I only had a small pour to start out this wine event, but it was lovely. I wish I had more time to spend with this champagne. Excellent.

2nd starter wine before the official line-up.This is hitting on all cylinders. I have had a ton of good fortune lately to be drinking some phenomenal white Burgundies. A wine like this one makes me want to go buy more!

Double-blind. Lovely nose on this wine with high toned bright ref fruit, touch of spice and cinnamon on the finish. Good acidity, youthful, semi-sweet finish.

Double-blind. Wonderful nose of tobacco, cedar, tar with dusty tannin. This really opened up by the end of the night. This is a very clean wine from a solid left bank vintage. Great wine that is just entering its maturity window but can age for many many more. A noble wine. I called it as my wine and I was correct.

Double-blind. Wow! The nose is rocking! This is what Nebbiolo should always taste like. Fully mature, resolved tannin, high acidity, some mahogany wood with high toned red fruit. This is in its sweet spot right now. My WOTN edging out my '95 Haut Brion.

Double-blind. Touch of funk on the nose, black cherry, prickly tannin. Slight reduction making it a touch sappy and fatter than the first Burgundy we had. This can age for many more years.

Double-blind. Great nose on this wine. Ripe black fruit and black cherry. Cedar, spice, and a touch of sweetness on the finish. I thought it could be a Pavie or maybe a Dominus or Dunn as the finish suggested it could be new world from an old world producer. This is a plush wine.

Double-blind. Brooding black cheery fruit. Oak is prominent. A sappy Nebbiolo that is very tannic at this point. Menthol on the finish.

Double-blind. This is a superb wine and one that threw everybody off. Exotic nose that exploded in the glass. Deep, rich, perfumed fruit with a sweet finish with a touch of spice. Is it old world? New world? Nobody could nail it. I called it '04 Solaia and was obviously wrong. This is the best Monte Bello I've ever tasted. Wow!

Double-blind. Another confusing wine. Too young to show its signature where it is from. Could it be Left Bank, Right Bank? or Super Tuscan? This is not ready to drink.

Double-blind. Burgundian in color with slight bricking at the edges. This has some age on it. A sinus clearing powerful nose. At this point in the line up, my palate was getting tired. Was it Grand Cru Burg or Barolo? I had a hard time calling it blind.

Double-blind. Knock-out left bank nose. This wine wins on nose alone. I could smell it all night long. I called it '96 Pichon Lalande so I was only off by a full decade. A great wine! So fresh at 37 years old.

Double-blind. I did not like this wine. It is waaaaayyyy too young and disjointed. High alcohol, viscous, hot, unidimensional. This is clearly in its awkward dumb phase. I would not open a bottle of this for at least another 10 years. Disappointing. .

Single-blind as I knew the wine because it was my back-up bottle. I must admit... I was expecting more from this wine. Slightly reductive but restrained nose. Sweet cherry red fruit. A little flat and boring. It did get better the more I swirled it in the glass.

Tasted blind. I really enjoyed this wine, but could not tell where it was from both because it was not from a region I was expecting and my palate was tired. I would have liked to have revisited this wine again.

Fully mature and on the down slope. Tasted pretty good straight out of the bottle but it fell apart quickly in the glass. This is one that needs to be consumed in the first 15 minutes after opening it.

Very similar to my tasting note back in November. This is drinking incredibly well despite the age. Really good!