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Far Niente Winery

Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Wow, one of my favorite wines. Very big and should be left to open up, loads of black fruit - black berry and black cherry with a little rose and a lot of spice. Really a wonderful wine that goes great with any steak! Enjoy. — 6 years ago

Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend

Might be the bottle but just a bit past its prime. Still good - sweet core, good acid, dark fruits. — 7 years ago

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Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo

Seemed to be more floral than the 2012? — 8 years ago

Château Calon-Ségur

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2004

Of the 2 Bordeaux drinking the best tonight, but long term the Brane-Cantenac 2005 will outlive this wine by 10 years easy. While very complex, a fine touch a green is traceable.

A classic currant and forest floor nose, fall leaves abound with a spike of spice and a barely there green that while subtle is apparent.

The pleasure here is higher for its more mature tasted and feel, while the brawny 2005 is a better wine it was not as enjoyable to me and feel it will be another notch enter in 3 years, and likely 2 notches better in 5.

The elegance and feel on this wine is ready to go and will easily go another 5+ years.
— 9 years ago

Keith, Anthony and 5 others liked this

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1996

Great in all of the ways you want it to be — 10 years ago

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Billecart-Salmon

Brut Rosé Champagne Chardonnay Blend

Exactly what rose champagne should be. Subtlety exuding balance and complexity. — 10 years ago

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Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1961

I have tasted many 1961 over the years, this continues to be one of my favorite wines...The strange thing is that this bottle with its high necklinewas the youngest 1961 that I had ever tried, wine had an great Providence - One owner and one incredible cellar.

1961 was a magical year on the right bank; now over 50 years of age it has lost some weight but picked up elegance on the nose - wet clay, graphite/lead pencil, umami/truffle - nose candy for sure.
— 11 years ago

Anthony, Mark and 4 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1983

Just had this in Bordeaux a few weeks ago. Like most wines of this vintage it took a bit of imagination to fully appreciate. It is clearly time to drink this wine, it may be on the downhill side of life. Overall a good experience for what was not noted as a premium vintage, but is a very solid wine. — 7 years ago

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Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2015

Young but couldn’t wait to try it. After an hour or so decant it started to open up. This is going to be an amazing wine in years to come. — 7 years ago

Tim McCarthy
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Nice!

Tenuta San Guido

Bolgheri Sassicaia Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 1989

Brian Duffy
9.5

Outstanding! There is the perfect moment for a bottle to be opened and tonight was it. It was the wine equivalent of a album that you can listen to from start to finish. — 9 years ago

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2001

Truly delicious. Smooth as can be. — 10 years ago

Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2005

Fantastic, more towards a peak age than i thought it would be. This is drinking spectacularly right now, tasting like a vinous bordeaux. Extremely lengthy finish. — 10 years ago

Richard, Mark and 9 others liked this

Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe

La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend

Morgan Harris
9.4

2011. Blanc. No one drinks enough of this. That's because there are so few things to which its a good partner, but it would be an incredible cheese-and-charcuterie wine. Broad and oily, there's just enough acid to keep you coming back for more. Sun-baked yellow orchard fruits dominate, but there's more exotic fruits too (mango and dried pineapple) yellow flowers, tons of almond husk bitterness, green olives, bay leaf, oregano, tarragon, white cheddar. Oak is assertively present but not overwhelming. Place dominates over grapes here, as it's a mix of Clairette and Grenache Blanc and a hodge-podge of other things. — 11 years ago

Anthony, Hai and 22 others liked this

Gaja

Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2008

Vincent Bründlmayer
9.6

Classic as classic Nebbiolo can be. Molto bene! — 11 years ago

Alan and Dan liked this

Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend

Not a “Bordeaux guy” but that may be because I don’t/can’t get my hands on the real stuff. This was pretty revelatory. More floral and delicate and sensuous than I could’ve imagined for a broad category our server called “cigar-box.” — 7 years ago

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Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2011

Very young. Needs 3-5 years to round the tannins. High acidity. Fruit is very nice. Lots if bing cherries. Will be very good in a few years or with a long decant. — 7 years ago

Domaine Jamet

Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2007

If there were ever an archetypical Syrah, Jamet's Cote-Rotie would be a strong candidate. To me this is a pure expression of a classic Northern Rhone Syrah. It is not a single site, but a blend of terroirs, encompassing over 20 sites mostly from hard rock schist bedrock with little to no topsoil. There is NO Viognier in this wine like one might expect from most Cote-Rotie that might have 1-5% co-fermented.

Importantly, there is also a lot less of the oak character that can dominate and overwhelm many Northern Rhone wines. The oak maturation, while not short at 22 months, only uses 15% new oak with no trace of it on the palate as it is perfectly integrated. Grape bunches are whole cluster fermented and macerated for up to 3 weeks.

The 2007 we have here was drinking superbly for a young wine, showing lively and racy layers of peppercorn spice, roast beef, and warm blackberry and currant fruit from the hot 2007 vintage. While from a warm vintage, not a hair is out of place. Density and purity exude from the nose and hint at what a brilliant future this wine has. Perfect acidity and fleshy ripe tannin provide the backbone structure for father time to peel back the layers of this beauty. I will be chceking back in 5 years at the earliest.
— 9 years ago

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Nice note. 🍷
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The Prisoner Wine Company

The Prisoner Napa Valley Zinfandel Blend

Everything it's cracked up to be. What an amazing red blend. Delicious. — 11 years ago

Noella, Stevie and 13 others liked this

Marcel Lapierre

Morgon Gamay 2013

If you don't like this wine, we can't be friends any more. — 11 years ago

Clayton, Nick and 2 others liked this