Ron Siegel

9.3

Another great btl of this vintage showing sweet red & black fruits, cassis, cedar, leather, with graphite & tobacco. This is rich bodied, fully mature & should drink well for many years. — 8 years ago

David Langstaff

9.4

This wine needed about 3 hours to release. Initially tight with uncomfortable medicinal nose which then totally dissipated. Drinking now next day and you get the age of fully integrated but not fading tannins. Nose has a delightful dark fruit and smokiness. Great fit of nose and taste, meaning - when tastes after smelling the experience is consistent and not jolting. I think the color purple in a subdued way. Very nice. Memo to self: decant and watch for sediment, and enjoy three hours later. — 10 years ago

with Cynthia and Chris

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.1

From 375 ml. Quite advanced and almost fully tertiary. Enjoyable with food, but probably would have been best a few years ago. — 10 years ago

Craig Haserot

Founder and Proprietor Sojourn Cellars

9.2

Ever so slightly corked that didn't bloom .., fully mature, tobacco box, nice black fruit, smooth and very drinkable — 10 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. — 10 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! — 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

Philip Dobrin

9.1

Fully mature and delicious. Very Burgundian — 9 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

Deep garnet red with ruby core. Tasted blind. Very tight and dark on the nose with dark cocoa, dark spices and soft dark berries. Heavy tannins (8/10) and full bodied. Very dark palate as well with black cherries, cassis, black currants, dark cocoa and a little woody. Long and lingering finish. Thought this was a bit older than a 2013 but powerful, needs some time to fully develop. Drink till 2032. (93+) — 9 years ago

with Sean and India

Daniel M

8.9

The wine shows a nice evolution with an orange rim in the glas. The cork was fully soaked. The nose is discreet. Strawberry jam and some wet earth scents. The palate is not ample. The tannins are now fully integrated. A nice acidic touch makes it interesting with a slight saltiness and strawberry jam again. Not great, a bit discreet but a nice lovable wine considering the vintage. — 10 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Sweet plum fruit with lead pencil, forest floor, sage and tobacco. Nice 78 Fully mature and drinking well. — 10 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

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. — 11 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

9.4

Deep black fruits, sweet on the attack with a perfumed nose of truffle, earth, tobacco & wild herbs. Fully mature, elegant, full bodied & a silky texture. One of the great 75's! — 9 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Ridge Wine Dinner. I brought this cloaked in a brown bag to share with the Ridge winemaker. He guessed late 80s which shows how long these wines can age. From a well stored bottle with an in to the neck fill. Old tawny color, translucent and clean. Linear nose with currant, saddle leather, old wood and dirty gravel stone. Perfectly balanced in the mouth with fruit that is slightly faded, but matched well with fully resolved tannins. With several hours of air a richness in the fruit developed that was extraordinary. Yet still some acidity and structure remains so this should stay in a nice drinking window for the foreseeable future. Winemaker Eric explained that based on inspection of the glass, the bottle I brought was one of the '78 MBs that was not rebottled due to a malo issue after initial bottling, which might explain how fresh it is versus other '78 MBs he said. — 9 years ago

Ron R

9.4

I had high expectations with this example, and was not disappointed.
Nutmeg, cinnamon and maraschino cherries on the nose. The palette is quite soft, with tannins that are fully evolved. I can taste the Rutherford dust, along with coffee and maple syrup. It's so succulent - no food required. Finishes with an uncommon presence. This is turning out to be an outstanding Sunday treat. — 10 years ago

with Anne-marie

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

嘉乐 张

9.1

One of my favorite red wine in Bordeaux. Strong body and silk mouthfeel. Fully strong scents of red fruits taste like cream cheese cake. Soft with power, nice balance! — 11 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

with Jon