Brian Duffy

9.1

Excellent complement to the stellar weather on the deck at Palomino. Favored by all 4 participants. — 9 years ago

Matt Duncan

9.4

Cinnamon attack, fine grained tannin. Lucious oak is robust at first and lingers. Juniper berry, thyme, Asian pear appears after 90 mins. After 2 hours in the decanter bright cherry gives way to goji berry, mid palate while showing good weight. Oak tannin finding its place while oak flavor continues to linger at lower intensity. Not bad for such a soft vintage at 7 years! — 9 years ago

Scorewine

Wine writer http://www.israelwines.co.il

9.0

A fantastic 2002, this lovely wine shows once more that today there aren't really bad years in Bordeaux, this Pontet Canet was well structured rich and tempting. Deep red, tempting rich multi layered nose ripe cherries, black current, coffee, cigar box, and tea leaves, full rich body, dry tannins, full of black fruit, high acidity and a long chewy finish. Was worth the wait, my score 90. Drink to 2022 — 10 years ago

Ludovic Anacleto

9.5

Supposedly a bad vintage. Well..... Send them all to me.
Brilliant. — 10 years ago

David L

9.3

03' Dominus. Did they make a bad wine in the last 15 years? — 10 years ago

with Randall, Sean and 1 other

Kaitlyn Quackenbush

9.0

Bad ass is the word that came up when drinking this bottle and I think it's the perfect descriptor — 11 years ago

Justin Ennis

10

I have never had a bad bottle of this vintage!Every time I have this vintage of Insignia it is amazing. — 11 years ago

John Bornholdt

9.0

2011, not bad. Nice oaky notes — 11 years ago

Virginia Philip

9.4

A teenager. Bad ass now, bad ass later too. — 11 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.9

..........RESPECT!.......... — 12 years ago

Joe Lucca

9.0

When you have to travel on a Sunday, and that Sunday happens to be Mother's Day, you're not exactly psyched. This little oasis in the Delta Sky Club afforded me the opportunity to smile. Not a bad pour, regardless of the price. Typical Lynch-Bages cigar tobacco and leather with some luscious and velvety black fruit. Finished a little flat, most likely due to being open for a while in the fancy automated pour gizmo. But still smiling! — 9 years ago

Gustav Runersjö

9.0

Good wine and bad company — 9 years ago

with Harry

Jonathan Bensick

9.7

Not bad for $11.97! Excellent with roasted tomato and braised bacon pasta at the Chez Benzique Oakland pop-up. — 10 years ago

with Chris

Matty Carroll

8.9

Light and fresh with strawberry and raspberry. Super approachable, delicious hot-weather wine. — 10 years ago

Michael LoRusso

9.5

Might be my new favorite... The Plucky just received a few cases and was lucky enough to be offered this with dinner. — 10 years ago

Paul J

9.2

Young but with signs of potential. Definitely decant this baby if your drinking it any time soon. Power developing but very condensed and restrained right now. It's Dunn so it can't be bad! — 10 years ago

with Brooke

Drew Islas

9.1

Got it for $10 at Von's not a bad vino — 11 years ago

Jay Svoboda

8.9

I'm going to come clean, I'm not a huge Caymus fan. It's by no means a bad wine - far from it - but I've always felt they blend their Cab with too much Zin. I could be wrong on that account, but I don't think I am. Still, a nice brooding nose of dark red and blue fruit, with a touch of candied fruit and wet earth. — 11 years ago

Sara Teska

9.1

Very crisp. Grapefruit and green apple. Served cold. Nice warm weather wine. — 11 years ago

Joe Rice

9.7

Thinking the 2009 was a bad bottle. This was the essence of minerality. — 13 years ago

Gen

9.7

Very good for CA! — 13 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

9.8

Bad ass in a glass... (Drops the mic). — 9 years ago

with Monica, Martin and 7 others

Jano Silva

9.2

Pours a thick dark black with almost no head. Chocolate, vanilla, coffee, molasses, and bourbon all playing nicely with each other with no one flavor overpowering the others. A very nice barrel aged stout. — 9 years ago

Jake Kimar

9.3

Dark fruits, dusty tannins, lively and focused on the palate. Not bad for 38 years young. — 10 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Saturday night...time for steak and claret as my buddy Gary Westby says. In this scenario, I envisioned the wine being equal or even better than my steak. Not to toot my horn but most everyone that's had my steak simply says meaningfully that it is the best they've had. Myself, I've only had one better the Ribcap at Bourbon Steak in SF; which sadly closed as the hotel took back the space they were in. Hopefully, soon to reopen again elsewhere in SF. However, back to the Pichon Baron. I can't say I loved it. I wanted to love it as it is one of my favorite properties in Pauillac. The wine isn't bad but it just never shined. Maybe, it's just not a good moment in it's evolution to open. It's soft, elegant but missing the beauty, flavors and complexity I've come to expect. The fruits are dry blackberry, dark cherries, black raspberries, a touch of juicy strawberries and black plum skin. Dark dry powdery minerals, saddlewood, lead pencil savings, underbrush, dry dark earth, dry pebbles. There is not much on the mid palate, it finishes a little flat and the fruits never really shined. Surprising for such a warm vintage. Hoping it improves over the years as I've got 5 more. Unusual that the wine really needed the steak more than the steak needed the wine. — 10 years ago

Bernardo Llaguno G.

9.0

A friends of mine @Alejandro Garcia said that I needed to do homework and practice makes perfect, so I am starting to work on trying different things. This wine was outstanding for a light lunch. Very jammy wine, easy to drink for anyone. Perfect for an easy evening of chatting. — 10 years ago

Hezi Levy

9.6

Grade velvet wine how could you say anything bad about Chava Blanc — 11 years ago

Davis Smith

Sommelier Acquerello

9.1

Not bad for a tough vintage! — 11 years ago

Peter Newton

9.7

Wonderful make in a bad year. — 11 years ago

Will Harahan

9.3

Contrary to other wines, D'yquem is in a class of it's own in terms of Sauternes. There is rarely, if ever, a bad year, although some years, like the 2001, stand out more than others. The disparity in quality from a GREAT d'yquem to a mediocre one & so on isn't as drastic as one might imagine. While the older vintages seem to age VERY well, it isn't as discernible from a recent vintage as other wines. Sauternes, in general are consistent, & none more than d'yquem. — 12 years ago