Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2021 vintage. Opened and tasted twice within an hour in the 55-62 degree range. Medium-heavy body. Initial blast of gratuitous, obvious oak that (fairly) quickly subsided and refocused with mineral visitation, acidity and salinity completely shutting the door behind. In a bit of transition now but still delicious. Excellent concentration throughout. 8.14.26. — 12 hours ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

1966 vintage. Mid-shoulder fill. Lip under the foil an anthrax fever dream. Cleaned than up with an ice cube and a napkin. Used a Durand but this cork merely chuckled at it. Worst cork I’ve ever (tried to) extracted with a Durand. Bring out the funnel with screen to sift/filter out all the semi-ancient cork sed. Wasn’t going to decant as per usual guest wishes so went with the smallest decanter. Tasted 15 minutes, 45 minutes and 1.5 hours after opening. Light, well aged-Burgundy body. Substantial, (STILL!!!) feminine-styled offerings fruit/spicewise. Ummm…reason why Pichon-Lalande (and La Mission H-B) are my two fave BDX big guns. This was still showing better than you woulda thunk. 8.14.26 — 12 hours ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2023 vintage. 8.12.26. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.7

1966 vintage. Mid-shoulder fill. Opened with a Durand. Okay cork. Not decanted. Tasted 15 minutes, 45 minutes and 1.5 hours after opening. Sh*t ton of sed. Orange-brown/appropriate color. Dusty, leather, reductive red fruits nose. Light body. Instructive but not illuminating. Solidly on the descent on the back side of the bell curve. Excellent specimen to play wine pathologist with. Insert fruit(s) here. Insert structural component(s) there. The more familiarity with the wine, the more you can add. 8.14.26. — 12 hours ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2024 vintage. 8.14.26. — 12 hours ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2023. Going through a weird phase but still nice for the price. You best believe there was legal action involved with the "Es Chezots" labeling name. Someone felt like proving a point and has plenty of ca$hi$h to fight said lawsuit(s). 8.14.26. — 12 hours ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

7.9

1966 vintage. Mid-shoulder fill. Opened with a Durand and pretty stellar, aging cork extracted. Curious nose. Not decanted. Tasted 15 minutes, 45 minutes and 1.5 hours after opening. Light body. Slightly prunish for some time. Picked up a half-step at the second visit thinking things might lightly improve. They. Did. Not. This specimen was a disappointment as was the first bottle with a substantially, lower fill (yes, there was a backup '66 bottle). 8.14.26. — 12 hours ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2020 vintage. Last tasted 6.28.23 (9.3). Still tremendous value Cornas with medium-heavy body. 8.14.26. — 12 hours ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2023 vintage. Tasting again (always 9.3). 8.13.26. — a day ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2019 vintage. 8.12.26. — 3 days ago