Peter Sultan

9.0

Rather elegant etna rosso-big fat red fruits with enough of a mineral core to keep it honest. Easy to mistake for a Cali red? — 10 years ago

with Paul and Owen

Lewis Chester

8.9

2009 vintage. Big fruit, concentration - red plum, macerated, and a fresh earth aroma. On the palate, there's power here - round, fleshy, and concentrated. Has potential, but needs to lose its puppy fat. Quite impressed. Don't open for 5 years. — 10 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.5

One of my favorite Chateaus, owned by the Sichel's of Palmer fame. This elegant, aromatic bottle was not as ripe and big as most 1990's and a better Margaux without that vintage fat. Very lifted, fresh and a fine foil for the "Chataberry", baked potato and fava beans. Steak & claret night! — 11 years ago

with Cleora

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

8.9

Big fruity nose. Huge intensity. Fat and juicy. Lovely and pure. — 11 years ago

Bobg

9.1

2010 vigneron select. Big, pretty, blueberry fruit. Good balance. Still has a bit of baby fat. Fruit mellows with air. Silky fine grained tannins. Finishes with good persistence and a juicy finish. A bit young. Needs time to reveal depth and structure. — 11 years ago

Mandi Speidel

City Territory Chicago, Maverick Wine Company

10

Mmmmmm
Total Bacon Fat and Bright Fruit
Insane
Really excited about 2015!!!
— 11 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.2

Bill Bradley straight killing it! Blueberry cedar, cherry compote (Rainer) with a aged light red Rainer cherry acidity it's pure loveliness! It stands up against lightly seasoned sous vide ribeye. Silky but your pursuit of the subtleties will give way to nice tannic grip, but it shows some velvet. Melts the fat and sticks around to shake your hand after. — 10 years ago

Yoon Ha

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

9.2

Big, fat and rich in all the tastiest of ways. Even better the next day left open without the cork. — 10 years ago

Gerald Montoya

9.1

Big and rich with beautiful toast and fat yellow fruit. Despite its weight it is quite delicate on the palate with great acidic balance and depth of flavor. Toast, slight butter, yellow fruit, smoky mineral, and spice. A bit nervous still. A few years would do it well. — 11 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.2

Smokey notes on the nose. Oak, smoke, bacon fat on the rich palate. Delicious and big. — 11 years ago

D Rames

9.3

Big, fat and very tasty. — 11 years ago

Bree Dusbiber

9.1

Long day, big wine. Massive, mentholated... Ripe plum skins, dripping with sugared flesh. Few pounds of baby fat (and wood tannins) still to shed, heady and voluptuous for at least the next 5. — 11 years ago

Marybeth Cashman

9.0

Great bang for the buck. Big, strong, smooth. — 11 years ago

Roger Carrillo

9.2

Big nose, fresh and fruity, hints of earth and bacon fat, red fruits, plums, vibrant and fresh with velvet tannins. Hints of ginger on the finish. — 10 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.3

14.7%
68% Semillon, 30% Sauvignon Blanc, 2% Muscadelle.
Big, fat and oaky this is in remarkable good (read: fresh) shape for being 7 years.
If the intention was to produce a "Bordeaux Blanc" it misses the mark but this is a gorgeous wine in its own right. — 10 years ago

with Kurt-Inge

Penny Nichols

9.2

2011 "big fat red" sharp crisp scent when first opened but makes your mouth water after the first sip crawls out of the glass into your mouth — 11 years ago

Felix Huang

9.3

2008 vintage - Big fat syrah with huge fruit. — 11 years ago

Marshal White

9.3

Deserves a repost. Half a bottle two days later. There's a lot here. Generously sweet fruit that's light and bright. A light feral edge, and a hint of blue fruit from time to time. It's a square, big-shouldered wine, structured enough to cut through plenty of fat on your palate, but the tannins are well managed. Loamy dirt flavor. I'd love to have more of this. — 11 years ago

Nick Wolfe

9.4

Boy, I just love this wine! Smoky, oaky, dark fruit, and grip make this a fantastic wine. Let it breathe so the bacon fat and licorice can come out to play. Nose seems a bit muted but still just beautiful. Palate has grippy-but-fine tannins and lots of wet, black earth, minerality. This wine is both an over-the-top big wine and something I can ponder in an evening. It stands up to tomato sauces while still revealing layers worth discussing. Fantastic wine. — 11 years ago

Melissa Rosone

9.6

Exactly what I needed after a long week - a big fat Bordeaux! — 12 years ago