Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

From 30-year old vines. 80% Tempranillo and 20% Garnacha (no ‘11 made b/c Garnacha wasn’t great). Tempranillo spent 36 months on 4-year old American oak, Garnacha spent 30 months on 2-year old American oak. Ruby with nose of red fruit, cedar and floral citrus notes. On the palate flavors of cherry, currant and orange peel with vanilla, cacao and tobacco notes. Well developed, fine tannins, long finish ending with earthy mineral flavor. Very Nice! — 4 years ago

JUAN LOPEZ

10

Besos de los dioses — 6 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 🍾🥂! — 6 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.3

Notes of luscious caramel syrup with hazelnuts and raisins — 8 years ago

Kevin Ortzman

9.3

Heavy caramel and nutty flavors with a hint of dried fruit. A very long and delicious finish. — 8 years ago

with Betty and Rick

Dom Beveridge

9.3

How to even rate a wine like this? It's 30 years old and still delicious. Unsurprising depth/complexity with tobacco and leather to the fore. Black fruits in there, but seriously...30 years... — 9 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 — 9 years ago

with Gary

Dave O'Brien

10

Best. Sherry. Ever. — 11 years ago

with Steven

David Lusby

9.3

Rich nutty notes with an incredibly long finish — 11 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Had this 6 mos ago at Tasting, liked it, bought several bottles for cellar. Blend of Cab Sauv, Cab Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot & Malbec, made by 30 year Chappellet winemaker Phillip Titus. Deep Ruby, purple edges, youthful aromas of black fruit, spices and flinty notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry and black cherry with some vanilla and tobacco and herbal floral notes. Vivid acidity & firm tight tannins with long finish ending with a youthful character, aging well should benefit from bottle aging. — 5 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. — 6 years ago

John Hagood

9.0

From Schneider’s $30 in ca 2012 Drank on 7/24/19. Menthol eucalyptus. Grit is in the nose not in taste. Lean. Pine cones mulch black topsoil blackberry. Only fine sediment. — 6 years ago

Michael Greene

9.0

Very honeyed and less mellow than the 40 year. Still mighty complex — 7 years ago

Joe Gillies

9.2

Still young and needs time or a good decant.

30 min decant. Aromas are still somewhat muted. Subtle soft blackberry aromas.
Blackberry, Blueberry, subtle smoke, and leather flavors.

Always a solid wine especially around the $50 price point. — 8 years ago

Raye Ackerman

9.4

Wonderful, complex and full even after 30 years. Tannins still crisp and adds to length of finish. Was not expecting that. Love old french Bordeaux's so consider my review biased. — 8 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 — 9 years ago

Chris Bensick

8.9

Showing well at 30, despite a spongy loose cork. Part of our thanksgiving game of chance, this was the best wine of the evening. — 10 years ago

Vincent Filiatrault

9.1

A good very Chateauneuf. Still young but it opens up after 30-45 minutes. — 10 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. — 11 years ago

Julien Marchand

9.3

Un Xeres exceptionnel, âgé de presque 43 ans! D'une complexité ahurissante — 12 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! — 5 years ago

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9.5

The 1989 Pichon-Baron repeats its performance from the vertical tasting in May 2018. It storms from the glass, bearing copious blackberry, cedar and perhaps a little more mint than I noticed on the previous bottle. There is so much youthful zeal to this harmonious, refined Pauillac that you would barely guess it is 30 years old. Long and tender with a graphite-infused finish, this bottle might be even better than the ex-château example. Tasted at the 1989 Bordeaux dinner at Hatched in London. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2019) — 6 years ago

Steve Medbery

9.5

One of my favorite California Right Bank Bordeaux Blends. Cherry, earthy, mushroom. Beautifully balanced. — 7 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). — 7 years ago

October Cleveland

9.0

Lazy hazy washing down Peat's Bite. — 8 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.3

This was a gift from a friend. It was laying in a closet at ambient room temp for 30-odd years, so I was nervous to open it, but it was perfect. So complex and fragrant. Acid and tannin still seemingly youthful. Wow! — 8 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. — 9 years ago

Pam Starr

Owner/Winemaker Crocker & Starr Wines

9.4

Beautiful. Great mix of flowers cherry and spice. Young at 30 — 10 years ago

with Norm and Ken

J Ferrugia

9.0

Ready to drink. 30 minutes decanted & this wine began opening nicely with dark fruit forward.. A bit of raisin?... Plenty of cherry.. Old leather.. Earthy.. Bit of barnyard both on the nose and palate after 45 minutes. Plenty of depth.. A pleasant surprise at 15 years old! — 10 years ago

Nikita Malhotra

9.1

Underripe bananas... Super dry and focused. — 11 years ago

with Adam