Stan W

9.6

Floral perfume nose. Fully balanced. Showing more red fruit than black. — 11 years ago

Dan Fredman

Chef Sommelier World of Pinot Noir

9.2

Fully mature, showing nicely for an underappreciated vintage. On the herbal/earthy side of things, old style Bordeaux giving plenty of pleasure but few fireworks. — 11 years ago

Mathew

9.5

Freakin amazing old world wine with dark cherry flavors and smooth deep tannins from LEBANON !!! My mind is fully blown. — 12 years ago

E & K G

9.3

Needs about 40min to an hour to fully open up. Starts off Bordeaux-ish then finishes up like a Napa cab. — 13 years ago

Guy Davies

9.8

Everything I could possibly want it to be at this age. Damsons and blackcurrant, meat, smoke, earth. Depth, power, complexity. Packs a huge punch (I laughed when I first put my nose in it) yet stays dainty and elegant. A hippo in a tutu doing a startlingly good pirouette, a wild animal and an aristocrat. Am almost frightened by how good this will be when fully mature. — 11 years ago

Robert Cunningham

Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop

8.9

Magnum. 1971 Barbaresco. Fully mature and perhaps on the decline, but still showing dried rose petals and other delicate floral and earth tones. Pale rose colored typical of many very old Barbarescos. Clearly a wine geek's wine. I really liked it. Bottle had shown some very slight seepage not seen until the capsule was removed. A second Mag, not opened, seems to show better condition on closer examination. — 12 years ago

Yoon Ha

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

9.6

An older chinon is rare for me. Fully resolved green tones yielding bay leaf, dried tobacco leaf and persistent high quality fruit in the mid palate. The warm year tannins still present on the finish. Always learning. — 12 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

Killer wine! This is why I love fully mature Bordeaux. Lots of red fruits plum and cassis, earthy, cedar, mint, tobacco, walnut, carob and chocolate notes. This is full bodied, rich textured and drinking beautifully. — 11 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.5

Tremendous wine, too young and not fully integrated just yet imo, but man when this settles in watch out! — 12 years ago

Tina Termsomket

9.6

Carried this back 8 years ago when i visited Bodega the first time. This wine is traditional classic old school Rioja- earthy and fully developed primary nose, soft acid n tannin, haunting finish... 🍷💃 — 12 years ago

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