J Ferrugia

9.5

Decanted for 30 minutes. On the nose: cedar, sandstone, currents, hint of leather.
On the palate: dissipating tannin, softening cedar, emerging black cherry fruit and soft sandstone.
This is a big, beautiful Bordeaux at its peak with all the softness in the last sip that comes with age.
Drink it now. — 9 months ago

Paul J

9.7

Our last bottle in London before we move back! Thank you to my team for the awesome gift!

1hr+ decant. Red color with brownish orange edges. Nose contains cedar, graphite, and green elements. Complex wine that has a nice balance of tannins and depth. Very lively and probably at the perfect drinking age. Long finish. Definitely a top echelon wine! — 5 years ago

with Brooke

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

A blend of 98% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% Merlot, blended then aged for 24 months in 50% new and 50% once-used American oak. Deep Ruby color with aromas of black fruit, licorice and minty floral notes. The palate beautifully displays rich ripe blackberry and black cherry, a hint of sweetness, vivid acidity and the right touch of toasty vanilla oak, still youthful in development. The wine has nicely integrated tannins, still holds some grip on a long finish which should give way to let this wine age for the next decade+. Excellent, Tasting Sample! — 6 years ago

LM Segal

9.7

So beautiful and clear in its purpose, titillating on the nose and fulfilling its promises beyond. Balanced and velvety dark red fruit, hints of black tea and cassis but all in a more Old than New World Gestalt. Lots of secondary stuff emerging you just want to sip it slowly. If anybody wonders how well these age, track one down, it’s so worth it. Kudos @Cathy Corison for making this distinctive and enduring bottle! — 7 years ago

Sean Herriott

9.2

2012 is such a good vintage. Reminds me of off vintages in Bordeaux like '01 and '04. As always kudos to the Bartons for keeping their 2nd growth at affordable prices in this day and age.
This is a FINE wine that is young, but exudes class. — 8 years ago

Bob Surrency

9.2

Extremely good for a 1990 with 25 years age! — 9 years ago

Greg Koslosky

9.6

Who says Cristal can't age! — 10 years ago

Blake

9.0

1985 vintage. Leather spice red fruits drinking very well for its age... — 11 years ago

Ian Blackburn

9.3

I have tasted many 1961 over the years, this continues to be one of my favorite wines...The strange thing is that this bottle with its high necklinewas the youngest 1961 that I had ever tried, wine had an great Providence - One owner and one incredible cellar.

1961 was a magical year on the right bank; now over 50 years of age it has lost some weight but picked up elegance on the nose - wet clay, graphite/lead pencil, umami/truffle - nose candy for sure. — 11 years ago

Christopher Hansen

Winemaker Four Cairn Wines

9.8

Great wine, fruit preserved, some structure and great balance. Can still age for a few more years. — 13 years ago

Nicole K

8.9

Good but needs more time to age — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Great color in the decanter... medium gold with an enticing perfume. Notes of sweet Meyer lemon, apricot, gravel stone, tan clay, some mint, a little ginger and some sweet marzipan. Has an exotic and slightly musty (desirable) funk. Huge weight with great fruit and solid acidity in the mouth. Decanted for 2 hours before drinking. Awesome juice! If you Google “why should I age white burgundy?”, an image of this 35 year old bottle should be shown... — 5 years ago

Paul Mason

9.2

Really good given its age. Amazing with roasted Chicken. Drink in the next year. — 6 years ago

Robert

9.3

Worth letting age. It gets better as you drink it. This is a full body wine, great fruit, coffee and chocolate flavors. — 7 years ago

Elena Surinova

9.0

Яблочный штрудель с мёдом и орехами. Во вкусе те же фрукты с орехами.
16,5/20 — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.1

1st vintage if this wine, so a real treat to try. A little shrill and sharp at the front. Lovely fruit. Still some fresh notes but in a good place age-wise. Doesn't hang together as well as the wines beside it. — 9 years ago

with Matt and Paul

Nico J. Snyman

9.2

Still showing some ripeness of fruit, but these wines age so well, there is a little stewed fruit that is quite indicative of place, higher ABV than right bank also. — 9 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.6

Stellar and just starting to soften at the edges. Brilliant effort. Note to self, left HSS age for 15 years before drinking. Great experience. — 10 years ago

with Howard, Mitchell and 2 others

Michelle Nyland

9.4

Always nice... Barely showing its age. — 11 years ago

Kate Hudson

9.8

Super sweet and little bubbles- $8@ bevomo — 12 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.4

Seemed like the right time to open this. The candy like flavor that I see people complain about had blown off this wine and it just had this incredible purple inky color and rim to it. Very enjoyable. Still had good fruit and sweetness without losing too much luster. Caymus used to age forever but I would drink these up by 10th bday. — 5 years ago

Mike Miller

9.7

This wine is old enough to vote! Stunning acidity for its age, great tannin, and it’s smoky. — 5 years ago

with Jason and Anne

D Scher

9.2

1984 vintage. Cork difficult to extract, ended up in several pieces. Beautiful deep color, little to no bricking even at this age. Seductive at one hour+ of air with black cherry, raspberry, some vanilla, green pepper, graphite. 12% ABV. From the FIL’s collection. — 6 years ago

Alex Ruzich

10

Good fruit with refined tannins. This can still age, but beautiful right now! — 7 years ago

Joe Fox

9.4

Sweet, Crisp, and a tiny bit of zing... And Sandy likes it! Very good!! — 8 years ago

Ron R

8.9

Nice notes of sage, oak and red fruits. Again, lacks mid palette density, but then, this product is about grace. Palette notes are consistent, but requires age. — 9 years ago

with Mo

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.3

My mom is in town so I figured it was time to open some nice wine. Like others said here, the 1999 takes some time to open up. No fruit at all at first but then you get this beautiful strawberry and licorice and that beautiful aged subtle American Oak spice blend. Great body and deep dark color that doesn't suggest it's age. — 9 years ago

with Kate

Richard Parkhouse

9.2

Washed down with some water from a Scottish loch... — 10 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.8

With all its age this is such a complete wine. Wow. — 11 years ago

Charles Schneider

9.1

Showing well for the age. Texture was pure silk. Good bit of fruit still left in the old bones. Can't wait to show Jean-Louis Carbonnier. — 11 years ago