Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

I under estimated this wine last weekend as I didn't decant it. Some concern over a 20 year old CA Cabernet. However, this wine is still all there. There's something special when the right wine hits 20 years of age and there is simply no shortcut or substitute. The evolution in this wine is spectacular. Ripe plum, blackberries, dark raspberries, cooked strawberries, amazing baking spices, sweet dark earth and minerals, swede and soft leather, tobacco leaf, great balance, an amazing elegant finish and perfect acidity. I would have not expected this much from a Tapestry but there you go!!! Holding my 07's for much longer than I expected based on this 96. — 10 years ago

Jordan Gianelli

9.0

I know these wines well and even for Dunn Napa, this wine is very light in its structure and mid palate. I love these wines with a bit more age on them. I feel like this is in an awkward in between stage. Softer than a young wine, but still too fruit focused to appreciate the nuances and lean finish that makes these wines brilliant. Hold it! — 10 years ago

Reuben Cheah

9.3

Easy summer drink. Goes well with anything, from hours d'overs to desserts. Ideal with lightly seasoned fishes. Fresh and vibrant. Light golden appearance , Lime scents detected in the nose and mild citrus on the palate. Typical Leeuwin Estate wines. — 11 years ago

Greg Sorensen

9.1

Lopez killed in 2002 with the Tondonia. Has acidity to age beautifully. — 11 years ago

Rajiv Ayyangar

10

This was the vintage Serge sipped as bombs fell in Beirut in '76.

Moderate ruby-garnet to an orange rim. It was phenomenal straight out of the bottle, with tertiary dark blackberry essence leaping from the glass. It doesn’t show much oxidation at all. Savory integrated brett, complex tamari and blackcurrant notes. Rounded softened tannins, but still present. I can’t believe how good this is!

Overall the character was similar to the ’95 but with an added tone of brilliant blackness. Slightly toasty, blackened and charred blackberry essence. Also at various moments, dried apricot, orange peel, amaro herbal notes, anise, flemish sour notes, like a rich BFM brew.  

Age with power. Complexity with playfulness. Wisdom with unpredictability.  — 10 years ago

with Gence and Tim

Rich

9.5

Seasonal feature here at Mastro Ocean Club, Dom by the glass? Yes $60 per glass & $240 per bottle!!
Great paired with seafood; stone crab claws, sea bass, caviar, and even foi Gra!!

With age, Dom Pérignon takes on a totally seductive fresh-toast-and-coffee bouquet, one of the most intriguing scents in champagne 🔱🔱🔱 — 11 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.0

Sette ponti oreno 2007.... Like bordeaux with Sangiovese. Rich but mineral driven. Simply fantastic juice. Should age really well also. In fact this needs at least 5 more years to become the wine it is capable of being — 11 years ago

Mike Davila

9.7

Great wine, impeccable balance and in a good spot. No sign of age but my preference is to drink them younger, 15 years is fine but I would not hold for 25 — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

10

Proof that one does NOT have to spend a lot of money to acquire wines that will age gracefully into a beautifully mature wine 36 years of age. The usual pepper note is there that tells you are with a Cabernet Franc from #chinon, but the real beauty unfurls with the elegant spices of tobacco leaf and old leather, notes of forest floor, subtle mint, dried red currant and cassis fruits. Simply beautiful and I will now go buy a case of 2010 and say goodbye to it in storage for at least ten years. $20-25 retail for the recent vintages. #1979 #smashingpumpkins #raffault — 10 years ago

Jason Heller

Master Sommelier

9.4

Everything you hope on the nose and palate. Started to slide in the nose within the first 30 min, though the palate stayed strong throughout. Love me some Nebbiolo with age. — 11 years ago

with Christopher