J Choi

9.4

Sunny birthday champagne of choice (besides krug). Love the richness. — 2 years ago

Samuli Jokipaltio

9.8

What a way to celebrate our son’s 18th birthday - great vintage :-) — 3 years ago

Paul K Sorbo

9.3

Happy Birthday Dena! — 4 years ago

Rafael Chelles Barroso

9.0

Birthday wine for my babe. Balanced wine with prickly tannins. Herbal and chocolate in the nose. Still can age more — 5 years ago

Hannah Vickers

9.2

Consistently one of my favourite champagnes. Perfect birthday celebration! — 5 years ago

with Alison

Steven Comfort

9.1

This was the last bottle from a case I bought in about 1997. Over the 29 years since the wine was made, the noteworthy tar and tobacco notes that Pontet Canet is known for softened to an ashy-ness that is a softer version of a Mouton Rothschild. Still plenty of life left in this outstanding vintage, but the wine won't improve much (if at all) from this point. I enjoyed this bottle with Lucas Comfort, a day after his 29th birthday (1990). — 6 years ago

Rob McCormish

9.5

Had two bottles of these to serve at a dinner for my daughter’s 21st birthday. They were wonderful wines, still lively and with plenty of full mouth for its 21 year age. But it also had that long finish of earth and dark cherry pit that well aged Bordeaux can have. It was enjoyed by all present. — 7 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.4

Outstanding bourbon with rich butterscotch and vanilla — 8 years ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.4

Birthday magnum — 2 years ago

Severn G

9.6

Birthday Weekend 😉

Such finesse! The first commercial vintage for FAW. — 3 years ago

Mike Beltran

9.5

Birthday wine paired with prime rib caps. This was the wine of the night.🍷 Deep purple red with skin staining sediment. Complex and balanced and a joy to drink the entire meal on my 75th birthday. The perfect match for a wonderful day.😎👍🍷 — 5 years ago

Tom Kuipers

9.2

2017 Faust. Great depth, spices, hint of tobacco. Birthday dinner bottle! — 5 years ago

Bob Schroeck

9.3

Vintage 2014; Drank on 12/24/2019 celebrating birthday — 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

David Kline

9.6

Red, resinous currant with a licorice twist. Warm blackberry, dark toast, vanilla, cedar and sweet tabac seamlessly tailored, even at such a young age. Fresh gingerbread oven, too. Silk suit of tannins; loose stitching. Wound tightly showing sinewy potential and a Christmas cactus of sutured fruits bursting at the seams with liquid graphite and black currant reduction with fresh cassis and olive berry. Violets, treacle and black tea. Onyx train of a witch bride all the way down Howell mountain! #Dunn #DunnVineyards #napacab #napacabernet #Napa #howellmountain #howell #howellmtn #mountainwine #cabernetacademy #cabernetday #cabernetsauvignon #californiaclassic — 7 years ago

with Courtney

Thomas M. Bozzuto

9.0

Opened for my 70th birthday in Philadelphia with wife’s family. Pasta, roast beef, lots of fixin’s and birthday cake. Worth the splurge. — 2 years ago

with DrM

heidi schlegel

9.5

Birthday celebration. Good excuse to have a birthday 🎉 — 4 years ago

Daniel M

9.3

Cocoa, strawberry, currant, vanilla, tar, cedar, wet forest soil, a lot of things happen. It's showing a bit of age but certainly not as much as the label shows. The palate is showing a strong acid backbone and this is quite striking here. It must be because of the vintage though. Nice strawberry, currant fruit all along, good width with a thin matter which lays a layer of silk all over the mouth. In mid palate come some rather well integrated tannins, bringing in some energy by disrupting slightly that very silky mouthfeel with a dusty touch. The finish is very long with fruit, vanilla, cocoa and maybe even mocha. Perhaps not the best Pichon Lalande but a very good take on a tough vintage which is still relevant and delivering to this day.
29 years old and kicking! We served it along with a slow cooked lamb leg and beans (traditional Easter meal in my region) and this was a perfect match. Celebrating wifey's birthday in style! — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

First, cheers to Delectable working again after two weeks on the fritz.

This is our kickoff to the Memorial Day weekend. Hope everyone has a good one on tap with some of your favorite wines. So, happy Memorial Day weekend all!

Then, a garden update. We really enjoy watching it grow. You can see it daily.

The top pictures were taken May 1st. The bottom pictures are from today, May 21st. All that crazy growth in just 20 days. Amazing!!! 🍅 🌱🥬🥒🌽

As for the Ruinart, it is appreciable better using my new Riedel Vintage Sommelier Champange flute. Well worth the investment. These are a late birthday gift from our friends James & Christina. Thank you. The nose & palate much more vibrant. More on that as the weekend progresses. Cheers!🥂 — 6 years ago

Stuart Dershaw

9.5

Birthday treat - cassis like but drier classic palate with a terroir that encourages Parker’s opinion of greatness. — 7 years ago