Really good rose — a year ago
Bright medium ruby with quite thin ruby , garnet rim . Quite closed with sweet cassis , touch of clove and ash , violet , dark cherry , wet stone . On the palate more of the cassis and spicy blackberry notes , dark cherry , but mineral and saline also , touch of slate , tobacco . Quite lean and refreshing, balanced alcohol . Quite high acidity and grippy tannin . Good mineral and cassis tinged finish . Elegant and refined . Needs a bit of time , will probably improve over the next 5-8 years and will last well a further 10 or so . — 2 years ago
What do you think? — 6 years ago
Delicious wine for dinner with red meat or to drink alone. — 8 years ago
Full bodied and spicy. Great with grilled ribs — 9 years ago
Shannon brought. Loved!
Regular edition did not love. Kept awake. — 9 years ago
I could smell this wine for days. Saline, iodine, almond skin, white asparagus. Shimmery aromatic intensity. — 11 years ago
カベルネソーヴィニヨン嫌いなアタシでもスッと飲める!かなり好みかも。 — 13 years ago
Still lovely after all these years. — 8 months ago
Balanced with front fruit and decent body. No overpowering aspects. — 10 months ago
For the low price give it a 9 — 5 years ago
2015 disgorgement. I’d be interested to see dosage levels, as it tastes a bit sweet. Maybe extra dry. Strawberries and cream, a hint of nutmeg, some nectarine. Better than I expected honestly — 6 years ago
Jake is super great and so is this wine. Weeknight pizza wiiiiiiiine. — 7 years ago
Funky yet light and fruity. — 8 years ago
Got ou classed by sum baller Cote Rotie!! Contextual embarrassment 🤭 — 9 years ago
Went very nicely on sunny evening with grilled trout — 11 years ago
A dense glass-staining purple, the '06 Charles Smith Syrah 'Royal City' is a monumental wine. Big, pungent aromas of game, truffles, black olives and dried fruits exploded from the glass. Complex, but still seamlessly balanced. The tastes stayed on the palate for a seemingly infinite length of time. Simply wonderful! — 13 years ago
Bought in Florida with Erica - full bodied wine - — 8 months ago
15th anniversary bubbles 🥂 — 10 months ago
Are with beef, great flavor - rich and delightful — a year ago
Love this wine! Not too sweet. — 6 years ago
An extraordinary bottle that is a near-perfect blanc de blancs. Medium gold in color, the wine has a beautiful mousse even at 25 years of age, with fine bubbles and a tantalizing aroma conveying powerful primary, secondary and tertiary notes. The nose shows fresh and preserved lemon, green and golden apple, acacia, hawthorn, hazelnut, wet stone and flint. On the palate, the wine is dry but has a wonderful medium-bodied richness. There is vibrant, high acidity that gives the wine great energy. Flavors include smoke, flint, wet stone, preserved lemon, green apple, golden apple, dried acacia, hazelnut, and a hint of roasted coffee along with a pleasant saline quality. The wine has a very long finish and is compelling to drink now though it can certainly age for another decade or more. Outstanding. — 6 years ago
Nice fruits and minerality. Lingering finish. Not fully integrated. Needs some time to settle down. — 9 years ago
Bold Cab with a smooth finish. Recommend with red meat or big flavor dish. — 11 years ago
Really like this one- have had it lots of times — 12 years ago
A home run every time!! Turned Pat into a wine snob. Can't go wrong, regardless of the year! — 13 years ago
Donald Williams
Got away with more aging than recommended. Still lovely. — 8 months ago