William Goldsmith

9.7

Elegant as Bevan goes. Not quite Parker 100 but quite good, esp for 2011. I’ve raised the rating twice. — 5 years ago

with Harry and Ryann

Paul Koplitz

9.0

Best box wine I’ve had. Worth every penny. — 7 years ago

Matt McMonagle

9.0

Great value. Really really drinkable. — 7 years ago

Chad Brewer

10

Without a doubt the wine of my life. Elegant, dried cranberries, cigar box, beechnut tobacco, great texture. A truly magnificent bottle. 1/100 that would be perfect. — 8 years ago

Steve McDermott

9.3

Old world earthiness. Red fruit, strawberry notes. A bit of cigar box and leather. Nice finish. Nice #rioja ! Thanks @John Pica — 8 years ago

Laura Diefenderfer

9.0

Great taste. Not dry. Smooth with a hint of blackberry. Ideally paired with a medium rare steak. — 8 years ago

Weijie Shi (Jay)

9.0

Black fruits, cedar box, liquorice, cigar box, menthol. Huge structure, chewy tannin, slightly green on the palate, 30s finish. Need more time. 2012 vintage — 9 years ago

Richard Van Oorschot

10

This epitomises aged Fino for me. — 10 years ago

Ryan Brazell

Rise Over Run

9.9

Technically 2010, though officially NV. Incredible. Ordered from NY but I hope to find a local supplier. — 11 years ago

Liz Weidner

9.9

Delicious but $16. — 12 years ago

Mattias Söderberg

9.2

Red fruit, lesthery nose!! — 5 years ago

with Andreas

Mike Saviage

9.4

From magnum. Deep reddish tawny color. Almost opaque. Nice seductive nose. Notes of blackberries, cedar box, warm blueberries, a little currant and some tobacco leaf. Really nicely balanced with tannins fully resolved and integrated. In a great place and don’t think it will get much better from here, but clearly built to last. — 6 years ago

Charles Antin

Senior Wine Specialist/Auctioneer Zachys

9.5

The absolute best — 8 years ago

Naboth van den Broek

9.4

As it says on the label "un fino que va para amontillado" — 8 years ago

John Hubbell

9.4

Love the he nose. Great balance with leather, spice and cigar box. This sill has some life — 8 years ago

with Jim, Allison and 1 other

Jordi Pazo

9.3

Taberna Maitea. Copa 4,50.
06.10.16 — 9 years ago

Phil Orlandini

9.1

This... doesn't make me feel drunk. This is gonna be my workin' wine. — 9 years ago

with Juliane

PJ

9.5

Great way to warm up on a 20 degree night! 🍷 — 10 years ago

Lisa Burch

9.0

Tasty and inexpensive. — 11 years ago

Lisa Kinser

10

Great with Thanksgiving dinner! — 11 years ago

Rachel Hughes

9.0

Shiraz (70%), Cabernet Sauvignon (23%), Merlot (7%)
2009
Padthaway, Australia — 12 years ago

Jonathan Toobi

9.3

Love this unfiltered red blend, gallivanter, nice acidic start and berry finish, light to medium bodied, really tasty and easy drinking, — 5 years ago

Dr. Owen Bargreen

9.5

The 1982 Chateau Léoville-Barton red wine is a stunning bottling from this famed vintage in Bordeaux. Generously shared by some friends, and needing very little time in the decanter to evolve, the 1982 Léoville-Barton opens with a captivating nose of sour red cherry, cigar box with shades of white truffle and a striking herbaceousness. There is a wonderful, seamless quality to this wine that evokes a harmonious balance on the mid-palate. A bright saline streak dashes through this incredible wine. Showing a wonderfully soft mouthfeel, the wine slowly unveils layers of sour red fruits, exotic spices, red bell pepper, anise and hints of wild blackberry that all marvelously combine with the toasty oak. While absolutely delightful now, this stunning wine will has more than a decade of life left. Drink 2019-2035- 95

— 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.3

This wine had some tobacco and earth FUNK after it was opened up. The herbaceous and tobacco ash note on the nose was almost identical to the 1980 Beringer State Lane cab. This did blow off after an hour, but the wine was less fruit than I thought it would have been. Lots of dark figgy jam. Tobacco and cigar box. I'm sure the fruit came back after I left, but this would have been 2 hours after opening and just didn't have the time to see this one though, hence the "NR" rating. Impressed by this wine, and probably one of the older Monte Bello wines I've been able to drink. — 8 years ago

with Benjamin

Lucas Wittmann

9.3

Gorgeous, umami depth. Needs about 1 hr air. — 8 years ago

ADAM STROMFELD

9.7

Wild roasted pistachios married with burnt Carmel. The acidity and heat burn off instantly and a beautiful nutty Carmel finish is the result - it goes on for what seems like an eternity - so this is what real sherry tastes like!!' — 9 years ago

with Frank and Joe

Juan Munoz-Oca

8.9

Cigar box, a bit reduced at first but opens up to lovely dry fruits — 10 years ago

Sean Fischa

9.1

My new house wine — 10 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.2

Wow. A bottle that could change a lot of minds about Sherry. Beautiful nutty aromas along with almost everything else you would expect from Finos all the way through Pedro Ximénez. Sweet yet dry, creamy yet saline, smokey and caramel-y. I'm now a fan. — 11 years ago

with Michael, Scott and 1 other

Red Wine Lovers

9.6

Cigar box cedar. Slate. Plum. Big tannins, lush plump fruit. Deep and complex. Finish goes forever. — 12 years ago