Chris England

9.5

Fabulous relaxed & reasonably priced meal at “Blanc” in the Mandarin Oriental with Chef Carme Ruscalleda, whose restaurants have won 7 Michelin stars! ⏩ Scroll for delish city’s food pics on Instagram ⏩

A truly unique wine that’s €112 in restaurant & €56 from winery that went with all the foods shown perfectly 😍

📍 Terroir Al Limit Pedra de Guix 2014

🏵 95 points

🍇 Pedro Ximénez, Macabeo & Garnatxa Blanca

🍷 Amber honey w/ a bronze orange tone

👃 Light burnt marmalade, stick toffee pudding foam, old sherry cask, fallen green apple & vanilla custard

👄 Med refreshing body of brown green apple in torched brown sugar w/ honey, citrus zest & baked orange w/ soft sherry tickles

🎯 Long aged tortured toffee old apple in honey & brown sugar - a sherry but elegant & subtle

💭 Mrs E says “Nowhere near as heavy as it looks”

— 8 years ago

M&TPetty

9.7

Like tart apple, but great with a meal! Crisp and mellow. — 9 years ago

Chris England

9.2

Just past peak drinking @ £90 - this was showing more fruit than the last bottle .. just 😁

🍷Garnet red w/ bricked edge

👃 Mushrooms, soggy earth & leaves, stewed spiced dark plum, soaked scorched oak, cherry & burnt cranberry cocoa w/ old leather, date, prune & sherry

👄 Silky smooth earthy black plum & dark burnt earthy mocha cherry med balanced body all fully integrated w/ fruit just holding its own

🎯 Medium+ burnt earthy plum & chomped cherry w/ prune & mocha

One to drink within 1-2yrs 👍 — 9 years ago

Christo M

9.0

Great back of the tongue taste...smooth af — 10 years ago

Melody Moore-Wagner

10

Ridiculously rich. Burnt sugar, rich body -burnished color - aromatic and dizzying. — 10 years ago

Joe Fox

9.0

This is a red that Sandy actually enjoyed! — 11 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.3

Lovely fruit great complexity a bit of burnt nose good acidity best Swiss on the planet — 11 years ago

Areta May

9.2

Pencil dust on the nose. Deep, dark blackberries, cedar, burnt toast. — 12 years ago

Ben Rossen

9.1

Burnt oranges and caramel. Perfect end to a rich meal. — 12 years ago

Mark Lindzy

9.9

Candied orange peels, dried apricots and burnt honey. Liquid dessert. — 13 years ago

Red Wine Lovers

9.9

Burnt matchsticks, firewood, soy sauce and bamboo shoots, dark rich fruit. Showing fruit way ahead of tannins that have completely settled. Brilliant wine. Off-vintage. Don't care. Top quality producer wins every time — 13 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

A glass ordered off the wine list. Amber brownish gold. Heavy but translucent. Powerful nose. Notes of brown sugar, molasses, warm orange sauce and some burnt butter. Powerful acidity. Very rich. Fun to try and enjoy. — 8 years ago

Joe Spaniol

10

Excellent Malbec — 9 years ago

Jeremy Hall

9.1

Burnt sugar, bittersweet chocolate, orange peel, candies pecans and walnuts, even figs and prunes. Lovely acidity that keeps everything balanced, particularly the moderate sweetness. — 9 years ago

Aaron Tan

9.3

Best CDR yet. Drinking like a hot weather Burg - strawberry, cherry, raspberry, rose petals (oh so rosey!), orange rind, cola, herbs, and dried spice on the nose. Palate's pretty similar to the nose. Layers of red fruit, sweet almost, subtle earthy meaty notes (chicken essence comes to mind), cedar, juicy acidity, long finish with a bitter burnt orange peel kinda edge (alcohol maybe? It's definitely warm but doesn't detract from balance. Or just pips or from some whole bunch?). An absolutely delicious wine! — 10 years ago

Zac Robinson

9.5

Wedding wine! — 10 years ago

Joe Conti

9.5

Chardonnay tasting. This is a classic Russian River Valley chardonnay. Big and buttery without being obnoxious. Stores. Burnt marshmallows. Roasted nuts. Nice wine. — 11 years ago

with Tyler and Shanda

Ron Siegel

9.4

I have gone through more than a dozen btls of this in the last 7yrs. This btl seemed to be slightly less fresh than most of the others but still had a nose of burnt orange and an Asian ponzu and opened up to a toffee, caramel with amazons acidity that refreshed the palate. — 12 years ago

Emilie Dishongh

9.3

I wish all things that smelled like butter pecan ice cream tasted like summer lemonade, burnt caramel and miles of mushrooms. I'll have to do with this. — 12 years ago

Jose Ramirez

9.0

Espuma del Gaucho. Cabernet Sauvignon 2010. Rich in flavors of cassis and black fruit. Notes of subtle oak carry this wine of pride and passion. — 12 years ago

Anthony Piazza

9.1

Very strange and wonderful. — 13 years ago

Kurt Schuster

8.9

Smells like bright red fruit snd almost a burnt honey aroma. Tastes full of sweet cherry and luscious through and through. Delicious. — 9 years ago

with Aissa

Wine Weirdos

9.8

This is the sort of epiphany about Madeira or Port I've been waiting to have. Served as part of a savory course at Clove Club in London.

Any sweet element of this wine has relaxed to the background and gorgeous acid accompanies complex burnt citrus and smoky, nutty stone fruit. 45 second finish. — 9 years ago

Chris England

9.6

What a gorgeous old world Rioja in an awesome year @ £75 that's drinking just perfectly in a Zalto Burg glass 😁

🍷 Garnet cherry red w/ brick wall

👃 Smokey burnt oak, old sweaty leather, crushed ripe black cherry, caramel, sherry, herbs, earth, dusty cellar, potpourri, red currant & cocoa dust w/ liquorice hint 😍😍😍

👄 Med smooth balanced body of slight tart & sweet bruised red & dark cherry soaked in earth, oak, sweet liquorice & cocoa 🕺

🎯 Long earthy oak cherry seductive linger 👊💥 — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

That bright fresh climens front with burnt sugar and a lemon lift. Very pure. Great acidity. — 10 years ago

with Matt and Paul

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!!' — 10 years ago

with Frank and Joe

Nniccolò Contenta

9.5

Crazy hazelnuts and burnt twig on the nose. Bright intense minerality and acidity right away after opening — 11 years ago

Ashtin Berry

9.0

Beautifully complex! Great nuttiness with a balanced acidity. Toffee and burnt orange — 12 years ago

with Robin

Erika Turner

9.2

Burnt caramel. Western Cape is where it is at! — 12 years ago

with See

Kristina Hayden Bustamante

9.4

This is a wine that can be cellared for years to come. We opened it a little early but still a real treat. Straight garnet in color, burnt Carmel and sugar, black tea , a light eucalyptus perhaps and black tar on the nose.
There is luxardo cherry and cassis or kirsch element to the flavor. Great wine. — 12 years ago