Scott Soren

9.3

This was quite pleasant. While a bit too young, this opened up to a lovely wine full of fitness and structure. Black olive and green pepper dominated this young wine with cassis and strong tannins id wait 5-7 uearsto try again. — 7 months ago

Stuart Pollack

9.2

Lovely white Bordeaux. The Semillon dominated at the beginning, finishing with lemon from the Sauvignon Blanc. Straightforward and nowhere as complex as the Malartic-Lagraviere, but a delicious bottle of wine. The nose had a great citrus and flower aroma. — 4 years ago

Sean Grullon

9.2

Archetypal Bordeaux - old world in style, but where the savory characteristics are well-integrated with common Bordeaux fruit notes. Well-structured and precise, with notes of blackberry, cassis, tobacco, cedar, and vanilla with a long, somewhat chalky finish. — 6 years ago

Alain Rothstein

9.5

Delicious gift from my Bordeaux cousin. Merci Eric! — 9 years ago

Shilling

8.9

Offered as wine by glass in the restaurant , smooth and easy drinking ...for a lunch :-) — 9 years ago

Punit Kanwar

9.2

Beautiful wine. Wonderful after taste. Slightly buttery! — 11 years ago

with Suman and Sankar

Kayla Young

10

Obviously a winner. And, older than me! — 12 years ago

Joel Lara

9.4

Decanted this for an hour and a half and reserved a glass in the bottle for the second day. These notes are based on the second day, as the flavors seemed to shine through a bit more. On the nose, aromas of blackberry and leather, although had to do quite a bit of swirling to get the aromas to come through. On the palate, beautifully deep flavors of blackberry and black currant coming through, with hints of graphite and cocoa in the background. Tannins seems pretty well integrated with good acidity, although definitely some grip on the finish. Cocoa seems to come through a bit more on the finish as well. Overall really tasty, but seems to be closing down a bit for sure. I have one more bottle, so looking forward to seeing how this tastes in 5-10 years time. — 7 months ago

Explorer

9.0

Solid nose of dark red fruits. Tannic yet silky and long finish. This is an excellent old-world merlot/cabernet blend with finesse. It can stand on its own, or be enjoyed with food as it is a little on the acidic side. — 4 years ago

Pierre Gourinchas

9.4

This is outstanding. Quite a revelation. Honeyed, citrus, ample in the mouth and a very long finale. A steal. — 8 years ago

Mohamed Ismaïl BENNANI

9.0

Housewarming ! — 9 years ago

PT

9.1

Always nice. Mellow and flavorful. — 10 years ago

Simon Tan

8.9

Deep full bodied silky taste — 11 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.5

An oldie but a goodie, great claret color, garnet with a touch of purple, a faint brick on the rim. The nose is haunting, with leather and old library page aromas, dried sweet tobacco, smoke, and roasted coffee beans. The palate is silky, expansive, with savory notes and lush and full textures. A long, elegant and broad finish. — 13 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.0

A bit austere — 7 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.0

Juan c sulaiman — 8 months ago

Jay Kline

9.0

I believe this was the second year Chateau Louviere used the Stelvin enclosure on their wines and this may have contributed positively to the experience with this bottle, considering it’s age and rather questionable provenance. The wine pours a sort of burnished gold color, slightly hazy. On the nose, the wine is a little funky with peach, orange, tangerine, lemon, yellow flowers, and wet ashy forest floor. On the palate, desiccated stone fruits and citrus fruits with some vanilla and a nutty marzipan-like thing. Medium+ acid, medium alcohol. Finish is medium+ finish, slightly bitter and slightly sherried but overall really quite satisfying and universally enjoyed. — 5 years ago

Phil Castellano

9.3

Started off a bit tight but is smoothing out nicely. Most definitely Pessac in depth of flavor and complexity. — 9 years ago

with Ashlee

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

9.0

Opens with rich brandies fruits, sans the glycerin of full fledged Christmas fruitcake. Continue with smoky fruit and herbs, cedar tobacco and saddle leather. A delicious interplay of rich fruit and hedonistic savory notes, and silky tannins. — 10 years ago

Ning Yeh

9.4

Saturday 🍷 — 11 years ago

with Addison