Judi Kruse

8.9

Great red - especially for the price. — 3 years ago

Christian Fischer

9.3

Great wine. 20 yo Rioja. Very very tasty. — 4 years ago

with Brooke

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.2

White chocolate covered cherries, pralines, pecan pie. I think, I may like this better than TF10.

92 points — 5 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.8

Wow! Just spectacular! Wine of the day with wonderful, mouth-filling balance and breadth. Smooth, round, silky texture with real weight and complexity. Ripe melon, pineapple, guava notes that keep shape-shifting and hitting all the areas of the mouth. A genuine pleasure and surprise remarked upon by everyone. — 6 years ago

Janet Coleman

9.0

2012 vintage is the perfect Cab- lush with a spicy fruit - really like this — 7 years ago

Bloody Amateur

9.5

Not a “Bordeaux guy” but that may be because I don’t/can’t get my hands on the real stuff. This was pretty revelatory. More floral and delicate and sensuous than I could’ve imagined for a broad category our server called “cigar-box.” — 7 years ago

with Gaurav

Hannah Clark

9.2

Juicy, bright, hint of vanilla on the the nose, candied red fruit. — 4 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.0

Dry as Dirt…. — 5 years ago

with TwiLea

cc

9.6

Strong taste with deep notes — 6 years ago

with Ripal

Dani Ruiz Sanchez

9.0

Dorado , muy seco. A madera y frutos secos. Denso y muy redondo — 6 years ago

Nancy Bernstein

8.9

At the wedding - Douro — 7 years ago

Cayla Iwaniuk

9.5

Crisp, bitter, heavier Rioja. Amazing with cheese cubes — 7 years ago

Paul Koplitz

9.0

Best box wine I’ve had. Worth every penny. — 8 years ago

Daniel McCullough

9.5

The real gout brioche deal, delicious way to cap off pre-Xmas in Montreal — 4 years ago

Pooneet K

9.2

Beautiful vintage Krug, but clearly still very young (which is slightly nuts). Bubbles are quite fine but still very present. Yeasty and mouth filling - there is real power here. Deep and intense on the palate, long finish, great acid. Very fun to try - but would love to try in 5-10 years. — 5 years ago

Juan Pablo Perez

9.1

Nariz: cereza, frambuesa, ciruela, cuero, rosas. Aromas secundarios y terciarios.

Boca: Tanino M, Acidez M, Alcohol M

En su punto de tomar. — 5 years ago

Meg Herring

9.0

Will be buying more of this! — 6 years ago

Meagan Higgins

9.3

Concentrated chocolate had at total wine sample — 7 years ago

Ever Pereira

9.0

Taste like anise — 7 years ago

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9.6

The 1983 Cristal is fabulous. Rich, ample and generous, the 1983 is incredibly inviting, with tons of class and personality. A wine of real volume and textural breadth, the 1983 has enough pedigree to drink well for many years. None of the elements stand out in the 1983, the whole is far greater than the sum of the parts. “Nineteen eighty-three is a different animal from some of the other wines of the decade,” Lécaillon explains. “It was a heavy crop, with a lot of fruit. There was so much wine in the cellar that the team could not get to everything in a timely fashion, and so there were some lots that started to oxidize a bit, and that, naturally, made the wine bigger.” In tasting, though, there are no off aromas or mushroomy flavors that suggest the wine is fading. If anything, the 1983 is spectacularly beautiful right now, even in the presence of other wines from more highly reputed vintages. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2018) — 7 years ago