Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.3

First time tasted the oak was not so interfering. It may improve notably with time — 3 months ago

Conrad Green

8.9

Rounded with decent acidity — 4 months ago

Carter White

9.2

Minerality, mushrooms, a little fruit. Really dry, almost sherry like. — 6 months ago

Zack McDonald

9.3

Little dessert squirt - in ma mouf — 10 months ago

Nicholas Janson

9.0

Dark ruby, big mocha, chocolate, and raspberry on the nose. Heavy on the pallet with great gripping tannins. I love this wine. — 8 years ago

Mike Ancuta

9.4

This is only going to get better as it ages. — 9 years ago

Michael Lusk

10

Awesome desert wine — 12 years ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.0

Opening with an interesting and unique orange zest character, then moving to tilled soil. Overall a fresh and mildly spiced nose. On the palate it shows the character but it’s quite harsh to undesired at the moment. — 3 months ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2016 pours a deep ruby/purple with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe black and red fruits: cassis, blackberries, raspberries, red plum, tobacco, a touch of bell pepper, earth, old wood, and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. A classic expression of Bordeaux during a period where the lines between New and Old World have been blurred. This is tasty and showing well in its early drinking window. Drink now through 2036+. — 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 . — 7 months ago

Sylvain Rhainds

9.2

2003. Magnifique ! — 4 years ago

Patrick Derdeyn

9.3

Good old fashioned honey water. — 9 years ago

Alyssa Rapp

CEO/Founder Bottlenotes

9.5

Perfect Memorial Day toast! — 10 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2008 vintage. From a 375ml bottle. Nice but more dried fruits than last visit 01.29.23 (9.5) and drinking more "advanced." 04.04.25. — 3 months ago

A. R.

8.9

Classic, classy, and great qpr. — 4 months ago

Rufus King

9.3

Smooth, mildly astringent Bordeaux with Chateaubriand roast on Christmas night in Toronto — 6 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2014 | This Pessac Leognan delivers. Ten years old the colour is brownish. In smell lovely complexity: spices, liquorice, flint, warmth. Impressions of plums and tobacco. Surprising velvety taste, clearly a point! | paired with Cantonese beef and mango. — 10 months ago

Phil Mikhaylov

9.2

Favorite dessert wine — 8 years ago

Phil Kessling

9.3

2011, Chateau Doisy Daene, Barsac, Semillon Sauvignon Blanc. Candied tangerine, honey, apricot and excellent acidity. Too bad it was only a half bottle. Drank over 5 days and it kept getting better, more complex. — 10 years ago

Phil Kessling

9.6

2007 Petit Guiraud Sauternes. Excellent. — 12 years ago