Ellen Clifford

9.1

Velvet as can be I picture wrapping up in a purple velvet cloak (okay confession sorta-former goth I could do that right now), hiding in a cedar closet with a glass of creme de cassis, bouquet of lavender and dark music but not to dark. The more air it gets the more interesting things come out. This is the Joy Division of Stellanbosch cabs? Dark and deep yet consumer friendly. Not pop but not quite goth. — 7 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.4

The straw-gold wine offers up a nose I don't expect on a Pinot Grigio. Floral gets a check, citrus gets a check, but there’s an earthiness that sneaks in on apricot and lanolin aromas. The Meyer lemon on the palate wears a cloak of minerals and stark-raving acidity makes the wine flexible enough to go with lot of different dishes. Anything with mushrooms, shellfish or a lemon sauce will be a fine pairing. — 8 years ago

Reed Boehringer

9.3

berries and plum, good acidity and mellow tannins. another great value from K&L — 8 years ago

with Charlotte and Luke

Vijay Parikh

9.7

With three hours in the decanter this amazingly well balanced wine offers complex notes of smoke, tobacco , coffee all under a beautiful cloak of plums. Loved it — 8 years ago

Matt Trader

9.0

This is a serious bottle of Syrah, and a generous bottle of juice. 5 years have done this bottle well, stripped away the cloak and revealed a cultured, experienced character. The nose was complex, showing Rhone traits, and the smell of a wet Washington day in the forrest, stewed cherries, strawberry-rubarb jam, game, hints of clove and nutmeg, and provancal herbs. The color was just right, becoming garnet like, but still youthful. The pallet was filled with tightly knit layers of dried cherries, cocoa, and nutmeg, finishing smoothly, with a gradual decrescendo of intensity. Definitely on its plateau, and beginning it's decent during the next few years. Can't wait to try the 2011.

$24.99 — 9 years ago

Sarah O'Kelley

9.0

Such a balanced new world merlot - dark fruit & earth & chocolate. Restrained & serious. Not wearing that new world velvet cloak 😉 — 9 years ago

with M and Jesse

Fin Jams

8.9

Silky...lots of red fruits...slight salty finish — 7 years ago

Daron Watson

9.2

a potpourri of exotic spices, dried flowers & minerals cloak dark red berries who’s tartness burst onto the palate followed by a broad wall of fuzzy fine tannins — 7 years ago

October Cleveland

9.2

Ever wanted to sip essence wrung from Lindow Man's shrivelled glands? This is truly weaponised Ardbeg- an iron broadsword to the 10 yrs' bronze dagger. — 8 years ago

Dave Parker

9.2

Quite good — 8 years ago

Vijay Parikh

10

A magisterial wine opened using the Audoze method. Three and a half hours in open bottle after removing one drink in a zalto glass to maximize surface area oxygenating. Brilliantly balanced, blackberries, blueberries, red cherry in a light cloak of tobacco, the power of this wine is cloaked in a very velvety glove. Wine kept getting better in the glass for the entire meal. This will not be confused with the aromatics of a DRC or the complexity/elegance balance of an Musigny/Amiureseus. This is the 1999 vintage. Bottle likely to be good for at least two more decades! — 9 years ago

Russelton Handleberry

9.4

Stood up to a steak. 1 hr in a decanter and nice, bright, bramble fruit. Good cloak of clove & spicy fruit. Won't drink again for 5 years. Could stand 10 if I was patient. Good acid and structure for aging. — 9 years ago

Paul Coleman

9.0

Strong tannins, the edges of which are almost imperceptibly softened by the thinnest cloak of blackberry. No, make that blackberry bush, woody stems and all. — 9 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.4

Tresor is a deep ruby wine that lets the Cab come through amid four other Bordeaux varieties. The nose is laden with black and blue berries, cassis, oak spice and some pencil shavings. The palate is beautifully savory, with a cloak of olives, cigars and minerals draped over the dark fruit. — 7 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.8

This sweet Bordeaux pushes all the right buttons for a wine style that wants to be known as “more than dessert.” The rich golden hue beckons, while the nose of candied fruit is draped in a cloak of minerality. The palate certainly wants to be more than an after-dinner afterthought. The viscous mouthfeel, bracing acidity and mineral-driven flavor profile form a trio unlikely to be caught traveling together in most sweet wines. These have been doing it for centuries. — 7 years ago

Keith Lite

8.9

TE KAHU. Means the cloak. Named for the cloak of mist that covers the hills of this vineyard. Blend of cabernet shiraz and petit verdot. Grown in gravelly soil. A nice find — 8 years ago

with Ilene

Andrew S

9.2

A cloak of (perfectly ripe) fruit, minerals, and saline hang on a beam of acidity. Plenty going on, best to give it a couple years in my opinion let the youngster settle down a little- it will always be lively. — 8 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.5

What's Sinalunga? This is La Castellana! The dark wine - very dark - has aromas to match. The gorgeous nose wafts up from the glass with so much to offer, you might miss the beautiful black plum and blueberry notes. There’s also a hatful of spice and coffee and mocha and vanilla rising. Oh, and don't forget the tobacco and the little smear of tar that drags it all into savory land. On the palate, big, bold fruit blasts forward in a hail of tannins. Be sure to let it air out a good while and have some big, bold, red meat standing by to give those angry tannins something to work on. The blackberry flavors are most pronounced, but they wear a cedar-tinged cloak which is lined with a rack of spices. This is a steakhouse wine, to be sure. An Italian steakhouse. In the Napa Valley. — 9 years ago

Hao Feng

9.5

Another showcase of the summit of Meursault 1er cru terroir. Again it's powerful and concentrated in general style, but in a more subtle way with nuances of vanilla, hazelnut, light honey, yellow apple, symphonic sweetness and acidity. On the palate it tastes so mineral, sharp, focused, and the acidity evolves like a burning dagger piecing through the throat. The everlasting finish perfectly ends the concert. This Perrieres certainly has less strength than Roulot Charmes, but more elegant and subtled. — 9 years ago

Daron Watson

9.2

violets, cinnamon, blackberry patch ~ starts rich but goes finish is wrapped in a velvet cloak — 9 years ago