Carrie Bowden

9.2

Good fruit and acidity. 70 pinot noir 30 chardonnay disgorged November 2018. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Label based on Little Prisoner etching, by Francisco de Goya. Deep Ruby with red fruit aromas and hints of woody spice. Aged 30% on new oak, combo of French/American barrels, blend of Zin, Cab Sauv, Petite Sirah, Syrah & Charbono. Palate shows flavors of sweet cherry, blueberry & raspberry, zesty spice lively acidity, good balance. Fine tannins, long finish ending with cacao & oaky character. — 7 years ago

Eric Burtner-Abt

9.1

Spice, leather, blackberry, vanilla nose. Lush blackberry, tobacco and, mineral, hint of raisin in the finish. — 8 years ago

October Cleveland

9.0

Lazy hazy washing down Peat's Bite. — 9 years ago

Sarah Harper

9.6

70% chard, 30% pinot noir. Disgorgement June 2014. #love — 9 years ago

Pepe Portillo

9.5

Ambar pálido con cierta turbiedad. Espectacularmente aromática. Frutos secos, miel y bajamar. Fresca, salina y muy muy persistente. Perfecta para maridajes atrevidos. — 10 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

The nose on this wine is stunning baring the alcohol heat. Perfumed red florals and candied dark and lighter red fruits. While the wine is truly elegant, the alcohol is seriously burning the back of my throat. The bottle reads 14.1 but I think over 15 degrees. Maybe, they wanted to save on the higher alcohol tax. The wine starts so beautifully only to burn the back of my throat. The fruits are ripe, elegant and beautifully soft. Blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, raspberries, faint back palate of strawberries, sweet/soft leather, black licorice, violets & roses, rich delicate & sweet wet black earth, soft light baking spices, caramel, milk chocolate, figs & dates, amazingly sweet dark minerals, touch of black tar, touch of spice and a rich long elegant dark fruit liqueur finish. I would score this wine higher if it didn't punish my palate and throat with the burning alcohol finish. — 10 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.0

Held up very well for a 30 year old wine. Took about 1-2 hours to really open up and hit its peak. Finished by hour 3 as it seemed to tail off. Very cool drinking a Lafite. — 11 years ago

Nikita Malhotra

9.1

Underripe bananas... Super dry and focused. — 12 years ago

with Adam

Jay Miele

10

A nose of dried prunes, 30 second finish with minimal tannins. Nice bouquet. Drink within the next few years. — 13 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Tried 6mos ago. Began 1916, Juan Gil Giménez, great-grandfather of present generation, built winery in heart of Jumilla. Blue label spent 18 months in new oak (wine formally known as 18 mos representing time in bottle, now “Blue Label.” Monastrell, Cab Sauv & Syrah blend (60/30/10), low yield, aromas of red berry and toasty oak. Palate shows flavors of dark berry fruits, espresso, cacao and hints of sweet spice. Big dusty tannins, well integrated with oak, lingering, well balanced. Aged well, still going! — 7 years ago

Michael Greene

9.0

Very honeyed and less mellow than the 40 year. Still mighty complex — 8 years ago

Clément Poisson

8.9

Was a dumbo and didn't realize I had bought Sherry?
Very light golden yellow. Smells of candied nuts but tastes of proscuitto a little bit (salty). — 9 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.8

An absolute beast a wine! Needs a short decant to open up and let the glycerol smell and taste blow off. I decanted for 30 min.

Huge dark fruits, charcoally smokiness, and spice. Inky deep deep black color and of course it doesn't get any more full body than this. — 9 years ago

Dana Belber

9.5

This producer!!!! Amazing! — 9 years ago

Casey Galdieri

9.4

One of the best wineries in Napa. Can be consumed now but would benefit for a few years aging as tannins are very firm and surround the fruit forward taste. Still amazing, especially after 30-45 min in a decanter — 10 years ago

RustyR

8.9

Decanted 15 min Feels slightly over oaked. Fruit does open. Took some time 30 min. Brings out ripe cherry. Cedar. Vanilla heavy tones nose toasted — 10 years ago

LM Segal

9.1

So reliably good, just needed a little coaxing from 30 min decant. Hit the spot. — 11 years ago

Dave O'Brien

10

Best. Sherry. Ever. — 12 years ago

with Steven

David Lusby

9.3

Rich nutty notes with an incredibly long finish — 12 years ago

Brad Swinford

9.6

Oh yeah, we have a winner. 30% cab 70% Mourvèdre. My favorite, creme de cassis. Outstanding wine — 13 years ago

JUAN LOPEZ

10

Besos de los dioses — 7 years ago

with Adriana

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

The start of watching NFL Football 🏈 in the backyard for the dog days of summer. Reason enough to break out the BSR. Still my favorite N/V Rosé Champagne. Really refreshing on a hot day for our neck of the woods, 83 degrees and 90 plus in the sun.

Happy Friday & weekend all! Cheers 🍾🥂! — 7 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.3

Notes of luscious caramel syrup with hazelnuts and raisins — 9 years ago

Kevin Ortzman

9.3

Heavy caramel and nutty flavors with a hint of dried fruit. A very long and delicious finish. — 9 years ago

with Betty and Rick

Levi Joseph Dawson

9.1

Deep, rich raspberry and chocolate, structured tannins that didn't overwhelm, I picked up the 2012 vintage as well to age, can't wait to go back to it in 30 years. — 10 years ago

Martin Redmond

9.3

Mahogany color with molasses, caramel, espresso, bittersweet chocolate and subtle baking spice aromas. On the palate it's full bodied, viscous, and very persistent with a supple mouth feel that's beautifully balanced with a penetrating acidity that keep it from being cloying and persistent with very good acidity that keeps it from being cloying and provides balance. It shows very sweet flavors of molasses, honey-dipped figs, dates, caramel, and baking spice nuanced citrus note with a kiss of oxidation that adds to its allure and complexity. Long finish — 10 years ago

with Gary

Roberto G

9.0

Found this bottle in my parent's wine closet and had to open it. I don't have the appropriate vocabulary to describe, but a special wine much different from the $10-$30 bottles I may drink typically. — 11 years ago

Cyrus Hazzard

Concierge Wine Sales Total Wine & More

9.2

Out of magnum. Little heat taint here, probably not stored great. Still good wine hit its peak at about 30 minutes of the decanter well-integrated oak definitely can tell it's mountain fruit hard to say what it be like if it was a clean bottle. — 12 years ago

Michele Genna

9.0

Be patient.... You have to wait at least 30 mins to bring it back to life... But we could still enjoy its preciouseness. — 13 years ago