Daniel P. Drake

9.2

Friday night is here and I have opened the 2015 Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande Réserve de la Comtesse a blend of 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot.

The nose is is rich in dark fruit, black cherry, blackberry, blueberry, black plum, mocha, tar, cedar and dark rich soil.

On the palate the dark fruit continues through with black cherry, blackberry, blueberry, black currant, licorice, oak, graphite and rich earthy notes.

This wine is full bodied with a silky mouth feel, medium + acidity and medium + fine tannins that lead to a long dark fruit earthy finish. Have a great weekend, stay safe and have some nice wines. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 6 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Tasted blind. Deep dark and opaque. Red center with amber rims. Looks young. Very rich and luscious in the mouth. Black cherry, forest floor, tobacco leaf and a hint of old wood. Amazing impact out of the gate, but this declined in what it gave as the night went on whereas the 53 Lafite got better. — 7 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.0

Second wine with Charles at De Toren. Set to be released in January 2018.

Deep ruby red with notes of cassis, mushrooms and dust on the nose. A touch green as well. Medium tannins (6/10) and medium plus bodied. Excellent structure and finesse on the palate with dark cocoa, red cherries, pepper and minerality. Long and lingering finish. Still a baby that will need a nice decant to open up. Drink till 2027.

Merlot led blend with around 53% Merlot then around 25% Cabernet Franc and the rest made up of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petit Verdot. — 8 years ago

with Sean and India

Bob McDonald

9.6

One of the highlights of the Cabernet Tasting in May. Cabernet Sauvignon 53%/Merlot 47% from the great 2000 vintage. Gorgeous nose. Still restrained at 17 years. Mint aromas with the cassis. Gravelly persistent tannins. — 8 years ago

Marc S

9.1

Rose blend, light red wine. Lovely balanced fruits and minerality with lengths — 9 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.5

LGD departs more from the style of VC's non-vintage than any other tete-de-cuvée I can think of from a big house. This is delicate to the point of vanishing subtly and if you aren't paying attention it is easy to miss the mastery here! It is composed of 53% PN & 47% Chardonnay. Mr. DeMarville explained that this is the highest percentage of Chardonnay on record for LGD due to the warm conditions in 2006. — 9 years ago

Stefanie Jackson

9.1

95% corn 5% malted barley, not rye! Delicious! 10, 23 and 53 gallon barrels, hence the baby bourbon namesake after the baby barrels — 10 years ago

Magdalena Spirydowicz

9.0

2013 Grange aux Belles juicy and bloody at the same time — 10 years ago

Toni Vanston

10

53 Toni birthday at Girasol Studio City — 11 years ago

Jamie Testa

9.6

Very oaky but very good and I usually don't enjoy very oaky tasting wines great wine! — 12 years ago

Diedra West

9.6

Diedra had this 12 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.0

61%-Paderewski Vineyard 31%-Catapult Vineyard - then Varietal wise 53% -Syrah 26%-Mouvedre 13 - Grenache 5%-Tempranillo 3% - Zinfandel (whew)on the nose seems like the Syrah and Mouvedre rule -very new World- black fruit ,spice, big tannins little higher on Alcohol (15.1%) — 6 years ago

Nancy Hinman

8.9

Cabernet Chianti blend at Vico in Hudson. Nice.
$53 — 7 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.3

This wine was awesome. Still soft and elegant and barely tertiary. 53 years later and still delivering. @Jason Stein we need to have this together #italianwines — 7 years ago

Mark Strawn

9.1

Delectable is wrong. 53% Syrah, 32 Mourvèdre, 15% Grenache. 100% Torrin vyd — 8 years ago

Toby Lafont

9.1

Interesting that I had the 2011 53 weeks ago. Still an awesome wine but a bit too old for my pallet but I bet it's right on for others. Great wine. — 9 years ago

Shawn R

9.5

Cab Franc done so well. 400 cases produced. 53% Franc and 47 Merlot. Both play well together. Some what fleshy in its approach tannins present as the Franc speaks. Nose of mashed currants and dusty roads. Mouth-coating richness of herbs de province, dash of spice and farm fresh blackberries. Finish is dense and chewy. — 9 years ago

Vic Goel

9.3

Scents of raisin, sumac, and alcohol, accented with date, fig, and raisin flavors. The high alcohol content makes it a bit hot to taste -- and sounds off-putting, but this wine works. Really well. The per bottle price at Zaytinya reflects a 3x markup, which is fair enough, but I'd buy this over and over again at $53 to have at home with a Mediterranean themed meal. — 10 years ago

Jose Merino

9.4

Piroutte | 2012 | Philippe Melka | Agustin Huneeus

"Beautiful aromas of roasted coffee beans, wild cherries, black licorice, toasty wood, hint of cocoa and vanilla. On the palate, powerful yet elegant bodied, infused with spice, black fruits, firm tannins, long, spicy finish."

