Mark Strawn

9.1

Delectable is wrong. 53% Syrah, 32 Mourvèdre, 15% Grenache. 100% Torrin vyd — 9 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

Christine Havens

9.2

Named after the venerable Widow Clicquot herself, La Grande Dame Brut 2006 is a blend of 53% Chardonnay and 47% Pinot Noir. The nose is expressive—bioche dipped in honey, baked apple and a whisp of smoke hanging above richer aromas. The attack is deep and vinous, and there is a lovely creaminess at the center. It finishes nicely, with dried honey and chalk emerging when the bubbles have at last ceased. Tasted at Veuve Clicquot's visitor's center. 8 grams dosage | Sample — 10 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

Magdalena Spirydowicz

9.0

2013 Grange aux Belles juicy and bloody at the same time — 11 years ago

Toni Vanston

10

53 Toni birthday at Girasol Studio City — 12 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

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. — 9 years ago

Marc S

9.1

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

João Gomes

9.0

This is what a good oak use is all about — 10 years ago

Mike Ancuta

9.5

An incredible cognac with a unique aging process. — 10 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.2

Restrained - like a fino with less alcohol. — 11 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. — 12 years ago

Diedra West

9.6

Diedra had this 13 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 — 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

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. — 10 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 — 11 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
— 11 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