This was served too cold, my fault. Initially promising with rich and complex aromatics, it seemed to stiffen up in the glass. As it was the only wine open at the time, it was quickly drained and so we unfortunately did not have the opportunity to follow its evolution.

Perhaps opened too young, but I found this pleasant if limited in spectrum. And thus my long history of failing to grok the Bouchard wines continues.

This was elegant for the vintage, evolved and very t​asty​,​ perhaps already at peak for my preference. ​It showed a gentle creamed corn note that I ​usually ​​dislike​, but it was subtle enough that I didn't object here​.​ ​Jim described this ​flavor ​as a signature of aged Corton-Charlemagne​.​

I found this​ tasty but a little ​awkward at present, and it lacked the freshness and bracing yet direct personality of the 2014 I tasted recently in Madrid. If I had any bottles, I'd wait a couple of years before opening another.

This was utterly enchanting - a gorgeous, sexy nose of potpourri florals and spice, with a trace of sous-bois, and a silky sweet red fruit palate with more spice. ​​​Despite its relative youth, this was my favorite wine on the night, and ​perhaps​ of the last few months.​ ​​Thank you Ross and Gary for sharing such a beautiful wine.

This had ​an​ unappealing whiskey barrel nose​ (Errol called out vermouth)​, and an extracted palate that did not speak to me of Amoureuses, much less Chambolle. This was my first time trying a de Vogüé wine and it was a head-scratcher.

This was in a lovely spot, probably a perfect state of development for mine. Sous-bois, iron, earth nose and a pleasantly developed, softened palate. One of the better older Nuits wines I have had.

This had high ullage and a horrifically beaten down cork with some leakage under the capsule. Nonetheless the bottle was generally sound, showing a delicious melange of gentle spice, soft integrated red fruits and sophisticated sous-bois. ​W​ith air a brown sugar madera note appears, and some blurriness develops at the edges of the fruit​, and​ I suspect better cared for bottles will show fresher than this.​ But I enjoyed this bottle very much.​

This had a more youthful, focused expression of fruit compared to the Clos St Denis, with a Morello cherry character among the other spice and faint sous-bois notes. Very, very good, but I believe it will continue to improve for some time.

Initially this had a very interesting mineral-driven nose, however it became increasingly dull with time in the glass. I suspect with another 20 years the material will outshine its​ elevage​, but tonight both of the de Vogüé wines were rather disappointing. Perhaps if I'd revisited this at the end of the evening, I'd have found something else, though.

This was a wonderful Comtes at a delightful stage of maturity, but I was sufficiently sated from the meal at his point that I barely ​managed a small pour​. On any other night I'd have wanted to curl up and spend the night with this.

I almost never drink sweet wines in recent years, but this was utterly delicious and in a wonderful place for current drinking. Another wine I could have curled up with for the evening.​ A great close for an outstanding group of wines.​