DRC Night?

First, forgot to write about the 2001 Chateau l'Angelus - an inky-black, chocolate, cocoa, and mocha scented wine. Full of life, this wine needs to age - and should gracefully. The fruits are black and slightly closed, but a lovely wine. On to tonight... The 1978 Chateau Margaux was dissapointing. While still a "good" wine, this was not the best example. Light in color, and very light in weight. Classic Margaux violets and truffels. Nice, just not great. The 2000 Etienne Sauzet Bienvenues-Batard-Montrachet was a tropical fruit lined/ mineral filled/ slightly closed example of what will eventually be a tremendous bottle of Chardonnay. This wine need time to put on weight, but right now it's pretty and good, just not great. The 1961 Chateau Croizet-Bages. 5th Growth, Pauillac was almost dead - but had a twinge of life - just a hint of black fruit masked with loads of hazelnuts, truffles, caramel, and spice. Nice to try, but not a great wine. On to the DRCs... it was a unique opportunity to try two vineyards from Domaine de la Romanee-Conti side-by-side from the same vintage. The 2001 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Romanee-St.-Vivant Morey-Monge was pretty, but fairly closed. This wine wasn't giving up much in the first hour or so, but slowly showed some of it's pretty floral and wild-strawberry side that is classic from RSV. Not overly weighty, this was a pretty, delicate wine. Very expressive of the terroir... next to it was two bottles of 2001 Domaine de la Romanee-Conti Richebourg. Always a favorite (except perhaps for La Tache) of the DRCs, this was pure wild strawberry, clove, raspberry, black plums, truffles, and turned earth! So powerful - a classic Richebourg trait, and again, very much showing it's roots. (Both bottles were very close, with one perhaps showing a touch more upfront fruit). Bravo to DRC for these fabulous, if not much underrated - 2001 DRCs. I am finding these to be tremendous wines that really speak of their place. I wish all wines could tell you exactly where they are from.... Last, the 2003 Rochioli Chardonnay, Russian River Valley rocks... simply great Cali Chard - drinks more like ripe Meursault. Nutty and rich. Good stuff.