Bourgogne Party Vol. 1 by Vova and Mykola

Charming bouquet of cherry confiture, red flowers, wet wood, earth and pomegranate. Delicate and jammy palate with notes of bay leaf, tomato paste and mushrooms. The aftertaste is long and ephemeral. With time it gets even more animalistic and earthy. Despite the medium level of acidity, this wine is a quaffable and juicy beauty.

It was harsh and a bit vulgar. Although I tasted it blindly, the list of possible wines was open. Like a jammed vinyl record, my brain repeated only one phrase - please don't tell me it's Le Grappin, please don't tell me it's Le Grappin, please don't tell me it's Le Grappin, please don't tell me it's Le Grappin, please don't tell me it's Le Grappin... After all, it's one of the producers I was a bit familiar with. And Le Grappin was different in my memory.

Tough luck, they say. Black fruits, black currant juice, chocolate candy filled with cherry and liquor. With time it gets more interesting thanks to notes of pepper and leather. Honestly, I started to think that someone tricked us by bringing a bottle of Rhone. Tannic, powerful, crowd-pleasing and not interesting. Maybe it will become better in the future. And while I sound negative, the wine is not bad, just not my style and an unfortunate outcast of the evening.

A fistful of red fruits forgotten under the sun, sunflower seeds combined into a necklace, your everyday canned tuna, mushrooms, black tea and my old hiking leather boots (I really should get rid of them as they are falling apart). Delicate palate (unlike the aforementioned boots), elegant and stylish. Easy-going and quite complex at the same time. A pure bliss. Especially thanks to notes of dried fig covered in milk chocolate and Cognac notes (duh).

Attaboy! My sincere bet was on Le Grappin. And at this point, I am not so sure if it's a compliment for Sylvain Pataille or I just don't know what I am betting on. I bet on a mix of both.

Look, this mix of hibiscus and red berries (barberry, pomegranate, sour cherry) is just charming. It's delicate, flowery and beautiful. Good tannin and acidity. Just a wonderful, quaffable and beautiful wine. My score might be a bit too high as this wine lacks complexity and it doesn't like being aerated for too long. But it was a blind tasting and this is my score.

Qvevri version. In this lineup, it was easy to guess Cossard. Not bragging, I think. A beautiful bouquet of red flowers (they always got me), spoiled berries, strawberry compote, blood and hibiscus (red flowers again???). A bit too sweet yet fresh, round and delicious. Complex and narrow, it feels stressed, someone needs a massage.

A mix of spoiled fruits, stones covered in seawater (salty, you know), butter and shells. Definitely, the bouquet wins over the palate. Delicious yet somehow it felt heavy and not fascinating. Even simple? It focuses on the exterior leaving little inside. And it's jumpy like headcrabs.

As much as I enjoyed Vosne-Romanée 1er Cru Les Chaumes 2016, this bottle is a bit disappointing even in a blind tasting. Baked apples with cinnamon, nuts, butter, a bit of Jerez, wet cellar and citrus. With this wonderful nose comes a soapy, diluted and short palate. Good acidity, though.

Now this is charming and delicious. Complex and inviting. Nice oak influence. Butter, nuts, yellow fruits, citrus, chalk and sea breeze (maybe I just forgot it). Fresh, salty and playful.