Mikeycaru

9.2

Dark in the glass, Coup De Grace fades from a deep red/purple, almost black at it's inner core to a bright pomegranate rim. On the nose bright red berry, fig, licorice, sage and oak accents. The wine is rich and full of character with blackberry, licorice, spice and earth notes intertwined with soft oak flavors.
Blend: 64% Zinfandel, 19% Petite Sirah, 11% Petit Verdot, 6% Cabernet Franc not to mention 15.5% alcohol but very smooooth! — 7 years ago

Cody Short

9.9

I've had this several times but it's been a few years and this has really evolved beautifully. Still a fairly big wine but it wears it's weight with such grace. Wonderful notes of tobacco, graphite, leather and forest floor. This will last for many, many years and may actually improve over the near future but absolutely no shame in drinking now with some air. A truly memorable wine that made the evening incredibly special. — 8 years ago

with Holli

Karen Tripson

9.4

Love this wine! — 8 years ago

Kirk Ellis

8.9

Nice wine with Lyon Chicken with Vinegar Sauce. #foodandwine — 8 years ago

Alexandre Calvi

9.2

Lush and ripe black plumb, chewy tannins great acidity for a warm vintage from a great secteur, la Grace Dieu of St Emilion, awesome with the cuisine of the great restaurant "l'envers du décor". — 8 years ago

Laura Francis

9.0

Classic black tea and violet notes. Can't ever seem to get enough Cab Franc. — 9 years ago

Jordan Gianelli

9.4

Always delighted to have this wine in my home. A very even expression, not a vibrant nor flashy wine, but the subtle power and grace of the dark fruits playfully transition towards dark red fruits on the back with classic spiced and graphite like noes. — 9 years ago

Nat

9.0

Mmmm Nice Wine :) — 10 years ago

Tom P

9.4

82.5. Good typically dusty st Emilion. Was still drinking good and young. — 10 years ago

jerod peitsmeyer

9.7

what a surprise. balance. beauty. grace. most 05 walla walla wines have fallen apart or stink of oak. this is classy — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.1

Great stuff, Napa Cabernet with a well knit structure of grace and power. Dark red core with red edges this was ready to go from the pull of the cork. Graphite, currants and black cherry, a dollop of oak. A long fleshy finish with medium grain silky and ripe tannins. — 11 years ago

Martin G Rivard

10

@David A Lentine @Bill Bender @Ron R @Joe Lucca @Jody Scharf @Howard Greenfield @Holli Greenfield @Eric Shanks @Patrice Breton @Brian Messineo @Greg Ballington @Mark Carter @Drew Feinberg @Jason Chang @Jim Trobaugh @Paul T @Terri Walker @Kimberly Anderson @Kirk Alexander If this isn't a 100 point bottle of wine and a "10" Pic........I don't know what is!!! 💯💯😍😍💯💯. Some of you may remember the post that I did back in March over a truly incredible bottle of 2012 Nine Suns. I took a Picture of the cork that said "we love you already". My 1st granddaughter!! The angel is just a few days old. She's already leaning for a sip of Verite!!! Smart Girl!!! I actually sent a text to my friend Howard right after I opened it and told him "I don't get it". I gave it four hours and boy was I wrong. Truly seamless, truly integrated, true perfection. It's young and needed a little time. My friend Kirk tells me all the time "the sign to a great bottle is that nothing stands out". That's because everything is seamlessly integrated." He's 100% correct. This fires on all cylinders but does it eloquently with finesse and grace. The only thing you have to focus on is not what is evident and in your face but what can be relished through countless layers of taste profiles. All I can say to this is Bravo!! 1st and foremost to my daughter and her little Angel Colette. 😇. — 8 years ago

Cody Short

9.2

Still drinking great after all these years. Dominus ages with such grace — 8 years ago

with Suzanne and Holli

Cameron Myhrvold

9.3

2009 Sheridan Cab Franc
I liked this. Great fruint and concentration. Drinking it now it is clearly a little early. This will be better in a few years. Great stuff hut a little rough around the edges. If another 5 years calms it down and adds some grace it will be killer stuff. — 8 years ago

