Michael Horkay

9.4

Third bottle in a year and this did not disappoint. It's a treat to drink Bordeaux this old and this was simple amazing. Re corked at the chateau in 1991 likely added to the longevity of this beauty. Light crimson color with some fruit and a shit ton of secondary flavors.... This was a treat. — 10 years ago

Ron Westlund

9.5

Burgundian Transparency. Elegant earthiness with perfectly elegant fruit that takes a back seat in this old school beauty. — 11 years ago

with Evan

Jeff Vejr

9.0

Missing some brightness, but this beauty is still chugging along. Granny Smith apples dipped in Butterscotch pudding. Probably should have waited a day to drink after opening. — 11 years ago

Beachin Wino

9.2

This is definitely my style. A real beauty! Dark purple in color. Very rich, luscious fruit with tongue coating tannins. What I consider a classic Napa Cabernet. Actually had a memorable tasting at Palmaz in 2012. A beautiful place. Owned by the physician that invented the heart stint. — 10 years ago

with Fred

Bryant Bickel

9.3

2001 still young in great shape, true beauty. — 11 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.4

Beguiling purity of black and purple fruit and sweet spice on the nose, freshly baked cherry pie, beaut! In the mouth this is rich without cloying and has wonderful ripe red fruited acidity, slick eminently drinkable, subtle beauty — 11 years ago

Gayle Karen Young

9.8

Loved this sake with Cesar on a date in Boulder at Ame — 13 years ago

Dan White

9.0

Big. Red and in your face. One of my all time favorite Paso wines. — 10 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.8

Vintage 1949 in Burgundy according to Broadbent: “..most perfect end of a decade - elegant, well-balanced wines”; Clive Coates in his book Cote D'Or: "best vintage of 40's all-perfect beauty and purity”; Robert M. Parker Jr.: “it was the best of post world war II vintages before 1959”
Henri Leroy at that time was négociant based in Auxey-Duresses, his mythical daughter Lalou Bize-Leroy in 1949 was only seventeen.
Les Cazetiers is amongst the most elevated of Premier Cru site in Gevrey-Chambertin - and indeed the whole of Burgundy.
I drank this precious bottle on Mount Etna with #FrankCornelissen and other dear friends. Uncork this bottle lead to a surgical operation. Just begun to pull it out, a light breath of wine molecule with air bubbles magically have emerged on the surface of the cork. It's been like witness the passing away of a dying old man (or Pinot Noir must be a woman?) That humanized wine had held "élan vital", hope and breath inside him for the last 66 years! A miracle of a wine still so tasty, robust, citrusy, vibrant, earthy, incredibly alive and well-preserved despite color and neck level did not bode so well.. that's what I thought and I'll remember until I die: "the wine was waiting for us to drink it up, he gave off his mortal blow to offer us life, joy and smile!" — 11 years ago

with Alberto

Grant Everett

9.8

She's a beauty, that 2009. A couple more years in the bottle won't hurt. But the nose is a classic right now. — 12 years ago