Anthony Lombardi

9.2

Beautiful, silky Syrah unfolding with the brilliant record Dark Bird has flown by The Tallest Man on Earth. The songs here are short stories and reflections while the wine is a connector with pretty bright fruit & balancing structure. I love when acidity emerges in Syrah and it comes in spades here. — 6 years ago

Lisa McCosker

9.0

Really beautiful, light but full of flavour — 8 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.0

Floral in a very cool way with peach flavors, fine tuned acidity balancing its rich sweetness. Great and individually made sticky. — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

More fruit driven and powerful than the Bindi Original. Ripe fleshy cherry notes. Silky mouthfeel. Through the waves of fruit there is also a reasonable level of tannin and acid which will carry it into the future. A class act. — 9 years ago

Mark Maruszak

9.4

Such a baby yet, huge aromatics of apricot, lemon zest, stone fruit. Bright crisp acidity balancing a luscious sweetness. Power and finesse in one. Tons of age left. — 10 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Had last tried this at ep tastings in 2005. This is actually even better than I had expected. Lovely black fruits with balancing acidity lovely finish ..... Bravo Pontet Canet! — 10 years ago

Nhan Huynh

9.1

Very good nose with intense aroma of ripe fruit and cassis. Its dark ruby red color does not deceive ones sense. The density of the wine with well balancing between tannin and acidity. This will get even better in the next 5-10 years. — 12 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.2

Very good B.B. nice richness. Balancing acidity. A touch of minerality. — 7 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

On the flight from Dubai to Singapore . Ch Cos d'Estournel, 2004. Deeper core than the Quintet tasted alongside , less bright rim bordering on garnet , but young I suppose for the age , viscous legs . Classic cigar box , truffle and blackcurrant, cassis notes . Serious , cool vintage character. Lovely fruit on the palate , nice balancing acidity , cassis and darker fruits predominating. Tannins slightly drying , though this seems to be entering mid life they still may resolve . There is a nice quantity of fruit , but this does come across as an 'off vintage' , though I don't particularly like that term. Again elegant and reasonably long finish . An interesting pair of wines , this and the Mount Mary Quintet as it happens . — 8 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

Dark pepper-y cdp. Good structure, balancing fruit & a sincere take on the Southern Rhone. — 9 years ago

Mike Davila

9.5

Had the magnum a while back with family and was impressed. This wine is wonderful a nose you want to dive into, and then just a wonderful collaboration of fruit, tannin and balancing acid. Bravo - just placed my order for the 2012. — 10 years ago

LM Segal

9.5

An ode to 2 amazing women who look and act far younger than this '66 BV with whom they share a birthday. Still fresh and gaining weight in the glass for an hour, the nose was classic Napa. It showed neither bricking or shading of the cassis and black cherry fruit, with acidity and tannins on the downside but fading gracefully. What a pleasant surprise - thanks to @benchmark and sommelier Brian @farm at carneros inn, who cracked a cork I would've destroyed! — 10 years ago

with Melissa

Lyle Coffield

Sommelier Kokkari, Evvia Estatorios

9.2

Under the radar California class act. But BEWARE!!! She's a bug'un! Like a female bodybuilder muscle and grace. — 10 years ago

Conrad Green

9.7

A broad sexy nose with a whiff of band aid. Sweet red fruit but great balancing acidity. Lovely animal, iron, tobacco, gnarly blue depth, iodine. Really lush and spectacular. And long. — 8 years ago

with Matt

Dan Hess

9.0

Thanks Steve! — 8 years ago

Talis Lin

9.4

Had great wines in Spain but this rivaled those. Full bodied with no, to limited, tannins. Drinking by itself was nice and also paired nicely with Korean kalbi beef, balancing the sugar and spice of the marinade. — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Tough act to follow after the Masseto — 9 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.1

Massive, super-ripe, block-buster nose revealing acacia honey, partly dried tropical fruits and spice elements. Exotic on the palate with acidity balancing the RS, in this off-dry and powerful version. — 10 years ago

Kondo Yoshifumi

9.0

Australia 旨い白だ！ — 10 years ago

John Kemper

9.6

Drinking beautifully tonight was the opaque inky purple '00 Ojai Syrah 'Melville Vineyards'. Zippy aromas of black fruit, burnt rubber, herbes de Provence and lavender lifted from the decanter. Great intensity of ripe spicy fruit flavors on the palate with precise balancing acidity. Still a young tasting wine with many years of drinkability left. — 11 years ago