Mary Wilson

9.4

Perhaps a deluxe pairing with (excellent) grilled cheese sandwich, but oh so delicious. Rich, earthy, complex. — 5 years ago

Chris England

9.4

23 year old St Estephe @ £115 that’s drinking rather lovely right now 👍

📍 Chateau Montrose 1995

🏵 94 points

🍇 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc & 1% Petit Verdot

🍷 Dark garnet ruby

👃 Minerals, gravel, pencil lead, earth & wet leaves through stewed spiced blackcurrant, prune, date & plum w/ farmyard, liquorice, herbs, smoke, leather, mocha & black tea 😍

👄 Med body of deluxe smooth silky blackcurrant, plum & red berry in dark mocha, minerals & black tea

🎯 Med earthy dark aged mashed fruit coating w/ mineral tea linger
— 7 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.3

Acid here is beautiful, holds the sweetness from the buttered toffee and salted caramel in check. — 7 years ago

with David

Jody Scharf

9.5

So I was that guy who got buried in snow. 23" to be exact. But but yes I have a super duper deluxe major generator. However still sucks. Ok so have this wine. Behrens Cab. Delicious. Loved every mofoin drop. — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.8

1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣4️⃣

🗞 1Gb cost $10k, ❌ Apartheid, GM food
🎵 I like to Move it, All I Want for🎄Is You
🎥 Shawshank Redemption, The 🦁 King, Pulp Fiction
🗣 Life is like a box of 🍫, you never know what you're gonna get
🌍 5.56B

Stunning top year Rioja @ £95 & full of life 😁

🍷 Garnet cherry w/ brick edge

👃 Soft smoked creamy vanilla infused oak into cherry w/ balsamic & prune

👄 Med silky body of deluxe smooth vanilla & cherry w/ a light balsamic & cocoa kiss

🎯 Long vanilla cocoa balsamic cherry lip 💗 — 8 years ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.3

Där kom den. Matchampagnen deluxe. Supermycket fatkaraktär. Smörig och perfekt till hamburgaren. — 9 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.5

With family roots to BV over decades of winemaking, the style shows in this wine. A black fruit dominant wine. The finish on this wine makes SURE you don't miss the Rutherford dust, as it is ABUNDANT. For someone wanting to learn about Classic Napa and, further, classic Rutherford wine, **THIS** is the wine to serve. This wine is right on par with Wm. Harrison for Rutherford gem deluxe. And crafted in the nuclear style. This one can hold for 20 years easily. Well done Raymond and Steve. Fantstic Napa cab. — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.5

Fab 05 top Rioja @ £70-100 in a great year & a fav of mine - will keep improving but great now 😉 Awesome 2020-30 👍

📍 Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 2005

🏵 95 points w/ 96-98 potential

🍇 89% Tempranillo & 11% Mazuelo

🍷 Deep ruby

👃 Soft oak through dark spiced berries, currants & cherry with creamy vanilla, light smoked tobacco, leather, mocha, coconut, mint & balsamic into choc cherry gateaux w/ a bit of date coming through

👄 Med+ body of deluxe silky smooth creamy stewed rich dark cherry driven fruits all perfectly balanced w/ thick cocoa cream, vanilla & balsamic touch

🎯 Long seductive oak, cocoa, balsamic & dark fruit cherry boom linger — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.4

A fab Barbaresco @ £104 that’s drinking lovely already but will be fab in a few more years to ease tannins 😉

📍La Spinetta Gallina 2011

🏵 94 points

🍷 Ruby garnet w/ brick edge

👃 Explodes in a Zalto burg glass w/ smokey tobacco mashed cherry, soggy earth, red flower potpourri & sweaty leather w/ spiced blackberry & plum tones

👄 Med body of deluxe creamy earthy cherry, liquorice & slight bitter mocha w/ red berry fruits & a touch of tannin dryness

🎯 Long slight dry earthy mocha cherry liquorice 💥 — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.8

2️⃣0️⃣0️⃣3️⃣

🗞 Paris Hilton 🎥, Human genome, SARS, Columbia 🚀
🎵 In Da Club, Hey Ya!
🎥 LOTR3, Finding Nemo
🗣 What's going on is the end of Silicon Valley as we know it. The next big thing ain't computers
🌍 6.326B

One of the best Krugs I’ve had - superb!

