Bee's Box

Silver Oak

Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1982

Delightful! Cedar box, crushed roses, light cherry. Paired magically with grilled lobster. — a year ago

Tom, Shay and 16 others liked this

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2005

This was still youthful at 16 yrs showing good balance with notes of dark fruits, expresso, graphite, smoke, leather, spice box & tobacco. One of my favorite Cali producers that offers a Bordeaux styled wine. — 3 years ago

Eric, Alex and 17 others liked this

Alpha Box & Dice

Tarot McLaren Vale Grenache

Red fruit, lesthery nose!! — 4 years ago

Andreas Söderberg
with Andreas

Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Graves Red Bordeaux Blend 1979

Classic La Mission that is fully mature showing red & black fruits with notes of smoky tar, leather, cedar, forest floor & cigar box. — 5 years ago

Iwan, Eric and 13 others 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.” — 6 years ago

Gaurav Tiwari
with Gaurav

Château d'Armailhac

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1993

Wine held up extremely well for age, maintained concentration but still complexified. Dark blue/red fruit, spice box, and chocolate on the nose. An ensemble of fruit on the palate with an amazing acidity that continued to tease out nuances. Extra .1 for showing it’s ability to age gracefully. — 6 years ago

Bota Box Vineyards

California Shiraz

Sam C
9.9

Love it! Classy as fuck! You yuppies get this in a blind taste test and ... I lost my train of thought. — 9 years ago

Jesse liked this

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

Fragrant nose of black cherry. Typical restrained Margaux style though bit uneven. When on, great fruit and cigar box. Overall, good but not peak Bordeaux. — 9 years ago

Cigar Box

Reserve Hand Harvested Malbec 2013

PJ
9.5

Great way to warm up on a 20 degree night! 🍷 — 10 years ago

Black Box Wines

Valle Central Cabernet Sauvignon

Great with Thanksgiving dinner! — 11 years ago

Château Haut-Brion

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

2 hour decant(decent fine/chunky sediment). A majestic purplish dark magenta color. On the nose: bursting from the glass are notes of red and black fruit, charred wood, milk chocolate, some mint, touch of cigar box. Taste: smooth, delicate, elegant wine with red berries/plum, leather, gravel, herbaceous, mocha, and a spiced tobacco medium plus finish. YUM! Drinks well with the decant, but no hurry, time to go. — a year ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
with Brenda
Tom, Brenda and 19 others liked this

Bevan Cellars

Tin Box Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Elegant as Bevan goes. Not quite Parker 100 but quite good, esp for 2011. I’ve raised the rating twice. — 4 years ago

Harry HackettRyann Swan
with Harry and Ryann
David and Mike liked this

Donkey & Goat

Sluice Box El Dorado White Rhone Blend 2013

Love this unfiltered red blend, gallivanter, nice acidic start and berry finish, light to medium bodied, really tasty and easy drinking, — 5 years ago

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1982

The 1982 Chateau Léoville-Barton red wine is a stunning bottling from this famed vintage in Bordeaux. Generously shared by some friends, and needing very little time in the decanter to evolve, the 1982 Léoville-Barton opens with a captivating nose of sour red cherry, cigar box with shades of white truffle and a striking herbaceousness. There is a wonderful, seamless quality to this wine that evokes a harmonious balance on the mid-palate. A bright saline streak dashes through this incredible wine. Showing a wonderfully soft mouthfeel, the wine slowly unveils layers of sour red fruits, exotic spices, red bell pepper, anise and hints of wild blackberry that all marvelously combine with the toasty oak. While absolutely delightful now, this stunning wine will has more than a decade of life left. Drink 2019-2035- 95

— 6 years ago

Dr., Ira and 34 others liked this
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@Dr. Owen Bargreen Dr. Nice post Cheers 🍷
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@P A Thanks so much. It was a beautiful older wine 🍷👌
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Good commentary

Cigar Box

Old Vine Hand Harvested Pinot Noir 2015

Good. Flavors of tobacco. Lighting but not in bad way. Will buy again — 7 years ago

Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2012

Black fruits, cedar box, liquorice, cigar box, menthol. Huge structure, chewy tannin, slightly green on the palate, 30s finish. Need more time. 2012 vintage — 8 years ago

P liked this

Bota Box Vineyards

RedVolution California Red Blend

Best bulk red I have had so nice it stays fresh but it usually doesn't last that long. Best value out there. — 9 years ago

Jesse liked this

La Rioja Alta

Reserva Viña Ardanza Rioja Tempranillo Garnacha 2005

Cigar box, a bit reduced at first but opens up to lovely dry fruits — 10 years ago

Hermes liked this

Bota Box Vineyards

Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Tasty and inexpensive. — 10 years ago

Henry's Drive

Pillar Box Red Padthaway Shiraz Blend

Shiraz (70%), Cabernet Sauvignon (23%), Merlot (7%)
2009
Padthaway, Australia
— 12 years ago

Magic Box Wines

Red Blend

Had pilot noise but not an option I'm app. Dangerous wine, smooth and tasty. — 2 years ago

Bevan Cellars

Tin Box Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2011

Russell hit a home run with this 2011. Wow! — 2 years ago

Tom, Eric and 21 others liked this
Eric

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Big score! I’m guessing the vintage may have dialed back the style a bit? Love this vineyard.

Heitz Cellar

Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1980

Eucalyptus, and cigar box. Cellared direct from winery. Holding up extremely well. Last bottle. 🥵 — 4 years ago

Sylvain, Martin and 10 others liked this

Château Angélus

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

John A
9.5

Sometimes words are not enough...truly fabulous. Still has two decades of life. Blue and black fruits. Still a dark purple that gives no hint to its age. Black currants, tobacco, spice box....phenomenal effort. Lucky to share this with Julia and to have one more bottle left. — 5 years ago

Ira liked this

Bota Box Vineyards

Nighthawk Black California Red Blend 2016

Best box wine I’ve had. Worth every penny. — 6 years ago

Jesse and Aaron liked this

Cigar Box

Old Vine Hand Harvested Malbec 2016

Good wine but needs to breathe a bit first — 6 years ago

Ridge Vineyards

Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

This wine had some tobacco and earth FUNK after it was opened up. The herbaceous and tobacco ash note on the nose was almost identical to the 1980 Beringer State Lane cab. This did blow off after an hour, but the wine was less fruit than I thought it would have been. Lots of dark figgy jam. Tobacco and cigar box. I'm sure the fruit came back after I left, but this would have been 2 hours after opening and just didn't have the time to see this one though, hence the "NR" rating. Impressed by this wine, and probably one of the older Monte Bello wines I've been able to drink. — 7 years ago

Bota Box Vineyards

Mendoza Malbec 2013

This is amazing. 4 bottles of wine in a keg box for so cheap? And the wine is delicious? I am in love. — 9 years ago

Maria Louisa
with Maria
Maria liked this

Black Box Wines

Mendoza Malbec 2013

My new house wine — 10 years ago