Will they ever come around???

Some nice wines last night... The 1999 Chateau Pontet Canet was nice, but certainly ready to drink. Lots of coffee and mocha with cedary black cherries. The 2004 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon was powerful, a bit unbalanced though with excess extraction and alcohol... The 1999 Jean Luc Columbo Hermitage "Les Rouets" was earthy, meaty, and spicy... The 2001 M. Chapoutier St. Joseph "Les Granits" could be the best example of the appellation produced today. Lots of black olives and peppery black raspberries. Very meaty and earthy... could easily be mistaken for a decent bottle of Hermitage. The 2001 Sterling Diamond Mountain Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon is beautiful(!!!!)... the nose was very seductive with silky black currants, dusty earth and chocolate boisenberry liqueor with loads of cassis. Sterling gets a bad rap sometimes, but they are still making traditionally styled Napa Cabs built to age a long time. The 1975 Chateau Suduiraut (same bottle from a few weeks ago) is just beginning to open up!!! Can anyone say honeyed apricots??? On to a fairly controversial vintage (at least for now)... the 1995 Chateau Haut-Brion was closed. And closed it stayed. Except for perhaps an ounce left in a glass for several hours - and it was beautiful - loads of gravely bacon-fat and cedar. Can anyone say "long-lived vintage"???? Most of the 1995s I've had are still closed and not giving much at all - BUT - and this is a big BUT - they are in such balance that when they do open (and I now believe most will come around), they will be one of the great vintages of the last 30 years (up there with 82 and 90)...