Floral and spice with a trace too much new oak for now, but clearly showing the substance for everything to harmonize. Lots of rich and lush orchard fruit throughout. Charming and engaging now, better from 2025 forward.

Drinkable but slightly oxidized, so possibly heat damaged at some point. Previous bottles tasted in 2018 and 2019 were much better.

Black cherry with lots of nearly sweet spice, very good weight and balance. Drinking very well now.

From magnum. I am surprised this is so forward and already accessible, given it was more backward when tasted at Dujac in the summer of 2018. Beautifully Vosne spice with very good balance, with good enough weight and power, picking up steam through to its long-ish finish. Very good now

Light black fruit with subtle spice and very good balance. Wonderful for Village wine, albeit a pricey Village wine. Very good now.

Small glass. Very ripe and fleshy, this comes across as fully mature and starting to lose some energy, and while still good, I'd drink up soon.

Rich, ripe and fleshy, but with a sneaky amount of substance and energy coming through from middle forward. Very good already now, probably some slight further upside.

Completely charming and engaging with red and black cherry, licorice and floral notes. Character is exactly as expected, but I also expected slightly more complexity and concentration, but I guess that's why this is white label in 2004. Very good now with a long life going forward.

From magnum, which I think really helped here. Black and red cherry with a meatiness and 1996's ever-present firm structure. Grand Cru concentration clearly coming through, there is a lot to enjoy here, even if not quite as harmonious as the 1999 and 2002 also served.

Mature black cherry with braised meat. everything well balanced and softened, this is slightly more mature than I would consider ideal, or compared with previous (better) bottles.

Mt favorite of the 96/99/02 vertical, it is no surprise this the freshest, but also easily the most layered and harmonious, even if not the most powerful. very good now.

Served alongside the 1990, this is another 1989 that keeps getting better and better. Rich and powerful with a vibrant edge.

Alongside the 1989 vintage. Powerful, ripe, and harmonious, this has always been a beauty, but tonight the 1989 seems to have caught up and even moved out in front.

Charming and intriguing, even if not as complex as the ideal aged Bordeaux at the half-century mark. But charming and wonderfully clean.

A great bottle of a wine that hasn't been the most consistent. Powerful and broad array of black fruit with meat, cigarbox and background emerging earth notes, all with very silky structure.

Small glass. Mature, slightly green, slightly dirty.

Mature black fruit with faint meat and lots of layered complexity. Even better than previous bottles.

Charming red fruit with Vosne spice and very good balance, good weight. Better/ fresher than the previous time tasted earlier this year.

Lots of red cherry, with black cherry, spice and dried herbs, and a subtle meatiness, all very balanced and accessible. Very good now with lots going on.