Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.6

Dark cherries and cloves prevail on the nose, then you start to dig in into a very layered nose. Complex and broad spectrum.
On the mouth it is supple and creamy, mid palate is beautiful and rich. The closing is somewhat lifting and refreshing with rose and strawberry flavors overcoming the pleasant bitterness.
An excellent wine for the vintage.
It won’t be immediate. Bit it’ll be a nice surprise in the years to come.
95-97. — a month ago

Doug Powers

9.3

Beautiful dry Vouvray Chenin Blanc, color suggests it’s fully mature, though I think it will still improve, long, lingering finish, very fine!! — 3 months ago

with Jim

Ely Cohn

9.5

The difference 40 years makes is maybe just a thin wooly blanket.

Pull it back and this thing's full of life - bright, vibrant, gas in the tank.

It’s brighter yellow than tired gold. Theres more fruit than decay. Sour apricots and yellow canned peaches, white popcorn and greasy bacon, and that foggy musk.

Acid rips through and does not give. Barely sweet with the demi-sec tag thats written right there but I'm not buying it.

Tonight this is 40 years old, just gettin' goin, just like me. — 4 months ago

Alex Gordon

9.8

Still has many years of cellaring ahead but delicious esp when decanted. Dark and rich. — 5 months ago

CailenRachel

9.0

Low acid, red currant, pretty tame. Oaky on the nose, easy drinking, medium bodied, ashy, tannings. Good! — 9 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

What an amazing grape is Chenin Blanc. We had a delicious dry version from WA earlier in the week and now this gorgeous 39 year old Vouvray from the Loire Valley in half bottle. Not really sweet enough to be called a dessert style - spatlese at best. Mid to pale gold. Toasty notes with pear and mouldy apple. On the palate incredibly fresh and vibrant for its age. Notes of pineapple and a little acid to keep it going in the cellar if desired but hard to beat right now. A great accompaniment to foie gras. One of the 1001 Wines. A wonderful experience. — 10 months ago

Philip Dobrin

9.2

Dominus 94 won out this night. A little muted on the palate but smells right — 5 years ago

Michael Meyer

9.0

Better on second night; but RP must've had something completely different. — 9 years ago

Nelson Franklin

10

Super floral, super delicious. Serve chilled. — 10 years ago

Eric Newhouse

9.3

Not a lot of fruit left, but a little cigar box, a little funk, and smooth as silk. — 11 years ago

Angie Forbes

9.6

6 corners wine <$20. Very drinkable — 2 months ago

Ruud Verhagen

9.3

both this 2020 as the 2019 vintage are stunning. Nothing out of balance from start to finish, good nose, elegant palate, smooth and fresh, a treat to drink now and in the future. (93+) — 3 months ago

Dmitry Muzychak

9.0

Выпито 23.02.25 дома с Ириной. Cru bourgeois 2016 года 0.375 зашло легко. Грустный день… — 3 months ago

Mike Coffey

Independent Wine Consultant & Sommelier

9.1

Great wine, very approachable and powerful. I had this with a good bolognese but needed a ribeye. Highly recommended — 4 months ago

Jay Bergesen

9.2

Really quite good. Drinks well above its price. Fragrant nose. Medium body. Classic. — 5 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

For our reception, I packed a magnum of this in 2007 into my suitcase.. Same as it was that night, it is tonight. Every 750ml I/we have had since then has better than the magnum I brought. The magnum was good, but a touch broken down. This is in amazing shape. Storage is everything w/ wine of this age.

The nose was straight up brighter, aged fruit profile with mushrooms, sweetened led pencil & barnyard. Beautiful. Classic 80’s seminole Bordeaux. 48 years from inception & 46 years in bottle, amazing.

Happy anniversary Sofia! ❤️ you endlessly!

This is a perfect example of why I love Bordeaux. — 8 months ago

Ryan Colthorp

8.9

This is solid. Dry. Cantaloupe. Strawberries. — 3 years ago

Richard Gross

9.0

Better than the bottle I had a year ago and 2 years ago. Seems like it’s gotten to a mature plateau — 5 years ago

Meg

9.0

In an attempt to "hang" with my wine distributor friend tonight, I ventured out of my comfort zone with this syrah grenache blend and was pleasantly surprised. RP-kissed this one for a reason - big and bold - aromatic - a very good value drinkable. Paired nicely with my salmon and spinach salad. By day, I seek value in the bond market to pass along to my customers, so this got me thinking: what is/are the best value wine(s) you're drinking right now?? #sharethelove — 9 years ago

Paul CArlisle

9.3

Poast shrubbery 🌾🏉🚬🚸✳️♨️ — 10 years ago

Paul Pacis

10

Apple, pear, Very Good, would definitely get again — 2 months ago

A. R.

8.9

Classic, classy, and great qpr. — 3 months ago

Jon Huang

9.0

Balanced red blend. — 3 months ago

Tracy Hall

9.5

Initially Raspberry tart and Brett in a good way. Cork is amazing! Rich thick chewy mouthfeel. Fruit and wood still very prominent and well integrated. Surprised this has really held up well. — 4 months ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.5

Meaty. Amazing nose intense aromas. — 5 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Quite bright medium ruby , ruby pink rim . Quite elegant and reserved , some red cherry, violet , summer fruits , scorched earth , touch of spice . On the palate quite elegant also , summer fruits, blackberry , blackcurrant , red plum . Good balanced acidity , herbal touches on the medium length , saline tinged finish . Quite polished but still grippy tannins . This is showing well , especially with food , but has a relatively long future , from now and over the next 5-10 years. A very successful second wine . — 5 months ago

Bill Morgan

9.0

Decanted but still needs time to open Smooth tannins muted red berries. An hour after decanting the wine was delicious. — 10 months ago

Olga Stelmashenko

9.0

Bath hotel dinner 2021 for parents 60th birthdays. Soft and easy drinking, well balanced and smooth — 4 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.2

Why is everyone sad that Copain sold to KJ? I predict that the prices will be better and the quality will be more consistent. Don't make me remind you of the 2015 rose which was completely reductive to the point that I had to send cases back to the distributor. It didn't even blow off after 2 days! Anyways, this is a good bottle. When these are too young, they taste like warhead candy, but with just a few years on them, they taste like perfect black berries that just now became ripe. Also, Ray blind tasted me on this and I called it down to the producer. — 9 years ago

with Raymond

Nathan Bodin

10

2009! Fantastic now. Will be unstoppable when it lays down 10 years — 10 years ago