WC 94 Points | Reviewed: 4.23.15 | Drink now through 2022 | Price: $67 | 14.9% | Cabernet Sauvignon 53%, Merlot 23%, Petit Verdot 15%, Cabernet Franc 5%, Malbec 4% | Ballester Hermanos
— 10 years ago

Ivan London

9.6

Winemaker's Notes: #53 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2012 Imagine a refreshing sorbet-like medley of fresh lychee, grapefruit and honeydew melon laced with flinty minerality and finished with an infusion of mandarin and lime zest. A lively, invigorating wine with persistent grapefruit flavours and a steely blackcurrant tang – crisp but succulent with a long enduring finish. Critical Acclaim: This intriguing white delivers a complex aromatic note that includes whiffs of petrol, oolong tea, mineral and lanolin, giving way to an equally complex flavor profile. Crunchy green apple, Meyer lemon and melon flavors are refreshing, balanced, and persistent on the finish. 92 Points Wine Spectator Pale, bright yellow. Highly aromatic nose combines grapefruit rind, underripe pineapple, white pepper, fresh herbs and stony minerality. Rich, pliant and fairly full, but with a juicy sappy quality to the orange blossom and spice flavors. In a rather forward style but bright framing acidity gives it definition and thrust. Finishes with excellent length. Greywacke is the new project of sauvignon blanc guru Kevin Judd, who put Cloudy Bay on the map during his 25 years as winemaker there. 91 Points International Wine Cellar Former Cloudy Bay winemaker Kevin Judd’s new label displays a vibrant pungency to its leafy aromas, then opens up on the palate to add gooseberry and grapefruit notes. It's refreshingly medium bodied, with a slightly creamy texture and a long finish filled with pink grapefruit. 90 Points Wine Enthusiast — 12 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Dark, rich, and ripe on the nose: deep dark berries, sandstone-like crushed rock and a bit of baker’s chocolate. Mouthfilling and ripe. A bit too chocolatey for me, to be honest, but still a very good winter weight wine. 53% Syrah, 34% Grenache, 11% Mourvèdre, and 2% Viognier. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.4

Rev 386
€53

A ”mid range” Priorat from Terroir Al Limit of 4,684 bottles that’s 90+ from all critics that we tasted at the winery but wow at home it was even better 😍 For €53 this is just superb 👏 it screams elegance 💖

📍 Terroir Al Limit Dits del Terra 2014

🏵 94-95 points w/ more potential

🍇 100% Cariñena (Carignan)

🍷 Deep vibrant ruby

👃 Red cherry, red berry fruit & blackberry in soggy blueberry infused earth, rose petals & parma-violet w/ a soft flinty mineral undertone then prune & date as it really opens up

👄 Light-Med body of silky smooth punchy ripe red cherry, blackberry & blueberry w/ a touch of creamy cocoa, liquorice & a tiny hint of green

🎯 Long lingering creamy red cherry, blueberry & blackberry decadence oozing sophistication w/ a little cheeky liquorice cocoa kissypoos 💋
— 7 years ago

Thijs Hendriks

9.4

53% sauv, 46% sem, 1% musc — 8 years ago

garry post

9.0

Very nice Michigan Pinot Noir with smoke and leather notes. Light color and body as in Oregon Pinots of 15-20 years ago. Light, dry fruits. With salmon, pasta, asparagus and beets salad. — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.2

One of the best vintages of this fab Chateau @ £52 drinking lovely now & next couple of years 👍

🍇 53% Cab S, 45% Mer & 2% Cab F

🍷 Deep ruby red

👃 Crushed wet mineral rock covered in earth & leaves w/ mocha, liquorice pushing through plump dark plum, squished blackcurrant & smokey oak

👄 Med body of silky smooth fully integrated ripe dark fruits in liquorice, mocha & earth

🎯 Med+ mocha liquorice dark fruit — 8 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

8.9

2009 vintage. Surprisingly austere and mineral considering the vintage. Red currant, pomegranate pith, dried sage, chalky rock, moss, black tea. 53 Merlot, 41 CS, 6 CF. — 9 years ago

Mike Ancuta

9.5

An incredible cognac with a unique aging process. — 9 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.2

Restrained - like a fino with less alcohol. — 10 years ago

with Lynne

Cathrine Todd

10

2000 Cheval Blanc with a blend of almost 50:50 Merlot & Cabernet Franc, even though some reports say 53:47 dominate Merlot (not all CB are dominate CF). Tasted with 03, 05, 05 and I had this vintage a few years back, and I must say the tannins have come a long way- lush, almost melts into the wine. Explosion of blueberry and cassis with tarragon, smoked meats, and bark. Even though it is such a pleasure now I have a feeling it has a lot more to give. — 11 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.4

beautiful aromas elegant blend of 53 cs 44 me pv3 including 11% press wine 55% of vinyard went into grand vin elegance with still a tannic structure — 12 years ago