Drinks By The Dram

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

A stunning wine. Really beautiful. Dark and intense. Drinks incredibly well now and has been for a while. I’ve had this a few times and consistently excellent. A beauty. — 7 years ago

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MaJ CappS

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Great wine, great vintage!
Hugh O'Riordan

Hugh O'Riordan

A great wine
Bret Barker

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What a line up of wine. That is an amazing vertical

Michael David Winery

Freakshow The Strongest Man on Earth Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Val drinks often. Fun label and well rounded, very drinkable mixed well with our holiday, game playing atmosphere. Others were drinking single malt. — 8 years ago

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Turley

Juvenile California Zinfandel 2014

Dang. I don't often associate restraint and elegance with young Napa Zin, but Turley so yeah. Big wine for sure but drinks less so, fresh tasting, DEElish. — 9 years ago

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Turd Ferguson

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Turley = da bomb. What vintage?
Jenks

Jenks

'14.

Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Insignia Estate Grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1997

Yup. Points matter! So awesome. So love an old wine that's drinks Devine! — 10 years ago

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Château Musar

Bekaa Valley Red Blend 2004

Maturing well and softer tannins for a cab sav than other Serge Hochar wines. Drinks well now. — 10 years ago

Tenet Wines

Columbia Valley GSM Grenache Syrah Mourvedre 2013

Drinks great right now. Will age beautifully. — 10 years ago

Montevertine

Le Pergole Torte Sangiovese 1999

Great drinks beautifully — 11 years ago

Bodegas Drinks and Dreams

D + D Douro+Duero Douro Red Blend

Great Georgian toast is to your neighbor - he is the most important, especially if you moved into new place.

Here are neighbors from one river banks, but different countries. Sogevinus Fine Wines & Bodegas Emilio Moro - made this opulent, rich and silky wine. Elegant fruit, wrapped into noble oak, great wine -with each sip I can contemplate about toasts wisdom - vostok delo tonkoe.

Maybe missing a bit of length,but I forgive them, the balance is perfect. Don't expect claws, this is tuxedo dress code.
— 11 years ago

The Prisoner Wine Company

The Prisoner Napa Valley Zinfandel Blend

Needs to breathe a bit at first, but drinks well. Tastes more expensive than it is. Good red! — 13 years ago

Francis Ford Coppola Winery

Diamond Collection Black Label Claret California Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

HIGH QUALITY wine that drinks very expensive and has an amazing fruity nose but finishes dry and velvety like a Bordeaux with blackberries and currants. A little “alcoholy” but overall an amazing bottle. Worth a 9.0 from total wine for $14 but more like an 8.8 for $19 from Publix aka ripoff central! — 7 years ago

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Fattoria dei Barbi (Colombini)

Brunello di Montalcino Sangiovese

Earthy nose, silky on the palate, cigarette ash into firm balanced tannins on the finish. Drinks like it had many years of age-ability — 8 years ago

Orin Swift Cellars

Machete Petite Sirah Blend

This drinks bold, can be paired with food or without. So damn good. Another bottle please. — 8 years ago

Sloan

Rutherford Red Bordeaux Blend 2001

Wow - splendid with Xmas beef tenderloin. Rich berry/dark cherry and fresh cut leather on nose. Drinks very smooth with surprisingly light tannins for 10 y/o red wine, predominantly can franc — 9 years ago

Ridge Vineyards

Lytton Springs Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel Blend 2012

Fruit forward. Heavier tannins than expected but drinks great. Will be outstanding in a few years. Ridge never disappoints. — 10 years ago

Domaine A. et P. de Villaine

Bouzeron Aligoté 2013

Ocean spray, crushed sea shell, beautiful minerality, drinks like a Chablis...elegant — 10 years ago

Belle Glos

Meiomi Pinot Noir 2013

I read on Delectable that this Pinot is a Cab lover's Pinot and she was right. I usually pass on Pinot because a good one is so hard for me to find. But this one is really, really good. I've had the Belle Glos from Meiomi, which I've liked as well, but this is equally as good. Great spice along with the fruit. Found this on sale on Cape Cod for $17 - a bargain for wine that drinks like this. — 10 years ago

Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin

Yellow Label Brut Champagne Blend

My mom never drinks the wine she gets as gifts, lucky me. Crushed green apple, a wisp of citrus, puff pastry dough and fennel seed. Fantastic stuff, could drink two. — 11 years ago

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Belle Glos

Clark & Telephone Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012

Oh so good. $39. Fruit forward and drinks like cab, better than most cabs. — 12 years ago

Mascota Vineyards

Unánime Gran Vino Tinto Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2013

Needs a decanter, but drinks very well with a full body taste. Excellent with a strong main meal. — 8 years ago

Beau Vigne

Cult Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Slightly green on the nose, no go for me. That blew off with a decant. Deep and heavily extracted yet light and refined when you take a sip. Traditional black and blue fruit yet, drinks more left bank with the Cab Franc peaking through. — 8 years ago

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Dude
Mike R

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@Shawn R love the description - u dat man bro
TheSkip

TheSkip

Green nose. Oi. Sounds like made a mid game comeback strong.

Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo

Young nice wine. Nose little fruit - stone red and little fresh leather - drinks red cherry- lite — 8 years ago

Belle Glos

Las Alturas Vineyard Pinot Noir 2013

Big robust Pinot. Light silky mouthfeel with big and rich fruit. Blackberry in color and in taste. Jammy with a long lingering finish. Not a typical Pinot, drinks more like a zin/cab. Would give it a 9.0-9.1, but dinged it a bit given the price point. — 9 years ago

Taittinger

Comtes de Champagne Grand Crus Brut Blanc de Blancs 2006

When friends bring the best pre-dinner drinks for sunset. 2006 — 9 years ago

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Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

One of, if not THE best cab made in the US of A. This vintage is a little young but drinks beautifully. I would love to find a wine that rivals Dunn. — 10 years ago

Daou Vineyards

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

This wine is incredibly good, great price, drinks well with red meat. — 10 years ago

Tenuta dell'Ornellaia

Bolgheri Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

I've loved it more that last few times I've had it. But if I remember correctly, it was the Italian wine of the year. A little tapenade-ey, but still some sweet fruit and great mouthfeel. Drinks NOTHING like Bordeaux. — 11 years ago

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Who rated this wine the best? The more I drink it, the less I like it. The more it feels like a six year old Chilean cult wine. And that's not high praise, unfortunately.

Turley

Dusi Vineyard Zinfandel 2009

Wow this is good. Drinks like it was made yesterday. Delish! — 11 years ago

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1999

Lean, round, rustic, rocky and other worldly. Literally, it drinks like a slightly chubbier Bordeaux. The only problem with this wine is that I shared it with people who were expecting Mindavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve style wine. Sigh. I miss you. — 12 years ago