ID: 313044 Disg’d Summer’13 £189

🍷 Golden brown straw

👃 Heady baked vanilla brioche, smokey oak, charred orange zest, honey baked almond, mineral & caramel

👄 Med bodied fine mousse of deluxe creamy citrus baked biscuit, minerals, honey & caramel apple

🎯 Long dry citrus/apple brioche/biscuit mineral cream caramel smile — 8 years ago

Anna Soco

10

Yas yas yaaaasss! Super deluxe birthday Riesling. — 8 years ago

with Melanie

Adam Reinhard

9.0

Not super refined, but delightfully nutty — 8 years ago

Antoine Pin

Wine Buyer Kroger/QFC

9.1

Amrut is now producing a really good dark rum that will follow in the footsteps of the Fusion Scotch. Nice. — 9 years ago

Amy Yan

9.0

Yummy sparking rose with a slight kick — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.6

Twas a peaceful day reading my emails when up pops 📬 @gabymeeetswine @vilaviniteca saying fine sir 👀 we have a rather delightful Priorat for your perusal @ €121 to which I said 🗣 Stick that fine beverage on back of ye olde Spanish bull pronto & stampede those fine juices to my way - Ole 🐂💨

📍 Clos Martinet 2005

🏵 96+ points - in a beautiful place now & should be drop dead gorgeous in 3-4 years 😉 Phwoor cone here bully bully bully 🐂 A proper nice Priorat 😍

🍇 Grenache, Carignan, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Merlot

🍷 Deep dark ruby

👃 A gorgeous chocolate cherry & raspberry gateaux in a glass w/ crushed mineral sprinkles, a soft oak base, soggy earth sauce & a blackcurrant compote on the side

👄 Med body of deluxe silky creamy oozy dark cherry, blackcurrant & raspberry w/ a chocolate chaser & fine light dry minerals

🎯 Long mineral infused creamy chocolate cake filled with cherry, raspberry & blackcurrant
— 7 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.1

Piggybacking on @Anthony Lombardi ‘s music/wine combinations, this Pfalz Riesling is gorgeous, a perfect accompaniment to ghosht kari, along with Sade’s masterpiece song suite Love Deluxe. White peach, bracing acidity, petrol, salinity, extraordinarily bright golden hue...amazing QPR. — 8 years ago

with Alsu

somesomm

9.8

First class Hunter Valley Shiraz. Medium to full bodied with generous Blue and red fruits (blueberry, black cherry black plum). There’s hints of exotic spices coffee and vanilla Bean from deluxe French oak. The tannin is ripe and fine making for excellent texture. Long and luscious. This wine still has many years to offer. — 8 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

Barbera deluxe en mag. Dark young fruit, stewed fig, coffee bean, elm. — 8 years ago

Robert Torretti

9.2

Excellent Condrieu with some age on it. Served a little cold at first but as it warmed on the table, developed a beautiful fragrant nose. Good weight that combined well with the roasted Chicket (Poule Deluxe). — 8 years ago

with Suprotik

Chris England

9.2

💥 2nd wine to La Chapelle @ €71 that could be a 1st wine in its own right 👍

🍇 100% Syrah

🍷 Deep opaque ruby purple red

👃 Creamy ripe spicy warm dark cherry & black currant/berry jam in soft smokey oak w/ touch of earth, leather & violet

👄 Med body of deluxe silky smooth intense earthy deep chewy spicy blackberry & currants with light dry tannin & low acidity

🎯 Med +dark ripe berry fruit slight dry

🦆 Paired w/ seared pink duck in chestnut honey & creamy mashed potato - perfect match 😍 — 9 years ago