This was showing very nicely as our reception wine tonight. It was bursting with fresh green apple and had nice chalk notes, less oxidative and more fresh. Very good.

Light gold color. Drank a glass over 45 minutes. This has a beautiful toast, roasted hazelnuts, fresh air, freshly cut pear, crisp with vibarnt acidity, and that classic CdC elegance and crystalline minerality. Excellent, 94+(+)pts.

Very pale green color. Drank a glass over an hour plus. The nose has stone fruit, pear, tons of stony minerality. The palate also shows the stone mineral notes, stone fruits, lemon-lime, vanilla, creamy, oak witha long citrus-lime finish. This showed more than a bottle a year ago and it was more prominent over the hour.

Pale gold color. Drank a glass over an hour. I like the profile here, showing tangerine and Meyer lemon across the nose and palate, vibrant, tangy, salte and citrus peel, actually a bit more trim than the '15 Leeuwin, though the oak seem similar to me but buoyed better by the youthful, more vivid fruit.

Light gold plus color. Followed a glass over 45 minutes plus. I think we saw a wine that just feels like it has seen it's best days; not bad at all, just a bit tired. It feels lean, lacking some in fruit, mostly pear, with the oak still apparent.

Light gold color. Small glass. Viognier 57%/Roussanne 26%/Grenach Blanc 17%. Tropical, bright, peach, star fruit, lemon, pear, smoky slate.

Medium dark red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. Lots of bottle stank to start, then it seems to work itself out; dark and deep, dark cherry, iron, funky earth and dried herbs, almost oily in texture and viscous, good, but not as good as a recent bottle that had more nuance.

Light red color. PNP, drank a glass over an hour plus. I love the gorgeous red fruits here; more strawberry on the nose and raspberry on the palate, classic earth and dusty minerality, with amazing intensity from this pale charmer with exquisite purity on a light-medium frame. love it. 92+ to 93pts.

Medium brick red color. Uncorked and tasted about an hour before leaving, and it was singing, so I just put the cork back in and we drank it about 4 hours later. Flat out amazing....and at 70 years, wow. The nose is very complex, offering a melange of black cherry, dried strawberry, mulled spices, anise, red currants and blood orange notes. The palate is medium plus bodied, dark cherry, dried strawberries, crushed rock, blood orange and citrus peel, soft fine grained tannins, and very long and silky finish. Simply beautiful. This was a sheer delight to drink and just ponder. Pristine bottles like this can hang on for another decade at least. Guess we found that Barolo sweet spot afterall :).

Very dark red/purple color. PNP, drank a glass over about an hour. Ripe, Blackberry, plum, ripe cassis, spicy. The palte is sappy, ripe, blackberry, plum, huckleberry, dried wood. Very good. 92+pts.

Very dark red/purple color. Splash decanted. Drank a glass over about an hour. Well spiced, blackberry, cassis, slightly herbal, more wood and more structure and firmer tannins. Very good, but I think will be better in a couple of years.

Deep golden color. Small glass. Love this vintage of Rieussec, beautiful fruit, perfect balance, orange, orange cream, very creamy, great acid, pineapple, floral, apricot, spice. Lovely.