This is drinking beautifully, toasty, lemon.

To me, this hasn't changed much in 2 years. There is a lot going on. White fruit of apple and pear, baking spice, toast, lemon rind and yeast. The overall profile remains tight. This drank well tonight and it's best days are clearly in front of it.

Flint with some funk. Very lightweight, could be confused with chablis, even with some slight salinity.

There are oxidative notes along with golden fruit. Really good complexity but this was fresher a year or two ago. Time to drink up.

More mature than the 2010 Rhys alpine chardonnay that it followed. Butterscotch, surprisingly tart, waxy, hints of being corked but I decided that there was just some funk to it.

Fragrant, floral, earthy, cherry, bright crushed berry, cranberry. Very expressive.

Lots of berries and well-balanced with acid. After about 45 minutes in glass that seemed like it was becoming sharp and maybe falling apart. That lost it 1 point in my book, and a bit sad that these Rhys pinots take a long time to mature yet quickly nose dive, at least this one.

Slow o'd a few hours. Peppery, funk on the nose, fairly classic bordeaux with cedar, leather and forest floor.

I'm not a big fan of this producer but this was a stand-up cabernet that went great with beef tenderloin. Not over the top, cassis, fine tannins.

This had a traditional CDP profile with a lot of garrigue and some black fruit. Full-bodied but not jammy.

Dark, deep, raisined, dried herbs, dried tobacco. This was not horrible but nothing like I thought it would be. No red fruit at all makes me think this bottle was either heat damaged or has not aged well.