Andrew Lohse

9.0

Gorgeous richness. Great QPR. — 2 years ago

Paul T HB

9.4

Still plenty of life left, but use the Durand
K&L notes as follows, it is better than their 2000! We have been following the property for the last five years and we think it is on a great track with their new releases, but try this 20+ yr old beauty. It is elegant and has a long, lingering finish. Smokey, toasty aromas, tons of cassis fruit on the palate. In a blind tasting at K&L (January 2019), one of our top Bordeaux staff thought it was a first growth Pauillac from the 80s. A steal at this price.
Drink from 2019 to 2022 — 2 years ago

Timmer McCarthy

9.7

33 years old and still rockin... also the wine was great! @Tim McCarthy for the Durand, cork came out perfect, fresh and aromatic right out of the bottle, continued to open and evolve over 4 hours! Forest floor and leaves, little smoke and dark cherries, really great! — 3 years ago

with Laura

LM Segal

9.4

Cork needed a Durand rescue (what a must-have accessory!) but this was otherwise excellent. A nifty burnt cocoa element led it all but this is otherwise fully sorted black fruit and fine, long tannins. Lush. Rare for a Monte Estate, I sensed this was on the downslope. — 4 years ago

Kieran Barry

9.5

Light fruity, nice when slightly chilled — 4 years ago

Steve S

9.2

Dried apricot and white prunes, honey, almonds/hazelnuts. Really fun. With Marco and Tim. — 5 years ago

Jonathan Glazer

9.0

This is a delicious, crisp and light wine. — 5 years ago

TheSkip

9.1

Excellent value — 2 years ago

Nicolas Owens

9.2

Bright fruit incl dark cherry and vanilla, and beatifully integrated meat, leather, tannin, all tied up in a silky bow. Yummy! Merci, Lyle!! — 3 years ago

with Anne

Ellen Clifford

9.0

Goodness the value of a value Merlot based bottle of tastiness. Purpley it is. But it isn’t just purple drapes, there is a pot of hot spiced tea bubbling and someone is puffing a cigar just outside the window. Where are you looking to through this wine window? At your friends. Wearing purple masks but they are there for you. — 3 years ago

Paul T HB

9.1

30 year old Mag for $100, its classic Napa, notes from K&L These library wines from Lakespring w\Winery have immaculate provenance and were purchased directly from the original owner of the property. They have spent the past few decades in commercial wine storage and were hand-delivered to K&L and inspected bottle by bottle. As with all old wines the corks can be fragile and we recommend using a Durand opener or other ah-so style opener for best results. The wines may also contain natural sediment — 4 years ago

Jose Luis Rivera

8.9

Excelente champarme and very good price bin ALDI , excelente relación siho quality/price — 4 years ago

Charlie Evans

9.3

This was the red made from Grenache, Carignan, and Mourvèdre in Faugeres. This is a collab from Alex Durand. Wildly delicious wine. — 5 years ago

Yoshinori Tsukuda

9.0

RP 92 points — 5 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.2

Nose has syrup-y cherry, wet steel, moist-dried leaves, very over-ripe strawberry, dehydrated strawberry and wet mahogany shavings.

Palate has dried sweet cherry, cane sugar, brown bread, ripe sweet cherry, dried blackberry with faint tannins and acidity.

Tawny ruby color.

Cork pulled for slow oxidation at 5H, in a nice spot at this time.

Clearly the better of our bottles, frankly I'm quite pleased by the palate, brighter than expected, somewhat generous fruit persisting.

Second of two bottles acquired in 2021, this bottle had the higher shoulder fill. Cork was a mess, but one piece extraction with the Durand.

Paired to duck confit with green lentils. 👌

Solid improvement with more air time at 6-7H. — 2 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Corked shredded and didn’t have my Durand. Mess. Wine decanted almost 2 hours and oxygenated. Dense and super full bodied. Really needed food and the Wagyu tomahawks were perfect. Very excited to be collecting these now — 3 years ago

Tom Casagrande

9.5

Commemorating a hopeful day with a wine of my approximate age, thanks to the generosity of some very good friends, the Slatterys. (Taking the cork out without a Durand was like battlefield surgery.) Still alive and kicking. Color is quite tawny at this point, but it’s so fragrant. Some rich fruit and loads of tertiary notes of mahogany and nutty notes. Not super sweet. Elegant and soft texture. Alcohol integrated beautifully. Long. — 3 years ago

Eric Arnstein

9.0

Blackberry Gusher up front, with an arid wavy breeze to hang on as you wind sail off into the sunset. — 4 years ago

Lars Miller

9.4

Graphite, black peppercorn, and deep dark fruit note on the nose. After opening, a definite barnyard note with fruit undertones. A very different type of syrah, unadulterated and no tricks in the making of it. Quite nice! — 4 years ago

Jonathan Wall

9.4

Stalwart Syrah. Needs time, but showed its potential on the second night. Deep dark fruit, minerals, foliage. Long long finish. — 5 years ago