Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Liquid gold 😍 — 13 days ago

Tyler Felous

9.2

So fresh. Peppery. Great length. Delicious — 23 days ago

Tom Heckert

9.2

Wine auction winner. Smooth and subtle. Finish to match. Cherry tobacco notes. Paired with grilled ribeye steaks — 21 days ago

Joe Weinberger

9.4

This was still incredibly youthful. Would never have guessed ‘89. — 5 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.2

Different style showing up here after a few months since I had one. — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.2

Cesar leal jvarela , cramos, mgallego — 2 months ago

Tam Chambers

9.5

Work flow in Boston — 2 months ago

Shay A

9.2

Annual birthday WWC hosting. As normal, 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds, 1 dessert, all presented blind.

Fun to open birth year wines around your birthday, especially when you can do a Bordeaux and Napa side by side. While not a great vintage, this held up well after a few hours and presented as expected. Clean and zero Brett. Great color! Deep ruby with hardly any bricking. Leather, cassis, vanilla pipe tobacco on the nose. Sporting a good bit of dusty red and black fruits (mostly tart raspberries and blackberries), there was a little savory truffle note mixed with an herbal and mocha finish. Still quite grippy. Pretty. — a month ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.6

Almost perfect. Stewed fruit, great bitterness, extremely round and perfect tannins. Close to a grand cru burgundy in a good year with 10-15 years of age. — a month ago

Bryan Kesting

9.4

Thank you, Matt. Really enjoyed this one… — 2 months ago

with Matthew

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

Cena cna ugrch — a month ago

Anne Meijers

9.5

Structured and what a length! — 2 months ago

romo

9.3

So fckn good. 20 Bojo. Get on it. — 2 months ago

Jan A

9.5

Over three years since I opened up the first bottle. Still young-ish but much easier to drink after a quick decant of half an hour. All the typical scents and taste of C9DP. Very balanced. Clearly from a warm climate but retaining ample freshness. Like it a lot. Hope I can keep my hands off it in the coming years to check in on the remaining bottles every couple of years — 3 months ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

Massive wine. Seems to be built for the long haul. — a month ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.6

Precise, minty, fresh. Subtle on the entrance then arrives a great weight. Quite tipical Ducru-Beaucaillou even tho is lacking a form of depth to make it very great. It’s probably just that bit too austere. — 25 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Jesus o augusto jason mazf lalo o diego jeff — a month ago

Garen Staglin

9.8

Amazing. Fruit acid and balance. — 24 days ago

Jay Kline

9.4

From magnum, the 1996 Grande Année pours a brilliant pale gold color with a persistent mousse. Initially, the wine showed more oxidative notes but it freshened up considerably with air (in fact, a tiny amount was leftover for the next morning and it remained brilliant, racy even!). On the nose, notes of almond, citrus, honey, chalky minerals and brioche. On the palate, wine is developing with absolutely brilliant acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and zippy. The 1996 vintage is simply amazing. Here we are, 28 years past vintage and this bright and full of life! Granted, it’s a magnum, but still. Drink now with patience or enjoy through 2046+. — 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.6

This was most of the groups 2nd favorite LT next to the 00. Ready now — 3 months ago