Megan

9.5

I’ve been savoring this bottle over several months using my Coravin. Sadly, finally finished it off. Just love tasting this golden beauty open up in the glass. Can’t wait to start on another bottle! — 5 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.0

Wine club gathering with dear friends. Two whites and two reds, all tasted blind.

This selection was from a Coravin. Yes, still sweet, but the notes of fig and eucalyptus were agreeable. — 6 years ago

with Krystal

Mark Flesher

9.4

I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say about this wine. But...here goes. This has to be one of the worst QPR wines I've ever had, but I'm also taking into account how young this wine is. I have to remember that I'm rating the WINE here, but the price tag and hype just can't help but to get in the way. Drank over 6 days. Poured initially from Coravin and let sit for about an hour. I will tell you that I was excited initially, as the nose of this wine overpowered the grass fed beef burgers that were just cooked about 2 feet away from where the wine was being poured. DENSE blackberry and vanilla rolling out of the glass. The entry of this wine is silky, but also has that gritty Napa youthfulness. POWER. Fruit forward monster, ripe blackberry, graphite, mineral and spice rich middle with cherry blossom and finish with a very deep, dark core of blackberry, black pepper spice. The finish is where chocolate covered blackberries and minty notes come out, but the wine was still rather tannic. Developed a bit more after I uncorked it at the end of the week. I blind tasted my wife on this one who guessed that it was a '13 William Harrison cab (vineyard is only 2 miles away as the crow flies, maybe, although Hall's is elevated 750 feet). That cab is $50. This one still has a **LOT** of integrating to do which I am taking into consideration which is why the other bottle is locked up tight, and this one just might not have been on its A-game. — 6 years ago

LM Segal

9.4

Coravin with lowest expectations was the highlight after 1 hr glass decant. Dense, full-bodied, dominated by sweet oak and cedar. Creme de cassis and Asian spice. Far better than expected. - Robbie’s, London — 6 years ago

Willem Booij

9.5

The third glass with Coravin. One month later and still going strong. Great combination with the Roquefort. — 7 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.2

Preliminary note: Quick coravin to check in on this sample before the weekend. Deep ruby red. On both the palate and the nose with lots of savory elements mixed in with some red berries and a little dark at the end. Some floral notes too like roses. Amazing structure and backbone. So balanced for being so young. Heavy tannins (8/10), full bodied and super long finish. Time will only help this wine and I can easily see up to another two decades from now for this wine. Killer potential and a real surprise! Can drink now with a super long decant which we will do. Drink from 2018 till 2036. 92+

Already starting to open up with some more dark berries on the nose. Also some good spices coming through on the palate. — 7 years ago

Martijn

9.4

2007 vintage on 26.12.18
With the Coravin. Poored 5 hours before dinner. Nice purple red color. Cinnamon nose. Loads of fruit, hints of tar and rosemary. Well balanced in the mouth. Paired very well with the vennison and red wine port sauce. It “competed” against the Chadwick 2007. — 5 years ago

Diederick Swagemakers

9.3

Thanks @Martijn ! Vanaf de Coravin al heel mooi maar gaat nog vele jaren mee, benieuwd naar ontwikkeling🍷 — 6 years ago

Keith Fisher

9.3

Big. Black fruit and dried cherry. Espresso. Don’t use a Coravin on this one , it’s throwing a lot of sediment. — 6 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I Coravin-ed this bottle awhile ago. I put it back as it wasn’t drinking as I would have hoped. A couple of months later and it’s come around nicely. I been doing short term and longer term tests of Coravin bottles. As much as I love my Coravin, I am a little more skeptical of their research that states their bottles will hold up 9 years after their first Coravin. I believe the Coravin help develop this 04 a little sooner. It’s drinking nicely without food tonight. On the nose; dark currants, expresso, black olive tapenade, cedar, tobacco, sweet soft leather, vanilla, blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, baked black plum, plum, an array of blue fruit mix, light cinnamon, clove, medium spice, mocha chocolate, dark chocolate, stones, rich, moist black earth and dark decayed florals & fresh violets. The palate is medium full. The tannins are not quite 50% resolved. After it opens up with a half-hour in the glass, it’s like velvet in the mouth. The structure, tension, length and balance are starting to develop into a very good place. However, there are many, many years of aging to go. The fruits are ruby, ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, baked black plum and strawberries. Expresso, black olive tapenade, cedar, tobacco, sweet soft leather, tobacco, menthol, graphite, anise, vanilla, light cinnamon, clove, medium spice, mocha chocolate, dark chocolate, dry stems, crushed rocks with dry top soil, stones, rich, moist black earth, volcanic minerals, and dark decayed florals. The acidity is very good for what was deemed a ho-hum vintage. The long finish is; rich, ruby, gorgeous and lasts well over two minutes. I am enjoying it a lot tonight but will still wait another 10 years to open another. I believe at that point, it has all the potential to merit an outstanding score. When I tasted this at the UGC in Bordeaux fresh into bottle, I thought it was one of the top three wines of the day. In the right photo, you get a full sense where the wine gets it’s stoney & rich, dark earthiness. — 6 years ago

Graham

9.1

A bit of funk that didn't have time to blow off before I drank it. But in 10-15 minutes I got some nice bacon fat. From Coravin. — 7 years ago

Willem Booij

9.5

Second glass this week, tx to Coravin. Tremendous wine, no words just wine — 8 years ago

Joye Preece

9.9

Exceptional wine with elegant and round tannins, well balanced and beautifully structured. Competes against the very best of Bordeaux. — 8 years ago

Graham

9.2

Great wine, good balance. Red fruits, hint of smoke and earth. Long finish. Out of coravin. 91 on first taste and 93 last taste. With more time maybe even better. — 6 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.4

What a gem. Sweet integrated tannins, with stewed fruits and coconut. Button mushrooms on the finish. In a really nice place right now. Better than I remembered :) out of Coravin — 6 years ago

TheSkip

9.3

Post Coravin a week ago. Much better showing. Clearly needs some air. Great job! — 6 years ago

Shawn Clark

9.2

Used Coravin. Everything I love about turley Syrah. Bold Spicy dark fruit — 6 years ago

Ed Tostanoski

9.3

Coravin sold by the ounce (from 375), how could I resist? Really nice but didn’t totally blow me away like expected though — 6 years ago

TheSkip

9.3

Revisited from a week ago. Love that Coravin!

Today I felt the tannins were better integrated and the fruit slightly more balanced. Continued with a wonderful nose. Winner! — 7 years ago

jams jerfy

9.0

so, this was rated on a curve. stored in a fridge in another city. fridge died in summer and it was weeks before i found it. it was baked. and then it was weirdly ok. just used it to explain to @captain henrik how get wine out of a bottle with a coravin (merry xmas, cap'n!) expecting it to be destroyed. lo and behold. second wine from that lot which wasn't ruined. the OTHER, miraculously, was the bernaudeau "sans souffre" which I'll never understand why it was ok. maybe there are wine elves sticking ice in the dead fridge until I found it.... god jul!! — 7 years ago

with captain and Christina