Clean, crisp with a long yeasty aftertaste. Grassy, sharp & acidic with round floral undertones. I don't usually go for white Bordeaux, but this was pretty nice and well made.
B/B-

Sweet core with dark tar center. Hot, big & powerful. Ripe tannins, a bit rough. Some herbal notes and tobacco poking through.
B++

Corked.

A bit hard with some nice secondary flavors. Nice sweet tobacco, iron tannins, cedar. A pretty wine, fairly light claret. Lovely.
B

A little tired, leathery. Warm but lacking punch. Watery/weak in the middle with some sweetness. I usually love 1985 Bordeaux, but this was just flat.
B/B-

Powerful, deep, rich with sweet juicy tannins. Still a youngster, but very nice. Firm. Has a very promising future. I just love 1996 left bank Bordeaux.
A-

Nice sweet fruit with acidic tannins. Metallic with soft smooth fruit, a bit simple but good.
B+

Rich, sweet, absolutely beautiful. Strong, intense, powerful. Some sweet tannins, rich glycerine and deep dark tar to hold it together. Could use some age, but drinking well now. Not as complex as some of the other wines of the evening, but really lovely. An extraordinary wine, my WOTN.
A/A+

Strong, powerful, dense. Harder, less round than the 1990 and less obvious. Very nice.
A-

Tannins are a bit reedy. Herbal, cedar, medium light weight with some subtlety. Pretty, but not substantial.
B/B+

Very nice, complex, herbal, sweet and full. Still quite young.
B+/A-

Still has sweet fruit and lots of tannins. Hard edged, big wine. Rounder, sweeter fruit than most 1975's I've had, but still not my favorite.
B/B+

A bit soft. Nice but simple. Perhaps slightly corked.
B-

Strong with high toned tannins. Clean, clear but lacking depth and punch. Long acidic tannins.
B