Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego 
Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande
Pauillac de Pichon Lalande Red Bordeaux Blend 1966
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 Haut-Brion-are my two fave BDX big guns. This was still showing better than you woulda thunk. 8.14.26 — 5 days ago
Domaine Bart
Es Chezots Marsannay Pinot Noir 2023
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. — 5 days ago
Château Lafite Rothschild
Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1966
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. — 5 days ago
Domaine Courbis
Champelrose Cornas Syrah 2020
2020 vintage. Last tasted 6.28.23 (9.3). Still tremendous value Cornas with medium-heavy body. 8.14.26. — 5 days ago
Domaine Jean Féry & fils
Le Sentier du Moulin Meursault Chardonnay 2023
2023 vintage. Medium body. Slightly gratuitous with the oak but not over the top. Allows for some mineral presence and acidity to shine through. Fairly balanced as it stands now and the pricing is just somewhat annoying vs completely ridiculous.. 8.12.26. — 5 days ago
Thierry et Pascale Matrot
Les Chalumeaux Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Chardonnay 2021
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. — 5 days ago
Château Margaux
Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1966
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. — 5 days ago
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego
2007 vintage. Nice fill. Used a Durand to open but good cork nonetheless. Decanted and tasted after 15 minutes. JFC...does the oak ever die on this nonsense? Tried to bushwhack through it without success. Even the Alexander Valley product has the good sense to have the oak minimized/integrated/drop off after a decade. Not the case here. There's a reason why I haven't even considered carrying this on a wine list since the late 90's. This go round didn't exactly convert my opinion. 8.16.26. — 3 days ago