Lemony/grapefruit, floral, mineral aromas, with some toasty autolytic flavors, subtle oxidative elements and a bit of wood (which I later overheard L. bitching about). I thought this was quite tasty, with a delicious roundness in the mouth. My best experience yet with this wine, but still a pass at the going rate. As an aside, I've been told that Aleš has refocused his sparkling production on the Puro rosé and is no longer making this wine.

This was more difficult than the Puro white. Lifted, stinky/fermentative pinot noir nose, with some wood spice. Very funky palate, with good acid and gentle, spicy red fruit, but it really tasted unclean - something like a Gueze made from pinot noir. I've had happier experiences tasting this from bottles that had been open for an hour or more, but I didn't have the opportunity to retaste tonight.

I believe this is a current release, made from late-harvested, botrytis affected fruit, with obviously long, oxidative aging in barrel. Intense butterscotch, salted caramel, dried pineapple aromatics. Strongly nutty and oxidative and very slightly sweet; something like Vin Santo made from chardonnay. Walnut/sherry flavors show even more strongly on the finish, which has monumental length. Completely over the top. I enjoyed it for what it was, though it's not something I could imagine drinking more than a glass of. One of the more divisive wines of the evening; many of the folks I was with seemed to actively dislike it.

Volatile green walnut, varnish nose. Mouthfilling intensity and concentration, with baked apple, dried bay leaf and spice flavors, and biting grip in the mouth. Nice walnutty length, and once you get past the nose, fairly approachable for such a young Vin Jaune. Lovely, especially with comte which we'd saved from a cheese plate.

Indication of vintage is on the cork, not label. A field blend of muscat, gewurztraminer, pinot gris, pinot blanc. Spicy, sweetly floral, aromatic fruit nose. Rich and slightly oily-textured in the mouth. Just a touch of a cidery, appley flavor as well. The gewurz and muscat spoke loudest to me here but it's pretty harmonious for a blend like this. Slightly loose and medium-framed, and quite tasty.

Captivating. Still young and slightly aggressive, but much more generous than the '04 I tasted earlier this year. Really a wonderful, thought-provoking drink.

This was a tale of two bottles. One had over the top brett that I couldn't see past; the other was beautiful. Floral, feminine, rose petal, pretty soft red fruits, almond, a bit of brett/animale, a bit wild and unkempt. Challenging but to me simply gorgeous. I was crushed when L. insisted it was too fucked up and that they weren't going to sell it. Although from talking to others I did seem to be on a desert island all by myself with this one.

Was hard to focus on this one as I was still thinking about that Pfifferling. Fermentative soft, slightly spicy red fruit aromas. Sweet and moderately fizzy, with firm-ish soft red fruits, some richness and animale. Didn't seem like a great placement in the lineup for a wine like this (w/ rs and bubbles).

Merlot and malvasia nera. Herbal, savory, leathery brett/animale nose. Deep, concentrated red wine palate, medium bodied, with aged tart cherry, herbal, brett/animale flavors. Reminds me of a 10-15 year old sangiovese/canaiolo blend from an old-school producer. Charmingly rustic, if pretty far from what I'd expect opening a rosato.

Another cloudy, funky, hypernatural rosé. Dry. I didn't give this much of a shake, as it was getting late (and I was again thinking about that Pfifferling).

Tasty soft, feminine aromatic red fruits, floral, sharp acid. Carbonic earth and toasted grain palate. No tannin. A bit tight still, but a pleasant poulsard that seems much in the same style as the 2007.

Gamay with 20% pinot noir. Have had this a few times lately and it's quite delicious. Bright, juicy, crunchy red and blue fruits, luscious acidity, some carbonic character, touch of earth and no tannin. I could, and plan to drink a lot of this over the coming months.