Haha! The OG Balcombe Block 1B. Stories abound.
Patricia Green-adjacent, I recently popped the first of my case of Wolves Above blueberry wine (I think the 23, but not certain). What a fascinating wine that really continued to evolve with air. No way would I have thought this was anything other than wine made from grapes - and a very well made wine at that.
I was hoping to blind my FIL on it but he spied the bottle beforehand, and then turned his nose a bit. Which left the rest of the bottle for me 
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Have a big dinner next weekend and going to blind my friends on it, really curious what they think it might be. And really excited to see how these evolve over time.
If the ABV is 12.5% it’s the 2023. If it’s 11% it’s the 2022
I believe the 2023s have Kelley’s stamp on the cork, the 2022s do not.
Correct? @Jim_Anderson
That doesn’t matter. We split the wine. Literally would just stop the bottling line and take my labels off and put her’s on. Wines from either place are literally identical.
I was referring to the corks, not the labels. I thought you had posted previously about the cork difference, which I was happy to hear, as I have both vintages, and forgot to note the vintages on the bottles. That is my recollection anyhoo. I couldn’t possibly be wrong, could I?? 
Can’t imagine the corks were different. Both were bottled at Kelley’s and she uses very specific corks every year.
12.5%, thanks Jim!
Labels, corks, labels, corks… What’s the difference??
2017 Commemorative
2021 Balcombe 1B last night. Just a baby but delicious
That drinks. Had that about a month ago.
Had the 2000 last night at our 25th Anniversary party. Drinking like a champ.
Had a bottle of that 2000 B1B bottling last year and it was just absolutely stellar.
The 1997 B1B was stellar last week. Look forward to hearing the backstory on Wednesday afternoon.
Opened one of these 2008 PGC Eason bottlings last evening. Keith, your 2021 note really captures much of what I experienced. 
Decanted off the sediment and then put decanted wine back in cellar for about 90 minutes. Then back into the rinsed out bottle, stoppered and put in refrigerator for about 40 minutes or so (my cellar temp is 64 right now). Consumed the bottle over about 5+ hours. The nose was beautifully perfumed, start to finish, ever-evolving or shifting. In the mouth, my bottle started out exactly as Keith describes but over the five hours the wine really gained some rich fruit. I kept thinking those last couple of hours just how rich the wine was while still so light on its feet, ethereal even. Just about every sip I was left contemplating this wine. Simply wonderful stuff.
Any thoughts on this lasting until 2029, when my youngest turns 21?
Nice. I really miss those PG Easons, though it’s hard to find a worthier successor than Eyrie.
Patrick, my experience with these “older” PGC wines is so limited, but Jim’s 2024-updated drinking chart suggests this 2008 is “definitely drinking well but will continue to cellar well.”