92+pts.

Light gold color. Drank 1 glass over 40 minutes. A field blend of 35% Riesling, 33% Pinot Blanc, 18% Pinot Gris and 14 Gewurz. This was interesting, and I do mean that in a good way. It certainly comes off Alsatian in style, but it feels more like Riesling to me and less so a blend. Very dry, fusil, lemon peel, lemon grass, mineral driven and less aromatic than expected. This was fun to try.

Rather pale color. Drank a small glass over 30 minutes plus. Nothing remarkable, but certainly a drinkable little wine. Somewhat thin on the palate, but it has a good amount of mineral character and some less distinctive white fruits.

Deep golden color. Followed a small glass over an hour. This seemed rather advanced to me, and it just doesn't seem to match up with most of the notes I read. Baked apple, there's some up front sweetness, ketbut the palate is quite bitter overall, bitter orange, bitter finish, angular. Probably an off bottle, this eventually went into the dump bucket, so no score.

Light golden color. Drank 1+ glass over an hour. Well this showed up tonight in a most satisfying way. We might actually have hit this at its zenith. Fantastic on the nose, great aromatics, tangerine, peach, floral, honey, hints of tropical fruits, stone minerality. The palate really has an amazing texture, viscous yet lifted and showing good balancing acidity, complicated by the array of stone fruits and bright orange citrus notes, honey, almond paste, tropicals and a very harmonious finish. This was WOTN for me. And dammit, I thought I had more, ahh well.

This had a tough act to follow coming after the splendid '11 Beaucastel Blanc, but it really did an admirable job, showing a nice round palate with tropical notes, white peach, mineral, and a leaner body. Well balanced and quite tasty.

Drank this next to the 05, this was ripe, candied, and there's a strong spicy botrytis presence that pushes the limits a bit. Orange marmalade and a spicy dense core. Not as nuanced and balanced as the 05.

Deep golden color. Drank 1 glass over 30 minutes, alongside the 03. Not really surprisingly, I preferred the '05, for its brightness, impeccable balance and and seamless beauty. Great acid boost this higher with a brilliant mix of tropical fruits, full and rich with lift. So many of these '05's are full on gorgeous now.

Literally had one sip of this. It didn't necessarily make me want to take another. This seemed to be rather bitter and sharp. My impression was not as favorable as last time. I didn't catch any others thoughts on it.

Small taste. Same bottle as btock. I think Brian's description is pretty accurate. I too expected a bit more. This was pretty lean and a little stark across the palate with subtle white citrus and some brisk minerality. I thought this would be more ready, but looks like it needs a rest. 89 to 90pts currently.

Small pour, very tasty. Nice orchard fruits, pretty bright and juicy.

Thanks for sneaking me a tiny pour. Damn, I love this stuff. Just so elegant and classy.

Small taste. Lots of diesel and minerality and stone fruits, waxy palate, pretty interesting, though there was a kind of stemmy/woody note at the end.

Small pour. Very nice indeed, tropical fruits, though very dry and thoroughly restrained, green apple and pear, lively with stony minerality. Quite refreshing when at a nice cool temp. 91+ to 92pts.

Small taste. This had a skanky nose tonight, skunk cabbage, rather dank. Hmmm.

Small pour. Well, this is pretty weird, full of bitters and fruit skins. It does fall into the category of interesting, but....kind of reminded me of retsina.

Small pour. This was nice as expected, lemon grass, lime, flinty minerals. 90+pts.

Small pour. Would have liked to get more of this. Very crisp and fresh, tart green and tropical fruits, white flowers, nicely defined and lifted.

Ssmall taste. Good, crisp, apple, melon, citrus, decent length.

Small taste. Excellent, consistent with previous notes. Love this.

Small pour. Nice texture, complex, fusil, tropical, quite long and precocious.

Very small taste. Good, earth, tart, grapefruit, brine, citrus, good acid.