DE

9.5

At Clayton with a cigar big as the 96 — a month ago

Rolo

9.3

At Tutto Sag Harbor — a month ago

with Dinakar

Scott E. Becker

9.2

[Tasted on July 2, 2026 at Home]
— 2 months ago

Mary Beth Mulholland

9.2

I loved the flavor and finish of this. Great smell and one of the few deeper reds I can drink without food—but also thoroughly enjoyed it with our surf and turf dinner. Would buy again for a dinner party wine. — 2 months ago

Peggy Hadley

9.1

Tao Las Vegas — 3 months ago

with Tommy and Jim

Roman Boudou

9.8

“Why is your wine so fucking good!?” — 4 months ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

Clean fruit. Mixed peppercorn. Tasty old world Syrah. — 4 months ago

Austin Blackwell

9.2

Expressive nose with black fruits and leathery notes. Needs a decant but certainly approachable now. Nice firm tannins. — 4 months ago

with Angelina

Juan Mendez

9.7

Enjoyed at Del Frisco — 5 months ago

with Allyson

John Bratincevic

9.3

Didn’t take notes — I remember lush, graphite, and tasty. — 7 months ago

Nic Gautreaux

9.1

Drank it just in time...starting to show signs of decline but still delicious! — 12 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2020 vintage. Last tasted 5.13.26 (9.3). Another bottle picked up at $34.99 USD. Tasted over two days. Plenty of sumptuous, complementary oak in the early going that dissipates with time. Damned tariffs slid this offering from the upper $20's to the mid-$30's but still one helluva BDX bargain and a great introductory BDX for Napa/Brunello converts. Meyney killing it for affordable BDX for years. Get you some. 7.7.26. — 2 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2022 vintage. From a 375ml bottle. The St. Estèphe exception that proves the rule. Super-delicate cocoa powder with sumptuous richness throughout. Light-medium body. Cos is an outlier on the right. This is on the left. Nearly everything else is in between, hammer and nail 3D BDX...dry, dirty and distinctive. Excellent quality BDX to woo initiates with. 6.26.26. — 2 months ago

Tim O’Brien

9.3

Really good cab sav someone gave us for engagement, not bitter at all but still rich (in a good way) — 2 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Off-bottle; seemed 20 years older..: — 3 months ago

Peggy Hadley

9.0

Mizumi. Las Vegas. — 3 months ago

with Jim and Tommy

David Koenen

9.4

Gingerbread, cigar box, shoe polish, red bell pepper, fireplace, tobacco leaf, wet earth. Balanced and distinguished. A very chic and classic glass. Beautiful in it’s transition from summer notes to autumn. Drink now. — 4 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.5

Tasted at the chateau from a pristine, recorked bottle… 🙏🏻 (💯 for the privilige of this evening….)
Second bottle was less good, more soupy and evolved. — 4 months ago

Richard Sohn

9.1

Right bank — 4 months ago

Donald Williams

9.5

Don’t see this varietal on a restaurant menu very often, so I grabbed it. Great choice. With rack of lamb and braised beef short ribs, it was truly wonderful. — 6 months ago

with Bonnie

Ericsson

9.8

So much to say about this bottle. Its profile, its history, its growing rarity. And the fact that it was made at the very peak of The Patriarch’s era…

Then there is the occasion. A wine you cellar and protect, waiting patiently for the one moment worthy of all its allure.

A wine from a cooler Napa Valley, so evident in the glass it becomes mesmerizing. The freshness, the tension, the quiet authority; everything speaks of a time and place in Napa which no longer exists.

Yes, this is the kind of bottle that stays with you, not just as a wine, but as a memory. — 7 months ago

K L

9.4

Literally the best. — a month ago

with Matt

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

vintage 2020 | Totally in balance, a cedarwood charmer, laurel. Roundness. Had the swallow factor when I tasted it. — 2 months ago

Mark Purdy

9.5

Still plenty of structure, color was ruby not brown. Amazing complexity for a 79. What a treat! — 2 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 1998 pours a deep garnet/purple with an opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with positively charming notes of plum, brambles, grilled Poblano pepper, pipe tobacco, dried mixed flowers, a mix of organic and inorganic earth, fine wood and baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and savory. This is about as traditional as it gets and was simply brilliant tonight. Squarely in the zone. Drink now through 2038+. — 3 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

vintage 1986 | Brushwood in smell, soft taste, a point — 3 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.4

Post dinner party notes. Third bottle I’ve had of this and by far the best yet. Amazing. Such a complex nose, with roasted herbal notes, dark spicy fruit, earthy mineral iodine notes Tannins just about completely resolved. Length and depth for days. Wow. — 4 months ago

Michael Younkins

9.3

A truly delicious rose. I am surprised its rating is low. — 4 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

Strawberries, black cherries, dark chocolate and truffles. Very powerful. Apparently it is aged in 100% new oak, which is often not the best idea,but in this one it's perfectly integrated. Very long finish. — 4 months ago

John Van Trijp

9.7

A very powerful full bodied Pinot Noir that I like — 6 months ago