Gilbert Van Hassel

9.0

Smokey, meaty, good acid. Still quite harsh, tannic. — 3 years ago

Carter White

9.4

Comes out earthy and a touch funky, which fades with time open, leaving behind pure brambly berry fruit. Delicate, with good concentration and length. — 4 years ago

JJ Lumia

9.2

Strolled into Trader Joe’s; the shelf was stocked with this. Couldn’t believe it. Picked up another half case. This is a phenomenal bordeaux and one of the best QPRs around. Haven’t tasted in a year and it’s just as memorable. Lots of great mushroom and sweaty gym socks with a dusty, tannic finish. Perfect example of a phenomenal wine at sub-$20 that drinks at 3-4x the price. — 7 years ago

Ekasit Poositranusorn

9.2

Big WOW! I tasted this wine in September 2018 at the event held by the French embassy at Central World in Bangkok, Thailand; the wine did not impress my tounge at all. However, I bought 2 bottles because a friend of mine imported it. Today (Jan 18, 2019), the wine tasted very delucious after 30 minutes of breathing. Very flavorfull of cherry, blackberry, plum, and tobacco together with soft tannins and silky & reasonable length on the finish. The color is intense but bright ruby red color with medium-to-full-weight which is goes well with medium & sexy acidity. Very good value, excellent balanced, and savory wine to pair well with medium spicy Thai dishes. — 8 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Lots of plumy fruit flavors. Hints of cola and tobacco. A bit young but quite good for the price point. A little astringent alcohol on the finish, but bottle age should smooth that out. Excellent value for a CDP. Revisited in February 2020. As predicted, the astringency has mellowed out. Wine comes out of the bottle very fruit forward, but the organics come to the surface in short order. Thank you Keith S. — 9 years ago

Petr Jonak

9.0

Svetovy duel vin Hustopece, 25.11.2017 — 9 years ago

Jeanette Grosman

9.2

Velvet fruits, very little tannin, lingering after taste — 10 years ago

Harri Sharman

9.0

Chewy ripe tannins, sour cherry and dried cranberries, wet leather and graphite? — 11 years ago

J M

9.0

Got it at Costco. Light body with full flavor. A bit earthy in a good way. — 11 years ago

Erik Sjolund

8.9

Very easy. Not too strong or complex, but nice. And there are tannins. Hints of red fruit. — 12 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

I love this wine. So good and so unique. Nose is so mineral. Hint of butter as well. Some smoke and flintiness as well. Palate is racy, rich and so pure. Great focus and length. So clean. This wine could get a stain out of a carpet. Superb freshness, concentration and purity. Long and sapid. — 4 years ago

John Brunner

9.4

Outstanding at an amazingly great value! — 6 years ago

with Jan

Jody Scharf

9.1

Nice acid, licorice, dark cherries, lightly touches the palate. — 7 years ago

Paul Woolls

9.2

The elegance of a magnum with age. — 8 years ago

Narelle Burke

9.4

A fabulous red wine from burgundy...it is our favourite wine district in France! — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Red cherry, plum fruits, with baking spices, cinnamon, mineral, forest floor & dried rose petal. I like its purity, balance & silky texture. — 9 years ago

Antonio Claudio Tarre

9.2

I had a bottle of this wine a while ago and it was spectacular: 94pts. The second, which I drank a few weeks ago, was very good, but not as good as the first one, but still pretty decent: 90 pts. On average 92. A fine claret by the owners of Cheval Blanc. — 9 years ago

Logan

9.4

75% merlot 25% cab franc — 10 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.5

Youthfully aromatic with dark flowers and black fruits, framed by toasty oak. Medium+ bodied, lovely balance and great length, this still needs to shed some of its sweet, grainy tannins in order to get to the next level, but it will. — 11 years ago

Jeff Sidwell

Owner Bon! Gourmet

8.9

Really good for 2011 tightly wound let it breathe 85/15 merlot to franc — 11 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.1

2020 vintage. You can't go wrong with Jaboulet these days! Black fruit, wild flowers and pepper. Medium-bodied, juicy and spicy with ripe tannin, finishing with dark chocolate and roasted coffee beans. Abv. 13,5% — 4 years ago

Chris McClellan

9.0

Enjoyable RBB...plush, yet acid and tannin ever present..amazing nose, long and dirty/rocky finish...new producer for me..85% merlot... — 5 years ago

Fredybeans

9.2

Robe jaune clair
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Bouche ample mais avec de la tension legere mou en milieu de bouche puis rebondit sur un fruit mûr avec de la chaire — 7 years ago

Pat Taylor

9.0

The nose is different. Much more woodsy and less fruit than I’d have imagined. The flavour profile was blackberry based and again, some wood. Some eucalyptus and green grass. Also some wet soil and cloves. The tannins weren’t a punch in the face by any means, but also haven’t haven’t completely softened as you might expect in a ten year-old. The palate was uninspiring as there was a watery-ness in the mid palate. I’m not sure whether this is over the hill or just not quite there yet and in a dumb phase? Will wait and see for the final two bottles. Solid, I guess. Not yet amazing. — 8 years ago

Olivier Huguenin

9.3

Grand vin!!! Du velours, concentré, profond, complexe, très long. Tout est harmonieux, sans jouer dans l’excès. La grande classe! — 8 years ago

Daniel McGeough

9.1

Got ou classed by sum baller Cote Rotie!! Contextual embarrassment 🤭 — 9 years ago

Shay A

9.2

Another weekly wine Committee lunch that I was able to attend, hosted by @Weston Eidson & @Colby Siratt. Excellent job, fellas! All wines tasted blind as usual.

Awesome french champagne. All typical french champagne traits were present (brioche, crisp green apple, sweet lemon, loads of minuscule bubbles). Delicious. — 9 years ago

with Colby and Weston

Michael Phillips

9.6

Wonderful!
— 11 years ago

Anthony Iandoli

9.1

Our favorite bottle so far — 11 years ago

Luke Wright

9.4

Fantastic. Wish I had bought two of them. — 12 years ago