JUAN LOPEZ

10

Besos de los dioses — 6 years ago

with Adriana

Justin Fuld

8.9

Needed a good 30-45 minutes to breathe before opening up. — 7 years ago

Eric Burtner-Abt

9.1

Spice, leather, blackberry, vanilla nose. Lush blackberry, tobacco and, mineral, hint of raisin in the finish. — 7 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.3

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

Sarah Harper

9.6

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

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

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

Dave O'Brien

10

Best. Sherry. Ever. — 11 years ago

with Steven

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. — 12 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

Shengli Hu

8.9

Strawberry, acacia, apricot, melon, and slight salinity. Moderate acidity. 50% Chard, 30% Pinot Noir, 20% Meunier from 2014(, 2013, and 2012?) harvests. Aged on lees for 4 years. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

My last 2011 bottle. The estate of Sette Ponti lies in the heart of the Chianti zone, 15 miles northwest of the city of Arezzo, past the village of San Giustino Valdarno. Crognolo, aged in French Allier barriques, deep red with red fruit aromas and sweet perfumed spice. On the palate raspberry and cherry flavors, gentle spice and soft tannins with great mouthfeel. Good balance, lingering finish ending with some oak and mineral tones. Aged well. — 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

Charles (Chad) Bucklin

Owner and founder of C. T. Bucklin Wine Advising

9.5

Just a special experience. The nose was powerful and dynamic evolving beautifully over 30 minutes. A smokey phase, a pine phase, and a strong floral phase. The palate was balanced and smooth. The fruit was dead but resembled fruit leather. Two bottles opened, one had grip left, the other didn't. #moutonrothschild #grandcruclassé #2ndgrowth #bordeaux #pauillac #1928 #ctbucklinwine — 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 — 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

Jason Gallo-Gaffner

9.3

I love this wine. Straight up. Don't think there are many wines that can compete like this one does for $30 -2001 vintage — 11 years ago

David Lusby

9.3

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

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.4

2010 excellent vintage 30 me 60 cs 7 cf 3 pv drinking superbe today at the chateau with gm mr glumineau who came from Montrose and is adding more st etephe structure to the finesse of comtesse — 13 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

Michael Greene

9.0

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

Lenard Henson

9.6

Lenard had this 9 years ago

with Somer

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

Maxwell Burns

Hospitality Kenwood Vineyards, Winemaker GARA

9.8

Stunning at almost 30 years of age. Decanted for an hour or so, opened beautifully. Pipe tobacco, plum, dank pit (Moe the bartender), tons of anise, soft tannins with some grip, holding up incredibly well. I would have guessed mid to late 90's napa cab based on looks and taste... thanks @Matthew Nagy what a treat. — 10 years ago

with Polina, Matthew and 1 other

Marc Stubblefield

Wine Sales at Vino Carta and Kogod Wine Merchant

9.3

Original bottling, and worth the time on the cellar. More understated and seamless than it was in its youth, now quietly complex and richly complicated. — 10 years ago

Nikita Malhotra

9.1

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

with Adam

Julien Marchand

9.3

Un Xeres exceptionnel, âgé de presque 43 ans! D'une complexité ahurissante — 13 years ago