Collin Moody

9.3

Hay, beautiful fruit but this win is all about structure and rustic grace — 8 years ago

with Brendan

Will Rogers

9.6

Dinner with Nathan, Sarah, Kristin and Grace in St Simon's Island — 9 years ago

Thierry POUSSIN

9.2

2011 - Terroirs et Lieux Dits de Loire- Les Poyeux — 9 years ago

with Christophe

Nicole Bulow

9.3

Amy Winehouse. Becky and doug wine dinner — 9 years ago

Matthew Plympton

Founder/Partner Revel Wine

9.5

2013. 55% Cab Franc, 25% Malbec and 20% Merlot. Magnum only. — 10 years ago

Mike Dombrow

Buyer Sunfish Cellars

9.2

It's got tension and grace. Wunderbar. — 10 years ago

Ying Mo

9.6

Buttery Chardonnay. Mach well with sweetness of Japanese food. — 10 years ago

Lori Wilkinson

9.6

This is an excellent bottle of wine to drink after your husband crashes your brand new car into the side of our garage door. No he was not drinking prior to said accident — 8 years ago

mattswineworld

9.6

Many winemakers try to make Cabernet Franc taste like Cabernet Sauvignon. Here's a winemaker making a Cabernet Sauvignon that's more like a Loire Cabernet Franc. With red and black fruits, smoke, spice, and dry tannins, this is a stunning, complex, restrained example of Cabernet Sauvignon in its purest form. — 8 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.8

Here is the epitome of the Cheval Blanc style. The nose is a fragrant medley of ripe fruit, licorice, raspberries, a little smokiness, and floral notes. It is fairly dense and powerful as it opens, and the high percentage of Cabernet Franc with which it was made is evident. It is sweet yet undeniably elegant, red cherries, plums and herbs past the mid palate. The smooth tannins are charming, and the lively yet balanced acidity gives it great lift. The finish usually exceptional, was just a little dry on this showing, though it didn’t undermine the lovely symphony between fruit, acid and tannin. Asian spices and coffee lap at the palate in the aftermath. Overall, a wine of remarkable intensity that also has an ethereal grace that almost reminds you in that aspect of great Lafite. It is a signature Cheval Blanc of great breed and elegance. — 8 years ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.2

Youthful, with loads of red fruit, cedar/tobacco and tannins. Signature Red Willow profile without the heavy extraction and concentration. This will reward a few years in the cellar. — 8 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.6

Power and grace and poise. Always knows when and how to push the intensity of the fruit without getting heavy. A very lifting wine. — 8 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.5

Wonderful showing, though it needed a half hour or so in a decanter to compose itself and freshen up. Initially it seemed more autumnal than the 2000 was recently and I wondered whether it might have been better a few years ago. No, not at all, this is on a whole other level from the bottle I had in 2009, and those extra 5 years in the bottle are paying dividends in terms of maturity relative to the 2000. It has a deep tobacco flavor along with some cedar and lead pencil that almost give it some Left Bank personality, except that it cuts a much more slender figure. It has a pleasantly bitter streak like shades of the green pepper that sometimes arises in Loire cabernet franc, but that savory snap of bitterness isn't actually accompanied by anything green. Ultimately it pushes some of the buttons of a Loire wine while also serving as a reminder of what makes Bordeaux so inimitable at the end of the day. For all its wild flavors checking off all the boxes of animal, mineral, and vegetable, this is still an exceptionally classy bottle of wine, even aristocratic in its elegance and grace. There is no doubt this is from a privileged terroir, and the time in the bottle seems like it is confounding the easy style dichotomies. It is at the age where it doesn't make sense anymore to call it a "traditional Bordeaux," it is just Bordeaux, textbook Bordeaux that got itself right in the zone without breaking a sweat. — 9 years ago

Benjamin Parniuk

9.2

What a unique blend! Cherry and cranberry grace your palate. But it's slightly inky on the nose. Fresh and tingly tannins. At first, funky but it blows of to total drink ability. — 9 years ago

with Rachel

Mike Dombrow

Buyer Sunfish Cellars

9.0

Loverly little Cab Franc. Softish with rounded corners but a beautiful little funky caboose. — 10 years ago

with Jeff

Andrew G

9.1

Smooth coffee aromas, very youthful, medium tannins with a light finish. Low acidity. Will age with grace - cellar keeper. — 10 years ago