Nose: The nose is well rounded and well balanced with red apples, quince, spiced pears, honey tones, brioche, biscuits, warm dough, and some yellow flowers. There is excellent depth with the nose showing a mature sense.

Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with crisp, high acidity. The acidity is well integrated and balanced with red apples, quince, honey tones, brioche, yellow flowers, biscuits, and warm dough.

Overall: This is a lovely, mature Bolly grande annee. There is plenty of poise and balance with a touch of honey notes.

Nose: There is a perfumed savoriness to the nose with pure red cherries, raspberries, strawberries, licorice, violets, earth tones, roasted herbs, and tobacco notes. There is good depth with a real expressive quality to it.

Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with crisp, medium+ acidity and fine-grained, medium+ tannins. There is still some youth to the structure but the feel is also gorgeous and balanced with red cherries, raspberries, roasted herbs, earth tones, licorice, and roasted herbs.

Overall: This is pretty as all hell. There is good depth on the nose and palate and a lot of expressive red fruits. This is drinking beautifully right now and has plenty of life left in the tank.

Nose: There is a distinct savory quality to the nose that just drives me nuts that is backed up with cigar wrapper, bell peppers, cedar, herbs, red cherries, worn leather, cigarette ash, earth tones, cassis, and cranberries.

Taste: The feel is medium bodied with medium acidity and well balanced, medium+ tannins. The feel is well balanced and deep with red cherries, cranberries, cassis, bell peppers, tobacco, worn leather, and cedar notes.

Overall: This is wonderful right now. This showed off all sorts of balance and depth with an earthy and savory side.

Nose: The nose is aromatic and mature with dark red cherries, cranberries, kirsch, cigar wrapper, leather, herbs, and cedar tones. There is excellent depth with a good bit of class to round it all out.

Taste: The feel is medium bodied with medium acidity and polished, medium tannins. The structure is there for a frame now while the feel shows off excellent depth and balance with dark red cherries, cranberries, kirsch, leather, and cedar tones.

Overall: This is mature and expressive with a whole lot of depth. The tones are refined and well balanced as this is a real joy to drink.

Nose: The nose is polished and lifted with red fruits, cranberries, dark red cherries, herbs, tobacco notes, leather, licorice, spice box, violets, and roses. There is very good balance and depth with excellent red fruits.

Taste: The feel is medium bodied with with medium acidity and silky, medium+ tannins. There is still good structure while the feel is plush and layered with red fruits, cranberries, dark red cherries, tobacco notes, leather, violets, licorice, and roses.

Overall: This is drinking beautifully.There are still attractive red fruits with good depth and expression.

Nose: The nose is aromatic and balanced with dark red cherries, raspberries, cranberries, cassis, black currants, licorice, spice box, vanilla beans, and red flowers. There is excellent depth and class with a level of layering that only comes with aging.

Taste: The feel is medium bodied with medium acidity and resolved, medium tannins. The feel is lovely, deep, and layered with dark red cherries, raspberries, cranberries, licorice, spice box, black currants, cassis, and some vanilla bean notes.

Overall: This is a lovely, mature St Julien. The nose is pungent but impeccably balanced and deep with a regal sense of being that only a wine of this maturity can bring.

Nose: The nose is balanced and aromatic with dark red cherries, cranberries, bell peppers, tobacco, leather, and licorice notes.

Taste: The feel is medium bodied with medium acidity and fine-grained, medium tannins. The feel is refined and balanced with dark red cherries, cranberries, bell peppers, herbs, tobacco, and leather.

Overall: This is a spot-on mature bordeaux. It is well balanced and possesses good depth across the nose and palate.

sadly, this was corked

Nose: The nose is perfumed and layered with dark red cherries, cranberries, cassis, smoke, tobacco, dark red florals, herbs, crushed rocks, and cedar notes. There is excellent depth and balance with a level of elegance that makes me come back to the glass.

Taste: The feel is medium bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium tannins. The feel is gorgeous and polished with dark red cherries, cranberries, cassis, tobacco, smoke, and crushed rocks.

Overall: This is gorgeous and exactly what I want out of a mature bordeaux. The nose is perfumed and nuanced while the feel has that level of silk that good aged bordeaux can bring.

Nose: There is a savory rustic quality to the nose with dark red cherries, cranberries, leather, cigar wrapper, cinnamon, herbs, spice box, barnyard, potpourri, and violets. There is excellent depth and layering that is really enticing.

Taste: The feel is medium bodied with medium acidity and fine-grained, medium tannins. The feel is silky and balanced with dark red cherries, cranberries, leather, cigar wrapper, herbs, spice box, potpourri, and violets.

Overall: This is in a great place with an elegant rustic quality. There is excellent depth and balance with a polished and lengthy finish.

Nose: This was balanced and savory with licorice, black cherries, violets, raspberries, kirsch, herbs de provence, and tobacco. There is good depth and balance with a good bit of perfume.

Taste: The feel is medium/full bodied with medium acidity and chewy, medium+ tannins. The feel is well balanced and savory with black cherries, licorice, raspberries, kirsch, herbs de provence, violets, and a touch of oak.

Overall: This feels like its drinking as best as it can. There is a black fruited and savory quality across the nose and palate that is backed up with good depth.

Nose: The nose is well balanced and pungent with black cherries, raspberries, licorice, garrigue, spice notes, roses, cracked pepper, tobacco, and kirsch notes.

Taste: The feel is Medium/full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium tannins. The feel is plush and expressive with black cherries, raspberries, licorice, garrigue, cracked pepper, roses, and kirsch notes.

Overall: This is drinking beautifully. It is well balanced with a lovely mix of black fruits and red florals that is backed up with good depth.

Nose: This seemed advanced and a bit thin with black cherries, black raspberries, licorice, mesquite, garrigue, tobacco, violets, and leather tones.

Taste: The feel is Medium bodied with medium- acidity that's a bit flabby and slightly bitter, medium+ tannins. The structure is slightly off-kilter but the feel is lovely with black cherries, black raspberries, licorice, tobacco, garrigue, and violets.

Overall: This was surprising when revealed. It seemed more advanced than I'd expect from this.

Nose: The nose is intense and shows a bit of alcohol along with black cherries, black raspberries, black fruits, currants, licorice, liqueur, eucalyptus, and vanilla.

Taste: The feel is full bodied with medium acidity and silky, medium tannins. The feel is rich and there is still some alcohol sting along with black cherries, black raspberries, licorice, liqueur tones, eucalyptus, and vanilla.

Overall: This feels like it is fading somewhat. The alcohol is a little out of balance and the fruit is mellowed out a lot.