Aligning children of different parent containers

Question

I am trying to vertically align elements of variable height in containers, i.e. The 1st element in each container is aligned vertically with each other, the second element in each container is vertically aligned with each other, etc. etc.

I am using flexbox but not sure if this is possible? Or is this possible with CSS Grid?

Desired Result

See the demo where I have not yet managed to get it to work.

main {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
}

.container {
  background: grey;
  margin: 0 10px 20px;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 200px;
}

.top {
  background: red;
}

.middle {
  background: blue;
}

.bottom {
  background: green;
}

<main>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="top">Some text here, Some text here, Some text here</div>
    <div class="middle">And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here</div>
    <div class="bottom">And a little here too</div>
  </div>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="top">Some text here, Some text here</div>
    <div class="middle">And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here</div>
    <div class="bottom">And a little here too, And a little here too</div>
  </div>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="top">Some text here, Some text here, Some text here, Some text here, Some text here</div>
    <div class="middle">And some here</div>
    <div class="bottom">And a little here too</div>
  </div>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="top">Some text here, Some text here, Some text here</div>
    <div class="middle">And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here</div>
    <div class="bottom">And a little here too</div>
  </div>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="top">Some text here, Some text here, Some text here</div>
    <div class="middle">And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here</div>
    <div class="bottom">And a little here too</div>
  </div>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="top">Some text here, Some text here, Some text here</div>
    <div class="middle">And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here</div>
    <div class="bottom">And a little here too</div>
  </div>
  <div class="container">
    <div class="top">Some text here, Some text here, Some text here</div>
    <div class="middle">And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here, And some here</div>
    <div class="bottom">And a little here too</div>
  </div>
</main>

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Answer 1

Try it, maybe it will help you

.container {
  background: grey;
  margin: 0 10px 20px;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 200px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  justify-content: center;
}

Live demo - http://codepen.io/anon/pen/oZxaja?editors=1100