Linda Norland

9.1

Berries and vanilla, lighter feeling, not so bitter — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.3

1st wine of Lafon-Rochet in top year @ £40+ drinking good now but a great 94-95+ in 5-10yrs 👍

🍇 67% Cab Sav, 27% Merlot, 5% Petit V & 1% Cab Fr

🍷Opaque ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Gravel, lead, minerals pushing through spiced blackberry/currant with sweet cedar, light smoked oak & earthy wet leaves

👄 Med body of velvety creamy smooth rich black berry fruits w/ earthy feel, black tea & bitter cocoa tones in fine dry tannin

🎯 Med+, slight dry. earthy dark fruit & black tea finish

🎶 Earth Song MJ 👑 — 8 years ago

Nicolaas Edrick

9.0

Funky introduction with subtle tannins. After 2-3 hours of opening, bitter vanilla with nice end tannins and fresh acidity. Nice savoriness. — 9 years ago

Nelson Fitch

10

Feels like the first time. — 9 years ago

Jonas Johansson

9.1

Great with fish and chips at Huxleys — 9 years ago

David Kline

8.9

Chocolate-y brown nose, with malty coffee, caramel and a smidgen of maple and wheat bran. Frothy cappuccino head with sudsy lacing. Wooden, dark-toast entry shows a mousse of some finesse, a rootbeer type character that becomes honeyed, then bakers Choctaw, but always with a sugared black coffee playing shadow. Ends with an expansive, bitter kola nut hangs around to make interesting conversation with your taste buds. Her name is Caryatis, and her wooden demeanor should not be taken as a surly distillation of her character, but merely a symptom of the Sazerac she had for breakfast. — 10 years ago

with Courtney

Joe Hakim

9.1

Bitter, medicinal, lovely — 10 years ago

Portia Wen

8.9

Decent, a bit bitter. Paired with steak and lobster. — 10 years ago

with Charles

Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe

9.4

Still in need of further cellaring or an extended decant. Seductive dark berry notes though with nice bitter chocolate and espresso bean notes too. — 11 years ago

Jake Schepps

9.4

Thank you Corkbuzz! I dig this amaro. — 11 years ago

Sara Halbur

9.5

Citrus and clean not bitter! 💜 — 8 years ago

Daniel M

9.1

Blood orange,liquorice , strawberry, violet (?), grilled meat(?!) on the nose. I could spend the evening with my nose upon this glass! What a nose ! Blood orange again on the palate which tends to have this bitter feeling all along the acid backbone. Red fruits around there too. Not as Burgundian and ethereal and precise as the chateau (cdr) in the same vintage but I can feel the lineage here. The finish is long with a bitter salty touch. Wow again. For a 13€ price-tag I could have this any given day. Perhaps one of the best value ever encountered. I can’t wait to open the big big brother fonsalette — 8 years ago

Bill Droddy

9.5

No bitter taste. Subtle flavor — 9 years ago

Alex Butler

9.0

Bitter yet sweet — 9 years ago

Lee Lightfoot

9.3

Rye whiskey in beer form. Rich smooth delicious and 15% abv?! — 9 years ago

Nelson Fitch

10

Can't beat post-food poisoning Underberg. — 10 years ago

Dave Harris

9.4

Lots of pine and bitter citrus. Very well balanced. Great beer, but not the best in the world, not even close. — 10 years ago

with Mircea and Jeffrey

Tom Kobylarz

8.9

2012
Apples and peach, a bitter peach pith too that adds a nice complexity. Medium bodied and medium alcohol. GREAT fish wine. — 10 years ago

R. Addison Wehrfritz

9.3

Slight aroma of band-aid #brett and soil on the nose, beautiful ruby red color, robust tannin levels impart mouth griping astringency, mild heat, dried violets and orange rind flavors, slightly bitter finish. — 11 years ago

with Melissa

Sean Genn

9.6

Excellent. Pleasantly bitter with a dark chocolate finish. Try using it in place of sweet vermouth in an Anejo tequila manhattan with Fee brothers Aztec chocolate bitters — 11 years ago

Benjamin Kinzer

9.1

Rind bitter with subtle bubbles finishing with a sweet honeysuckle floral note. Refreshing and perfect for spring. — 8 years ago

with Chloe

Valerie Kathawala

9.1

'12. Savoring these pre-acquisition Vietti's while I can. Brilliant aromatics, palpable, pleasing tannins, spice, violets and a thrilling partner to pork loin with cherry vinaigrette and bitter field greens. — 8 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.1

This vintage has come together nicely. Not settled down at all, but stunningly vibrant. Brilliant bright honeyed rust color. Strawberry/herbs/hay on the nose. Waves of acid-laced fruit on the palate with a powerful bitter herbal finish. This cries out for garlic toast and anchoïade. — 9 years ago

with Alsu

Levi Glenn

9.3

Undeniable symbiosis between richness and vibrancy. Still has a bit of effervescence, but more open than the last couple vintages at this stage in its life. Stone fruit and saline/mineral on the nose, middle weighted on the palate and a pleasant bitter note on the finish. Maybe not the best rose I've ever had, but the overall balance is rarely matched in a rose wine. — 9 years ago

Joel Tan

9.2

Old favourite. This was still primary, dried red fruits and classic slight bitter notes. More forward and exuberant than usual, perhaps because of the vintage. But still oh-so-balanced and elegant — 10 years ago

Nils Bernstein

9.3

Wow. Bracing bitter citrus and crisp briny quality but with an almost white Burgundian body & structure - these grapes worked hard! — 10 years ago

Michael Solway

9.3

Quinine, bitter orange peel and a touch of burnt sugar. 40% ABV. Zesty and delicious. — 10 years ago

Marie Florian

Sommelier Tarry Lodge

9.6

Don't get it twisted--Campari will always have a place in my heart. BUT I have to say that this is really a superior product. A very apt replacement, especially delicious in a Negroni. No artificial color or flavor. — 10 years ago

Matt Tucker

9.7

The name almost had me turned off but the bitterness is quite mild. A very impressive ale, refreshing as drinking an iced tea! — 11 years ago

Max Coane

9.0

Delicious. Bitter as a homeless man's unwashed ballsack, but tasty — 12 years ago