Ron Siegel

9.4

Great vintage for GL that was fresh & drinking beautifully at 41 yrs showing red & black fruit, earth, cedar, leather with sweet, savory spice & cigar box — 2 years ago

Shane Walker

10

An incredible wine. Viscosity is incredible. High alcohol content shines through. Was a tremendous accompaniment to Christmas pud! — 3 years ago

with Michele

Mark Rosse

9.4

Really in great shape! — 4 years ago

Charlie Tapp

9.8

Apricot marmalade, roasted pineapple, bitter orange and lemon rind. — 5 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.4

Half bottle. We should do this more often! — 6 years ago

John Van Trijp

10

Gold Capsule — 7 years ago

Andrew Z. Scharf

9.7

From 6L. Unbelievable. A classic, stunning Bordeaux — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Sweet red fruits, lots of floral & spice with cedar, leather, licorice, olive & rose petal. This had an elegant style, velvety texture with silky tannins. — 8 years ago

Doug Powers

9.3

Cigar box, pencil lead, also some lovely spicy redfruit aromas, still pretty structured, but showing a deep core of lovely dried redfruits, some sweet fruit notes in the long, lingering finish, very fine LLC!! — 3 years ago

with Jim

Gabby

9.5

Bit old but the tannins stood up to the test, the cork was not looking good. Had this at thevar with kenlee Rufie and weng kit. You could really taste the age - had a dried fruit and full of tertiary notes. Vanilla oak red fruit. Went a bit flat at the end. — 4 years ago

Susan Sachs

9.0

Some tasting notes suggests that '83 has decades of life ahead of it. This bottle was clearly at its peak on Feb 1, 2022. Rounded and refined. Cherries and soft tannins.
— 4 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Such a great vintage for Lynch Bages with an amazing nose that had a classic old school style showing notes of black & red fruits, cassis, cedar, leather, licorice, lead pencil & cigar box. — 5 years ago

Hayden B. Oothout

9.1

This has held its age well. Subtle fruit, good tannin structure. It only needs about 20-30 mins in the decanter. A lot of tertiary flavors, mushroom, forest floor, earthy. Great experience! — 7 years ago

Jen

9.0

First of 12 bottles from HDH. Good nose slightly thin on the palate, a lot of iron — 7 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.2

Very nicely structured and drinking well — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

I thought for my 4000th Delectable note I should choose something special and I thought a 40 year old Penfolds Grange would fit the bill. This is back in the day when “Hermitage “ was allowed on the label. There was an immense crust on decanting reflecting the drought year of 1983. The colour was an amazing dark dense Ruby with no hint of a tawny edge. Aromas of coffee grounds, mocha, chocolate, fading blackberry, and lavender. Barb thought like an old lady’s powder drawer. Still a solid core - the intestinal fortitude (guts) of this wine is incredible. Finishing with soft silky dry tannins. This could easily have gone on for another 10 years. Andrew Caillard MW had a drinking window extending up to 2040 which would make it nearly 60 years old. The lasting impression are those silky tannins. 1983 was a drought year in South Australia hence the persistence and age of this beautiful wine. I paid about $60 for this in the late 1980s and Wine Searcher had a value of $980 on 2/2/23. — 3 years ago

Charles York

9.4

Leather. Tobacco. Morello cherry. Lilac. Mint. Gorgeous. Ready to drink, but better with a 30 min decant. — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Reddish tawny. Youthful nose. Notes of black currants, blackberries, herbs and spices and some menthol. Silky in the mouth, although at first it comes off as delicate. With more air, some spice and white pepper notes develop, and this goes full on Chave and Hermitage power on you... Not bad for Syrah that's pushing 40 years in age! — 5 years ago

Jeffrey Long

9.1

Fairly past peak, but still lively on the palate and interesting. — 7 years ago

with Vanessa, Guangshan and 1 other

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.4

Steltzner was purchased a few years ago by the Plumpjack group, who now operate Odette on the property. Those wines are expensive and quite enjoyable, but I’m not so sure that they will age like these ones. — 8 years ago