Joshua Chan

9.3

My first ever Dom that I’ve ever purchased or rather gifted to me. Birthday champs. Brilliant bouquet. Super soft tiny bubbles. 20 years of cellaring and this would be bloody amazing. — 7 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

So silky, whiff of Brett blows off quickly to reveal pure and bright black cherry fruit. Brilliant — 8 years ago

Max Kelly

9.4

Brilliant wine. Leesy and rich, with ripe pear and marzipan leavened by beautiful, vivid acidity. A great balance of age, ripe fruit, and freshness. Longs, lingering finish too. Excellent with pan-roasted halibut. — 9 years ago

Jeff Loo

9.8

Barrel Sample. Absolutely stunning this vintage. Brilliant 2016, one of the top of the vintage. 97-99pts — 10 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Bruised golden apple, pineapple, golden raisins, ginger ale, brioche, citrus blend, touch of honey, yellow lilies, quince, orange peel, nut skin, toffee, brilliant acidity, chalkiness and rich long finish. — 10 years ago

Ty Methfessel

9.6

Brilliant 78 YGay!
— 11 years ago

Mike Jordan (MJ)

10

A brilliant wine from my favorite Oregon winery. — 11 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.4

Infanticide, I know... brilliant nevertheless — 11 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

If you love top shelf Cabernet, as I do, this is stunning. Absolutely gorgeous nose, a brilliant palate. Layers of currant, and plummy cedary notes. One of the 1001 wines. Will go to 2020. 18.5. — 12 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

10

This vintage continues to show remarkable power, grace, elegance and minerality, framed by brilliant tannins and clever oak treatment. Truly a classic Flaccianello. — 13 years ago

Gregory Spock

9.1

Cherry, cassis, slight herbaceous nose with brilliant light mouthed lingering finish. — 7 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Finessed, terrific complexity, bruised white peach, petrol, wet stone and a bit nutty along with tea leaves on the finish. Such a brilliant expression of Wachau. — 8 years ago

Lance E. Farman

9.5

Double brilliant. — 9 years ago

Kristi Lynn

10

Funny story, we ordered the bottle of wine on the line after this bottle on the menu. The waiter brought this bottle as a mistake which we found out was listed as a $485 bottle of wine! We took one sip and knew that it was too good to be true. Come to find out that this is one of the first super tuscan wines ever made. Even though management took the bottle from our table as soon as it was realized, that was the luckiest and most delicious mistake that's ever happened to us. — 9 years ago

Ryan Maguire

9.5

Beautiful and elegant. Sweet with a fabulous acidity that ensures that it isn't cloying. Brilliant wine, there is a reason so many sweet wines try to emulate d'Yquem. — 10 years ago

E Soldezzo

9.2

I'm not a huge sweet moscato fan, so this one works perfectly for me. Loved it! Just a touch of effervescence. — 11 years ago

with Joe

Patrick Malcor

9.8

Brilliant. — 11 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.3

A wine where descriptors are almost superfluous. Just a brilliant mature balanced wine. If pushed I would say some licorice, roast meat and a hint of cowyard. A world class Syrah. 18.5- — 11 years ago

John Daugherty

9.4

Heavenly! Crushed rock, citrus, white flowers, hint of petrol. I can't stop putting my nose in the glass. Bright, juicy red apple and melon flavors. Medium bottle with sugar kept in check by brilliant acidity. Finish sails on for a minute plus. Truly one of the best! — 12 years ago

Elizabeth Kelso

9.1

Herbaceous, rose petal, dried tobacco, black peppercorn. Medium bodied, easy drinking but super interesting! — 12 years ago

jams jerfy

9.5

brilliant. — 13 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.6

WOW!!! Incredible new vintage of this outstanding wine! Herbs, Leather, smoke, vanilla with a hint of barnyard on the nose. That said, lots of blue and black fruit flavors on the pallet. Full bodied and luscious. Long and lingering finish. This is a wine of the year candidate! Revisited during Christmas week 2019. Noted the blend is 30% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Syrah. 10% Counoise with the balance being made up of some of the other 10 permitted CDP grapes. Just brilliant! Revisited in August 2021. Improving with age! Revisited again in December 2023. Tannins are starting to mellow. Drinking beautifully! Revisited again in January 2025. Hitting the sweet spot. Revisited again in June 2026. Still fresh and vibrant! Outstanding quality. — 7 years ago

Ron R

9.5

Tight like a coiled spring. Pnp - disgracefully decadent 😃
Medicinal notes on the palate, intermingled with wood and cinnamon. A brilliant effort. — 8 years ago

with Mike, Joe and 5 others

Larry Frierson

9.6

Lime and limestone. So savory. Brilliant acidity. Great with petrale sole. — 9 years ago

Kevin Ortzman

9.4

The second year of this great wine. '14 yielded twice the production of '13 and expanded from Stags Leap to Rutherford. This resulted in a RP rating of 94 pt. Congratulations John and Stacey. Dark berries with hints of cocoa, tobacco and cinnamon. Adding to my collection! — 10 years ago

with Frank, ADAM and 2 others

Justin Brilman

9.2

Each time I have this 13 I like it more and more. Shared with family who hadn't tried it before and they also loved it. The finish on this is long and focused just love it. — 10 years ago

Michael Mathews

9.4

Absolutely brilliant Brunello...one of the best I've ever had! At quaint little, authentic Italian restaurant in midtown Atlanta... — 11 years ago

with Mike, Jeff and 2 others

Scott e

9.9

Infanticide but brilliant, Asian spice box, earthy beauty of a wine. Wow! — 12 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.0

Why did I pass on '07s? Big mistake on my part. This is really good, and it just goes to show: buy great producers in every vintage. — 12 years ago

with Scott, Michael and 1 other

Justin Chearno

10

Brilliant. — 13 years ago