Chateau Grillet 1995
Pale lemon colour, nose tight light pineapple and a little stone fruit aroma, very closed and young, fine and elegant not powerful, needs age.
Jacques Prieur 2000
Nose very open and forward, spicy and warm ripe tropical fruit toast and smoke, palate rich and tropical, mango and pineapple, cornflake popcorn oak on nose, very rich on palate with minerality lacking.
Etienne Sauzet 1986
Very raw ripe hot butter nose, quite oxidised, though not totally maderized, golden amber colour, crisp and clean palate compared to nose with lots of mineral hints. Poor nose need decanting but past its best.
Zind Humbrecht 2005
Nose ripe pineapple, hints of petrol and liquorice, mineral and wet rock, palate dry full anise root, little hint of tropical RS, clean long and complex.
Dauvissat 1998
Nose ripe forward mature straw and cheese rind, lactic cottage cheese and baked choux pastry, palate full and very mineral limestone, crisp acidity round and mature fruit, very good, very classic.
Domaine Ramonet 1990
Nose very fresh claen and minerally, racy acidity and depth of complexity, youthful but mature, 30 minutes after opening nose becomes more macadamia nut, roasted hazelnuts, creamy butter hints and damp cloth. Amazing palate fresh mineral and very long. Ramonet at his best.
Chateau de la Maltroye 2002
Nose very lactic, creamy round and honeyed nuts, round rich and fat buttery palate, creamy and long with undelying minerality and freshness. V good.
Coche Dury 2006
Complex mineral, citrus lime and wet limestone nose, very typical coche style, touch of vanilla oak, little creamy and gunsmoke on nose, quite open for such a young wine, palate youthful fresh and mineral, fresh hazelnut and lime citrus, not powerful, med to long length.
Egon Muller 1993
Incredible nose! Deep honey and roasted nuts, intense petroleum and citrus mineral lime characters, very complex, palate has great balance, exquisite poise and elegance, amazing richness but light and refreshing, palate changing from heavy and honeyed into light cirus and mineral with one sip, amazingly long. A real treat.
Chateau Laville Haut Brion 1983
Straw golden colour with slightly amber rim, needs air to open up, decanting required, honey, nuts, lanolin and beeswax aromas, orange, tangerine, herbal and camomile, still with a crisp fresh acidity and long complex mineral palate.
