Wine tasting line up critique

So I have a wine list mostly set up for a tasting in a couple weeks and I am curious what the fine wine subreddit people think.

Opening with Pinot Noir: With a Mercurey grand cru and I am going to put that against a same year single vineyard Pinot from California(Sonoma Coast or Russian river valley).

Second grouping Rhone style blends: Clos St Michel Chateauneuf du pape up against Orin Swift Machete(Open to switching the new world wine since my wife and I love CdP so much and want to expose others to it).

Final grouping Cabernet Sauvignon: A 5th growth Pauillac up against a Sonoma Mountain Cab of the same vintage, with a friend either bringing a few years older napa cab, or a same year Paso Robles cab.

I was wanting it to be a roughly equal price tasting event comparing old world and new world wines so what do we all think? As much as I like Chardonnay I don't think there are others who appreciate it like I do. Also not wanting to get too long of a list since people would have to drive home.