Mike Saviage

9.4

Medium gold. Heavy in the glass. Opened decanted for an hour. Knockout nose. Notes of lemon, white stone with some oyster shell, and a bit of honey develops over time. Rich luscious fruit in the mouth. Acidity hides in the first few hours, then powers up. Great juice. — 7 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

This was rich, full bodied showing great intensity & purity. Lemon & grapefruit citrus green apple, acacia flower with wet rock & oyster shell. Precise & mineral driven. — 9 years ago

Diane Is Moving To CellarTracker

9.4

Flowers on the nose and palette — 9 years ago

Steve Parker

9.0

Fresh and well balanced. Not over worked. Lovely Chardonnay. Paired nicely with fresh pasta, Okanagan to Matt and hand peeled shrimp. — 9 years ago

Cody Milch

10

Last bottle of last vintage, lavender fizz — 9 years ago

Tracey LaPointe

9.0

Such a beautiful sparkling. Refined and restrained. Lovely. — 10 years ago

Wes Hagen

9.5

Stoney lemon curd, hint of brown butter, minerals for days. Young, deep and pedigreed like a young Roosevelt at Harvard. Slightest hint of oyster shell, as if I ate a few Hog Islands before tasting. Opulent in the middle, intensely dry and vervey in the finish. Infanticide, but I'm ok with that! — 10 years ago

John Lin

9.2

Good St Julien typicity, sous bois, cedar, blue and black berries. Good concentration, juicy, good! — 11 years ago

Milla Champion

9.1

Red blend from Sonoma at The Vine! — 11 years ago

Remi Cohen

Director of Winemaking & Viticulture Cliff Lede Wines

9.8

Love this wine and winery! Fresh blue and black fruit, violets, sueded texture, polished tannin — 12 years ago

with Lede Family

Paul Rollett

9.0

Earthy and tons of red berry goodness. Classic pencil eraser on the nose, great Gamay! — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

When it comes to my B-day, there is only one fit, an old Pichon Lalande with my Ribeye. As a lover of Bordeaux, these two are my favorite pairing. It’s a very slow walk to the finishline. A small bite of steak and a sip of 89 Pichon Lalande. Then, repeat until finished. I had some concerns about this bottle. A slightly slippery and crumbling cork. The first sip was not bad, but not what you want or are expecting. After some time in the decanter, it really started to shine. On the nose; ripe, ruby, floral cassis, blackberries, dark sweet & sour cherries, baked strawberries, blue fruit hues, dry cranberries, baked rhubarb, saddlewood, soft, used leather, bay leaf, touch of sage, hint of spearmint, eucalyptus, vanilla, cinnamon, crushed dry crushed rock powder, black turned earth, dry brown soil with clay, tobacco leaf and perfumed red florals with violets. The body is full, round and silky. Tannins are well resolved at around 80%. The texture, length, tension and length are in a sweet spot. The fruits are ripe, ruby & expressively floral. Blackberries, dark sweet & sour cherries, baked strawberries, blue fruit hues, dry cranberries, baked rhubarb, saddlewood, soft, used leather, bay leaf, touch of sage, hint of spearmint, eucalyptus, vanilla, cinnamon, crushed dry crushed rock powder, black turned earth, dry brown soil with clay, scorched earth, tobacco leaf and perfumed red florals with violets. The acidity is just a little off but still nice. The finish is divided nearly equally in fruit, earth, florals and herbaceous. It’s very enjoyable but falls just a little short in longer, lingering length. This bottle had good storage, not great. Even so, still has another three to five years ahead. A bottle with excellent storage has another five years beyond this one. Photos of; the backside of Pichon Lalande, angled terrace view of their vines right next to Latour, my steak & twice baked potato (so good) and CEO Nicolas Glumineau. — 8 years ago

Jose Espinosa

9.6

Combines with everything — 9 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.3

Beautiful Chablis. Balanced and rich. Long finish. Oyster shell nose and palate. — 10 years ago

Luke Quanstrom

9.0

Smooth, easy, sweet — 10 years ago

Rebekkah Stoeckler

10

My favorite Malbec ever. I will definitely drink this again. — 10 years ago

Nick Hammerschlag

9.5

About as good as California Pinot gets in my humble opinion! — 11 years ago

Alex Powell

9.6

Absolutely stunning, the wine of the evening in a tough crowd. So many notes on nose, hung meat, sweat, earth, blue cheese, orange, cardamom pepper and ginger with some hoisin sauce...magnificent. Silken and exotic on palate as well, so smooth now fully mature, resonating finish of the above. Stupendous. 1982 vintage. — 11 years ago

Nick Lobaccaro

9.6

Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer Pabst Blue Ribbon is an American brand of beer sold by Pabst Brewing Company, originally established in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1844, but now based in Los Angeles. Wikipedia — 13 years ago

Cate Harmon

9.8

crisp and strawberry-y — 8 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.0

Generally I pass on California Pinots, however this one is well worth the time — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Dark and juicy. A stanky minerality. Very rich, hint of blue and poised. Good stuff of its type — 9 years ago

with Paul

Jeremy Buss

9.1

Excellent Riesling! Bright acidity. Dry and some citrus on the palate. — 9 years ago

Beachin Wino

9.3

Like Baby Blue the blueberry aromas jump right out of the glass. First glass, honestly didn't seem any better than the Baby Blue. One hour later with filet mignon the wine had opened up considerably and WOW! This is one to pair with a juicy steak🍷. — 9 years ago

with Fred

Richard Steinberg

9.2

Very nice black cherry and blue fruit profile. Took about an hour in decanter to loosen up. Let this age at least 5 years and you will be rewarded. — 10 years ago

Chris McGuire

9.3

2013 Vintage - seriously big Shiraz!! Big fruit, big alcohol, must find more!! — 10 years ago

with Andy

Sam C

9.0

"yeah fine" — 10 years ago

Mike Wolf

9.0

2011 vintage. Strawberry and stewed rhubarb on the nose, nicely balanced taste with pleasant minerality on the finish. Better then the 2009 or 2010 vintages which had a bit too much acidity, and drinking well right now. — 11 years ago

with Jennifer

Chris Thile

9.5

I really dug this. Blue cheese with honey vibes. — 12 years ago

Monroe Bryant

9.8

Ethereal. — 13 years ago