After a disappointing aligoté last weekend, this showed some semblance of the Coche pedigree. Rich but with good focus, some guessed GC but personally thought this didn’t exceed its humble origins - lacked the intensity and delineation of better plots despite having good weight. Definitely not worth the market price.

Was stumped by this. Could only land at non-Chardonnay but definitely wasn’t a grape that I was familiar with. When prompted that it was an Italian, I guessed a Terlano white. Oily, waxy texture with honey and hazelnut notes. Mainly tropical rather than citrus fruit, good acidity despite the warm vintage that gave a rounder nature to the wine.

Guessed 2015 American Cab. Purple, dense fruit with a fair amount of greenness and cigar box notes that didn’t come together. Sweet and glossy, with prominent alcohol despite the label saying 13.5%.

My contribution. Guesses ranged from Pavie to Oz Shiraz, but thought the best guess was Sassicaia based on the sweetness and plummy notes. Showed quite differently from my previous bottle which felt like it didn’t give everything that it had. More expressive and absolutely imperious with air. Deep, dense cherry fruit but with the restraint of an old Napa Cab. With air the Martha’s Vineyard signature of camphor and eucalyptus emerged. Still very fresh and most guessed 10 years younger, glad to have shared the beauty of a Napa Cab with some age.

Guessed 2019 Burgundy until someone told me it was in a Bordeaux bottle. Coffee and tar on the nose, palate was very primary but wasn’t jammy unlike many 2019 Burgundies. Smooth and polished in style, had the elegance of a good maker.

Shared by friends from another table. Plush and spicy, thought this was more Vosne than Gevrey. Left this in a glass and it improved markedly with air as the concentration from old vines came through. Hedonistic, in an old-school manner. Still very fresh and so sturdily built, has a long way to go.