Chris England

9.4

A little gem recommended to me by @gabymeetswine @vilaviniteca for €66 in a lovely gift box with elastic for extra kinkyness 😁 This Ribera Del Duero is young & drinking well but will improve with age 😍 5 years a 💥 Nice Xmas gift for somebody 😉

📍 Pago de Carraovejas El Anejón 2010

🏵 94 points

🍇 94% Tempranillo, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon & 3% Merlot

🍷 Opaque blackened deep ruby

👃 Rich dark cherry & blackcurrant in slight sweet cedar/oak w/ dark plum, blueberry, vanilla cocoa cream, wild raspberry, dried violets & smokey herbs (the legal kind 🤣)

👄 Med+ bodied fruit loaded explosion of creamy smooth ripe blackcurrant & dark cherry bathed in cocoa, raspberry liquorice & a hint of dry oakyness

🎯 Long touch dry dark fruit bomb 😈 leaving a purple teeth smile w/ a raspberry & blueberry liquorice slap
— 8 years ago

Anthony De Blasi

8.9

Reminded me that I really like Puglia wines! Mouthfilling red fruit — 8 years ago

Danielle Guilliams

10

Had this with Elena and Ethan — 9 years ago

Keith Browning

9.4

Very nice, 66 Pichon Lalande overshadowed it though - suppose that's what happens with a 50 yr old and a 34 yr old — 9 years ago

Martin Bergo

9.3

In the magnificently stocked wine cellar of a new acquaintance, we randomly picked out a -66 Pichon Longueville Lalande (didn't see any -61s) (and a -88 Chambertin from Trapet). The 50-year-old Puillac wine was dark garnet in color; nose was large and dominated by horse stable floor, cedar, leather, and molten leaves; on the palate it showed age (lower acids and a lean body) but with nice cherries, some tannins and a long interesting finish. — 10 years ago

Vesna K

9.3

Sweet and refreshing end to a long day! — 10 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.6

Great showing for this wine. Black & red fruits, earth, tobacco,, road tar, black olive and soy tasting very La Mission like, reminding me of the 66 — 11 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

Wow, real knockout stuff. This is not domestic Muscadet - there's not much in common besides the grape. It has the bright, pure fruit but it is put together in a much fuller style, more like a white Burgundy (minus the oak) than Muscadet. I don't say Chablis because while it's an intensely mineral wine and cranked up to 11 in that department, it's not a marine minerality. The mineral element here is volcanic (and so is the soil), bringing to mind all those cliches about aromas bursting from the glass and so forth, and it's every bit as driving on the palate. — 11 years ago

James Parker Huston, CWE

Sommelier Charlie Palmer

9.8

One of the surprise wines of the flight. Best 66 I have tried. — 12 years ago

Paul Masson

9.1

One of 16 "first growths" of Graves. 66% Cab, 25% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot. Bold, dark, and well-rounded. Definite winner, may have to stock up on this. — 13 years ago

Joseph Barsky

9.5

2011 Vintage. 15.7% Alcohol. 66% Syrah, 33% Mourvèdre, 1% Viognier from the Paderewski Vineyard. Lovely plush fruit bomb to enjoy following our Paso Robles pickups weekend. — 8 years ago

Aerin Anbinder

9.2

Really smooth mouthfeel, great legs. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Touch of H2S on opening. Glycerol - still with Grapefruit notes and still with a future. Some stone fruit notes on palate. Oak is totally integrated at 9 years (at that time 66 weeks ago). — 9 years ago

Erin Boe

9.5

Delicious! — 9 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

66 La Mish has so much aromatics. I could just smell this all night. Black fruits, graphite, cedar, leather, black olive, soy, cigar box, eucalyptus. This is med bodied with good weight and long finish. I have been drinking this vintage for a long time and this 50 yr old wine is drinking much younger than its age and has been fully mature but has not declined. Consistent notes over the past years. — 10 years ago

Galen Hasler

9.2

Hard to beat — 10 years ago

Gae Saccoccio - NdC

9.8

Vintage 1949 in Burgundy according to Broadbent: “..most perfect end of a decade - elegant, well-balanced wines”; Clive Coates in his book Cote D'Or: "best vintage of 40's all-perfect beauty and purity”; Robert M. Parker Jr.: “it was the best of post world war II vintages before 1959”
Henri Leroy at that time was négociant based in Auxey-Duresses, his mythical daughter Lalou Bize-Leroy in 1949 was only seventeen.
Les Cazetiers is amongst the most elevated of Premier Cru site in Gevrey-Chambertin - and indeed the whole of Burgundy.
I drank this precious bottle on Mount Etna with #FrankCornelissen and other dear friends. Uncork this bottle lead to a surgical operation. Just begun to pull it out, a light breath of wine molecule with air bubbles magically have emerged on the surface of the cork. It's been like witness the passing away of a dying old man (or Pinot Noir must be a woman?) That humanized wine had held "élan vital", hope and breath inside him for the last 66 years! A miracle of a wine still so tasty, robust, citrusy, vibrant, earthy, incredibly alive and well-preserved despite color and neck level did not bode so well.. that's what I thought and I'll remember until I die: "the wine was waiting for us to drink it up, he gave off his mortal blow to offer us life, joy and smile!" — 10 years ago

with Alberto

David Conway

9.5

'66 Because for Serge. — 11 years ago

with Brad and Lauren

Sam McKamie

9.6

New favorite Raspberry wine! — 13 years ago

Alida Nyquist

9.7

Strawberry and smooth! — 13 years ago

Vay John Blazina

9.2

Dark red color with a nice nose of black fruit and a full body with decent complexity and still a decent amount of tannins and fruit which is minimally sweet and a medium aftertaste. Ready, But will last a 3-6 years more in a cool cellar. — 8 years ago

Adrienne Rolls

9.6

@ smooth 10% alc/v this is a nice and easy sip with delicious peach and nectarine flavors. — 8 years ago

Jeremías ROBERT

9.7

Perfect blend. Almost exactly the same proportion of Sauvignon Blanc 32%, Sémillon 66%, Muscadelle 2% as the famous Château de Portets, Graves, France (30/60/10%)! — 9 years ago

with Sarah Boyle

Paul Woolls

9.0

Not the greatest of the 66 vintage — 10 years ago

with Mike and Tirso

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! — 10 years ago

Jill Barclay

9.2

They tell me '66 was a good year. — 11 years ago

with Laura and Annie

Ron Siegel

9.4

Sweet red berry fruits, with some earth, leather and spice, ethereal bouquet very elegant and a silky mouth feel. I love Palmer and rate the 70 equal to the 66. — 11 years ago

Rajat Parr

Founder Sandhi Wines & Domaine de la Côte, Evening Lands Vineyards, Seven Springs & Maison l'Oree

9.9

Sexy 66 #magnumsshowyoucare — 12 years ago

Richard Betts

Master Sommelier/Winemaker/Mezcalero Saint Glinglin, Sombra

10

'66 D.P. mag. Special and best Champagne vintage of the 60's. cc@robertbohr — 13 years ago

Kristen Roberts

9.7

A blackberry red wine without tasting too dry — 13 years ago