Sometimes you never know what will happen at Graileys on any given Monday. This last one we had a small crew of people stop by there were a couple of stunning bottles enjoyed to be sure! The first was the most surprising. The 1990 Alain Burguet Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes was simply brilliant. This old vine selection from the Northern Cote de Nuits was met with low expectations but everyone that drank it were bowled over. There was the of sweet black cherries, raspberries, sois bois, mushrooms, roses and light earthiness with silky smooth tannins that had a real weight and amazing sense of balance. Everyone loved this “simple” village Gevrey and it drank like a champ for 2 hours. Bravo! The next wine was a bottle of 1975 Ducru Beaucaillou that needed about 15 minutes to blow up. When I popped the cork, the wine was not offer, but the earth, age, leather and funk led the nose. The wine was rather thin and the finish was clipped. With a little air, this Super Second from Saint Julien was mesmerizing with powerful, refined tannins, perfect vinous fruit and a length and class that only great Bordeaux can show. This was slurp-erb and made me want to drink more 1975s this year. They are in a great window. We finish with the 2012 Perfect Season Cabernet Sauvignon. Full disclosure: the 2012 Perfect Season has been my favorite Bang-for-the-buck 2012 Cult Napa Cab and I have been trying to turn all of my best clients on to it. This bottle of 2012 did not disappoint: A beautiful bouquet of spring flowers, sweet, subtle, toasty oak, sweet cigar tobacco, crème de cassis, mocha and a touch of gravel-like minerality. With extraordinary fruit, density and complexity, this full-bodied, classic 2012 reminds me of a much more expensive wine. It is soft and evolved with black fruit aromas and flavors that fill the glass, and the wine has incredibly sweet, melted, well-integrated tannins. You have got to buy some of this killer 2012 Napa Cab if you like the stuff-It is a stunner!