Served blind, one of the tasters trying to decipher it said "Well it can't be Salon. And it's definitely not '96." Ah, the brutality of blind tasting... To his point, this came across as more accessible than many '96's. It's a beautiful Champagne, with pear, mineral, and yeast. Succulent and tense, this was unanimously loved at the table today.

Polished, clean, and precise. Best showing to date of this wine, this has blossomed in the past couple of years. Flint and flower aromas, juicy fruit. This was unanimously the best of the flight.

More tense and crisp than 2010, should be just as good as 2010 in a few years. Very structured, good now with excellent potential.

More dense and structured than either Chevalieres, less giving and backward by comparison. This still needs quite a bit of time, let 'em sleep.

There was some controversy at the table on this bottle, some thought it oxidized. I did not, and indeed the more air it got the better it was. In any event, I got more oak on the finish at first than the other wines today. This was, unsurprisingly, very youthful. I was fortunate to be able to vacuum seal the remaining wine and revisit a couple of days later, and it was more balanced and lush. This will be a super wine, assuming there are not oxidation issues -- to be fair I'm more forgiving on this point than some of my friends.

Served blind. Sexy as heaven aromas, garnet color with substantial bricking. Exquisitely delicate with tremendous presence, a classic and wonderful Burgundy. The epitome of what we want from aged Red Burgundy. Glorious, a top tier Grand Cru performance.

Served blind. Younger and more oaky at first than the previous wine (which turned out to be '78 Pommard Epenots). This went from being underwhelming to phenomenal with a bit of air. Correctly guessed '85 vintage and Gevrey-Chambertin appellation. This has wonderful black fruit, very classic Gevrey. I thought this was one of the more transparent Leroy wines I've had in some time, very little Lalou "signature" here and very Gevrey.

Served blind. Lights out! Incredible aromatics and so sexy, dripping with exotic Vosne spice. Light in the mouth with looooong finish, classic iron fist velvet glove going on here. Another 1er that's performing at upper Grand Cru level today.

Served blind, the vintage reveal was shocking as this was drinking considerably younger. I thought it was '93 at the oldest, and wouldn't have been surprised if it were '02. Dark color, and lots of sauvages, with marvelous intensity. So many layers and it kept bouncing around feeling at times very young and moderately mature. The metaphor that sprang to mind was a young prodigy that’s a genius, model, and athlete. This is as complete and impressive as one could ever want.

Served blind. This wine had the misfortune to be served after the greatest flight, 4 of the most incredible mature Burgundy, I've had in years. If we had started here, probably would have been quite happy. But after the others, this came across as totally outclassed. Brownish color, more astringent, softer and less expressive than the others.