Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.2

Preliminary note: Quick coravin to check in on this sample before the weekend. Deep ruby red. On both the palate and the nose with lots of savory elements mixed in with some red berries and a little dark at the end. Some floral notes too like roses. Amazing structure and backbone. So balanced for being so young. Heavy tannins (8/10), full bodied and super long finish. Time will only help this wine and I can easily see up to another two decades from now for this wine. Killer potential and a real surprise! Can drink now with a super long decant which we will do. Drink from 2018 till 2036. 92+

Already starting to open up with some more dark berries on the nose. Also some good spices coming through on the palate. — 8 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.3

2009 vintage, Le Clos from Coravin. Medium ruby hue. On the nose, medium plus intensity of blackberry, sloe, pencil shavings, smoke and savoury spices. Some pyrazines and leafiness. There's some pleasant development - mainly leather and earth. Nice complexity despite its youth. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium body, medium tannin - chewy. Medium alcohol and long savoury, black fruity finish. Delicious. There's a real tang on the mid palate and with air there's more smoke and savoury tones than at first blush. Classic Clos Rougeard. Drink now until 2026+. 93/100 — 9 years ago

Rob Moose

9.0

I feel like I always want this in my fridge. A great coravin companion. Delicious and just the right amount of grip. A drinker! — 10 years ago

Peter Mallon

9.4

2008 tasted via Coravin on 1-10-2015. Perfumed nose, elegant, light bodied Napa Cab. Smooth tannins, matching perfectly with grass-fed Tbone. Will get better with time. Beautiful now. — 10 years ago

Brad Baumgarten

9.7

Thank you coravin! Couldn't afford a bottle like this but got to taste. Outstanding! Black cherry with some smokiness. Great length, very powerful. Best bouquet I've ever experienced. Hope to drink again some day. — 11 years ago

Geoff Kruth

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Farmhouse Inn, Owner Lost & Found Wines

9.8

Opening 3 bottles of this over the course of a month to they the new Coravin. Great wine too!!! — 12 years ago

Eric Egan

9.5

Another level... Still dense at the core, with steady, attractive bricking: Wonderfully dense nose of blackcurrents, pencil shavings, fine tanned leather, and a hint of woodland floor (fine moss, leaves, and fresh soil after an autumn shower). Velvety tannins and great acidity. Along with the '66 this is one of my all-time favourite Bordeaux vintages. Seems to be keeping up better than the '61s I've had over the last few years!

We drank half of it from the coravin before waxing the top in case the cork had lost too much elasticity to self-seal. I'll have the rest with my brother in a few weeks' time! — 9 years ago

Randy

9.1

Smooth & delicious chilled sake. Great value — 9 years ago

Katie Klein

9.0

Yum💕 grapefruit & hoppy — 10 years ago

Warren Pattison

9.0

Blackberries and cassis having an orgy. Deep purple coloring. Incredible depth. So many layers. Tannins still integrating but silky smooth. Cedar. Sampled via Coravin. — 10 years ago

with Ray

Rob Moose

10

Holy. Fuck. via Coravin — 11 years ago

Tommy Fogarty

Owner Thomas Fogarty Winery

9.8

Coravin treatment 4 months ago, opened bottle last night with about 1/3 left. Beautiful, lush layered black fruit buried in a forgotten laundry hamper. — 12 years ago

Tatiana Reeder

9.4

Af Mashiko (aka Sushi Whore) in West Seattle — 12 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.4

This is one of the best old cabs I have had In a long time. Tried to coravin but cork wasn't up@to snuff Popped it and it was singing. Red cherry and earth. This is the wine that made me fall in love with wine in the 1985 vintage. I should@go back on this list — 9 years ago

with David

Stuart Robinson

9.3

Out of Coravin - sublime. — 9 years ago

Ryan Wofford

9.5

Earthy fruit Jose jumps out, washes the palate with delicately balanced bold cherry flavors. Long finish from med+ acidity. #love #merrychristmas #coravin — 9 years ago

Edward Zimmerman

9.6

#raveneau remains ravishing 9 months after @coravin w/ @mooseofrob #chablis — 10 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.8

Month after original coravin access

Charcuterie, lavender, plum skins and blue berry thyme and love. 11's ripeness level makes it accessible early but this wine has a decade in it at least. — 11 years ago

Cameron Vawter

9.6

30 days after coravin. Cooler vintage really nice aromatics. Wine still fresh. — 11 years ago

Jesse Doebereiner

9.1

Not the one but not bad. Definitely drinkable — 12 years ago