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Hospitality Schramsberg Vineyards

9.4

Way better from large format — a year ago

with Shay

Marc Melser

9.0

We had the 2016 Vintage on 4/11-12/21. Medium purple in color. Black fruit and a floral bouquet. Black cherry, plum, current, oak and vanilla on the palate. Full bodied, very fruit forward, smoothed out tannins. A good representative of Paso Robles. One of the better wines from there. Would buy more. — 4 years ago

Brian Gustafson

9.1

Pulled this from the cellar for an international guest. Still holding up well; much better than the 1983. — 6 years ago

WC Fields

9.4

Happy birthday J. Fantastic at 38 years. Not showing any ill affects of age. Velvety with nice juicy fruit and secondary notes of leather, bitter chocolate, forest floor and only soft thread of tertiary notes on the finish. Still had tannins. This was 2 of 2 and this drank as good, if not better, than the one last year. A pleasure.
Paired with A5 NY strip. — 6 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Showing a touch of integrated wood and lots of big black cherry fruit, with good persistence and a nice dry finish. Excellent now but should be better in 2-3 more years. — 8 years ago

Neil Cornish

8.9

Darn. Not showing tonight. Dominated by acid and tannin. Fruit just isn't ripe enough to hold up. Did better with food — 10 years ago

with Jon, Michael and 1 other

Ericsson

9.2

Big and bold but also balanced. This time it is better than I remember. Cheers. — 2 years ago

Jonathan Wall

9.1

2003. Last bottle was 3 years ago, and this one I liked better. Starts out austere with evidence of a difficult hot year. But after hours in the decanter it cycled thru some almost port like caramelized tapenades and ended the evening with a somewhat strange but delicious red crème brûlée thing. So if you have one… I suggest patience thru the awkward opening hours to get to the awkward good part. Cheers. — 4 years ago

Donald Williams

9.0

Holding up very well. Magnum helps. Keeps getting better with time. Not even beginning to fade. Wine Tasting at Andy and Elaine’s. — 6 years ago

with Bonnie

Mike Saviage

9.3

From a great old looking bottle with a top shoulder fill and solid cork. Old light brick color, translucent. Notes of tart cherry, cola, some wood and some dry earth. Rustic. Still has reasonable fruit and structure. This bottle was better than the last one. — 6 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Makes golf better — 8 years ago

Larry Frierson

8.9

1985 en magnum. Disappointing. Starting to turn oxidative. Seemed to get better over time. Has been in my 52 degree cellar since release. Other bottles have been fine. Even 750's. Go figure. — 9 years ago

Brandon Stover

9.9

1973. Awesome. Tasted better than a lot of wines produced in this decade — 10 years ago

Paul H

9.4

When they say bring your A game you can think of this bottle. This is an amazing glass of wine. It benefits from decanting for a good bit. Upon opening I thought of dusty plum and cedar on the nose. Tasting brought plum, currant, blackberries, vintage leather plus an array of other items indicative of this style of big wine. There is a good mix of tannins and acid that makes this a classic great glass of wine. I want to try it again in a few years to see how much better it may get. — 4 years ago

Pooneet K

9.2

Krug is always most welcome, and Valentine’s Day is no exception. This is edition 169. A bit more yeasty and slightly less acidic than previous versions, to my taste. But if you like the Krug style - which we do very much - it hits the spot per usual.

My wife used to work with Fritz Hatton, proprietor of Arietta wines and auctioneer for Zachys. Fritz always says to have a half bottle of champagne waiting in the fridge in case you need a “midnight snack”, and I have to agree with him! — 5 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

One of the better drinking 04’s. Full bodied with red berry, plum fruits, leather, sweet spices & tobacco. — 6 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.7

Pinch me. Half bottle. Earth, plums and flowers. Buttered toast. Leather and cassis. — 7 years ago

Paco Suro

9.2

Old school. Has some of that over extracted warmth but nothing compared to the Napa Valley juice from the same year. Nice leather tones. Good stuff. Will only get better with age. On the upward slope. — 9 years ago

John Osgood

9.1

2013 vintage. Tasty stuff. Better than 2012. — 10 years ago

Claire Lee

9.3

Stunning oaky Rioja. With pizza. What better on a Tuesday? — 12 years ago

with Tom