Muralee Murugesu

9.3

Fresh red cherry, red berries with an undertone of réglisse. Silky tannin, great depth which requires a good hour to open. Once opened amazing nose that takes you to another place, a place you feel high! Must be the alcohol. Great 2015 vintage for this super Tuscan. Cheers — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Deep red fruit with a lovely blue fruit middle. Nice soft acid and great depth, lots of detail, hints of leather and tobacco. Supple and clear. Delicious — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

A soft and settled nose with hints of marzipan and lanolin. Not sure about midpalate- is it too young? Or a bit simple? Lacks the acidity and structure of the 07 butteaux but pretty and gorgeous with more depth and intensity. I prefer the 07 but this is classy — 9 years ago

with Walker and David

Rachel Paz

10

Jammy, black fruit, vanilla, earth, with a hint of tobacco and oak. Silky smooth with nice depth and character. Worth every penny yum!!! 😀 — 10 years ago

Mike McGlone

9.4

Wine of exceptional quality and depth. Great with lamb dinner. — 11 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.7

2000. Huge wow here. No-doubter right off the bat. Next to the 2005 Batard, and I liked this better. Big thwack of sulfur and gunpowder on the nose to go along with lemony fruit and a chicken broth type of savoriness. Richly fruited but crunchy and crystalline on the palate. This keeps reminding me of those sticky lemon drop candies with the sugar crytal coating, sweet succulent concentrated fruit but with a crunch to it. Plenty of bass tones and depth though and it just doesn't quit. This is the vintage the grapes were so perfect they printed a cross-section of one on the back label and it looked like a Mandelbrot fractal. It still manages to depict the wine pretty well. — 11 years ago

Steve Matthiasson

Owner/Winemaker Matthiasson Wines

9.7

Beautiful perfumed nose, full soft tannins. **Awe-inspiring to taste through these wines made by such as master craftsman, such consistency, balance, depth, soul, and they all speak of the place as well as the amazing craftsmanship. — 11 years ago

Bruce Lehnert

9.5

Lots of brett for one hour. Then super depth with lots of graphite. Still a lot of fruit. — 12 years ago

Max Reichwage

9.5

The best wine I could find in Cabo, 2002 is really good, great depth, fruity and earthy. — 12 years ago

Chantal Forthun

Winemaker Flowers Vineyard & Winery

9.0

Starts out lemon fruit and paraffin, moves to mango/guava as it warms up. Slightly sweet - oak/RS? Nice depth and persistent acid. Not a lot of perceptible oak except on the initial pour. — 14 years ago

Greg Koslosky

9.6

Minerals ,apricot stone fruits , golden raisin , caramel , nuts . Incredible depth and richness but with perfectly balanced acidity lingering notes of nougat , minerals and dried fruits . — 7 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.7

Great depth but so smooth and balanced. Phenomenal. Disappeared too quick!! — 8 years ago

with Tammy

Martin G Rivard

10

My favorite birth year wines are usually Burgundy or Bordeaux's since the hold up so well over time. Unfortunately, the 1965 growing season is known for Cold weather, Rain an Rot!!!! The 1965 vintage is Atrocious!! Michel Broadband called the 65 Bordeaux wine "Mean, Acidic and Short". Robert Parker was even tougher on the vintage!! Everyone that I spoke to and the research that I did pointed me to this Beauty!! 1965 Vega Sicilia Unico. I opened this last night for my wife's birthday. This bottle was in pristine condition with an original price tag of $4.80 on it!! Too funny!! I love finding beauties like this. I wasn't sure what to expect after reading so much in regards to the terrible growing year. This had a gorgeous earthy dried fruit which lightly caressed our palate. It wasn't the typical huge kid on the block with depth, character and conviction that we've enjoyed previously from other vintages. It was actually really cool to enjoy age, grace and playful Beauty. The finish.was relatively short but there it was still very good and somewhat robust. I just wish it lingered a little longer but oh well., it simply made us pick up the glass that much faster!! The wine was Very, very good. The family and friends that we enjoyed it with are awesome!!
The Love that I have for my wife on her birthday and every other day of the year is Priceless!!!
Happy Birthday Babe!!! — 9 years ago

with Christine, Robert and 2 others

Paul Albright

9.1

Impressive depth and complexity - starting to show secondary flavors — 11 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.4

2001 vintage. Quite fresh and youthful despite the age. Honey and nuts, apricots and cream. On the palate, medium plus acidity and medium alcohol, medium body. Great depth to this wine. Still has a good decade ahead of it. No oxidation whatsoever on this bottle. A truly great example of hermitage Blanc. — 11 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.4

2000 Montee Tonnerre. Rich beeswax on nose and palate. Long finish but lighter and less depth than the 2002 — 11 years ago

Sebastian Martinez

9.6

Still holding strong, with incredible depth. — 12 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.5

Classic, elegant St Julien showing the power and depth of this great vintage. Still showing some youth, but clearly a wonderfully mature wine. — 12 years ago

Jake Flaherty

10

Great depth of flavor. The fruit is strong but not loud. Still tastes young at 8 yrs. perfect acid balance to fruit. — 12 years ago

Doug Powers

9.6

This was much more similar in quality and relative youthfulness to the 1984 Berlinger PR Cab recently posted than the 1982 Dunn HM from the same dinner, great depth and complexity, just a tad of chalky tannins, but still outstanding!! — 8 years ago

with Jim

Conrad Green

9.3

A wonderfully ripe and lush nose with gobs of red fruit and lush depth. On the palate broad and sexy. Still super young- hard to see how this pans out. Less of the obvious structure, clarity and elegance of these but I presume this will settle into its usual classy self. — 9 years ago

with Paul

Akiko Koide

9.2

Go with both fish and meat. Slightly fizzled and light initially and evolved to complex with depth. — 10 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.6

Tightly wound. Closed. Needing 4 to 6 hours of air for the tannins to yield, but that would still not release the complex depth this wine holds for those who allow it to mature for another 20 years. — 10 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

A touch of band aid. Blood, clear red fruit and depth. Interesting more than delicious. As the wine progressed in glass a more brambly and leather undertow emerged and some funk blew off. Getting better. Geez, these wines age. — 11 years ago

with Matt and Paul

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

9.2

Big herbal aromas. Big young fruit. Nice complexity and depth. Great long term potential. Needs years. — 11 years ago

Frank Turner

9.4

Beautiful depth and balance. Still retains fruit and very smooth in mouth. Decanted for 2 hours — 11 years ago

Mike Mentesana

9.6

Amazing Chablis!!!! Mineral, acid, depth of flavor!!! — 11 years ago

Thomas Droumenq

8.9

Wow, so surprising, pretty much a Bordeaux. Showing some age and some depth. Paired against a Heitz Martha's Vineyard it showed beautifully. — 12 years ago

Serena McClellan

10

fantastic cote rotie, great depth of flavor. tastes almost wild — 12 years ago

Jason Jarvis

9.1

I liked this very much. Two hour decant. Nice mellow depth. — 13 years ago