David Singer

Sommelier/Wine Educator LibationEducation

8.9

Well named. Hard pressed to not think this was a modern style St Joseph. Ripe fruit, opens up to more tertiary notes and herbs. Well crafted. — 7 years ago

James

9.4

Minerally and flavorful. Great value — 8 years ago

Jiga Hitorn

9.1

Green violet blueberry juice — 9 years ago

John Kanellopoulos

8.9

Very nice Haut Medoc, good body, maturing Yannis, great color solid left bank Bordeaux — 9 years ago

Ben Cane

Head Winemaker, Westwood Wines, Sonoma CA

9.5

Wow! Great year, intense dense and nuanced all at once. Earth spice and lifted violet perfume — 10 years ago

Howard Yang

9.5

Medium to dark burgundy in color, edge showing some brick hue, smells of anise, violet, cinnamon, white pepper and fig, medium to full body, very refined sweet tannin, started out slightly muted with high acidity, takes more than an hour to open up, tastes of cedar, tobacco, clove, black cherry, black berry, and anise, extremely smooth and balanced mouthfeel, with a long and lingering finish. Beautiful! — 10 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.3

Nicola catena is the Robert Mondavi of Mendoza they advanced in 15 years what it took the rest of the world 200 years to get to this level. They take from the five family vineyards for this wine. The historic rows are now put on the label. This is the best vineyards and they look for the best location in those vineyards Angelica named after his mother and this is the mother clone material. All the wineries built in Spanish or Italian architecture. Dark berry fruit blackberry and blueberry fruit with notes of licorice spice dark tobacco spice. Another vineyard has a dessert effect because of its low altitude this site gives it structure. Adrianna vineyards is one of the highest and this is the most important violet flowers and freshness and acidity — 11 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.2

Medium ruby color and a pronounced nose of raspberry, violet and a spice note reminiscent of sandalwood incense. Lovely medium body with silky texture. Good acid balance for food pairing and a long lovely finish. Wonderful evocation of serious Beaujolais — 8 years ago

Ola Ellnestam

9.1

Granny Smith. Äpple. Stall säger Tobbe. — 9 years ago

with Tobias

Rebecca Fletcher

9.3

Black cherry, red cherry, sweet cherries, strawberry and violet. M- acid, cranberry, red cherry. M/m+ tannin. Saline. M+ balance. — 9 years ago

James Lake

9.2

Aroma of plastic and gooseberries and Lemon. Slight funkiness like musky grape skins. Taste nice medium body. Good acidity medium. Slight salinity hints oh lemon custard. Currents. — 10 years ago

Slim Mello

9.0

Black fruits with a hint of violet
Great body!
Some spices
I really liked it! — 10 years ago

Masafi

9.2

Mardi 2 Décembre 2014 — 10 years ago

Chris England

9.3

One of my favourite 🇨🇱 wines 👍 @ £55 worth every penny - great now but will be superb in 4-5yrs 😎

🍇 93% Cab S & 7% Cab F

🍷 Dark ruby

👃 Blackcurrant & dark cherry smoke oak mist w/ cocoa mocha condensation dripping off your nasal hairs whilst walking in a mineral infused violet field

👄 Full bodied plump bursting blackcurrant & plum that's silky smooth through a creamy mocha shell

🎯 Long dark fruit & cocoa teeth stain — 8 years ago

Michael Hildebrand

9.2

Good gear — 9 years ago

Paul Heyrman

8.9

Nice claret — 9 years ago

Young Bock Lee

9.4

deep, dense perfume of violet, lavender. dried cherries, hint of muddy soil. balanced among fruitness, acidity(med plus), structure. med plus tannin. lovely! — 10 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.4

1983 vintage. At The Ledbury - paired with lamb course. Fantastic nose - mature and developed. Cedar, leather, dried rose and violet petals, ripe plums and blackcurrants, sous-Bois - complex. On the palette, medium body, medium plus acidity and concentration, medium tannins - fully integrated and gorgeously textured. Very long finish. Complex and elegant. A great example of an '83. — 10 years ago

DrinkBordeaux

9.6

Impressive complexity and concentration. Nose of dark ripe fruit, truffle, and violet. Silky smooth palate, round tannins. Enjoyable now, but will really improve with time! — 10 years ago

Max Coane

9.2

Crushed violet. Leather. Dried red fruit. Killer if not still a touch tannic — 12 years ago