As I strive to provide #content for my followers, I typed up my ratings from this weekend. Of the 200+ wines I tasted, ~150 were producer samples of guaranteed quality, and ~100 of those were reds (I don't drink enough white burg to have an opinion). Editorializing to follow: 
The scoring method was just A+ to F, since it needed to be simple enough to be robust to me getting smashed over the course of the tastings, since I didn't spit. The older wines were Friday, all the 2020s were Saturday.
It is probably not surprising that Dujac, Hudelot-Noellat, Salon, etc. had the best wines. However, I was very impressed with the Robert Chevillon NSG wines, and the Didier Fornerol regional appellations punched way above their weight. Denis/Arnaud Mortet was also great.
In terms of recent vintages, 2019 was the best by far, 2015 and 2017 were consistently great too, 2020 and 2018 were generally good but had some variability, and 2016 wasn't particularly appealing to me.
I didn't rate wines from dinner, since "buy 2002 Cros Parantoux on release in mags" isn't exactly actionable advice. However, if you do decide to go, the pro move is to roll in stone cold sober at 10 when everyone is totally hammered and start drinking their abandoned wines.
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