Ellen Clifford

9.3

What a sublime and elegant wine. I'd be turned off by the waiting list but now that I have my hands on a bottle...holy heck it is just so refined. Not a jam-monster, not too light...it is the Goldilocks of Zin. Blog review coming shortly but know getting on the list is good if you like an aristocratic Zin. If you don't it may not be your jam...literally. But I am INTO this. — 9 years ago

Joe Paradise

9.8

Not every day you get to cross something off your bucket list! And for a 67 still had some lovely voloptuous dark fruit. Tannin like fine silk. I cant stop smiling. — 10 years ago

Nicholas Ives

8.9

My kind of wine. Strong and in your face without being too dry. — 10 years ago

Hardy Wallace

Owner/Winemaker Dirty & Rowdy Wines

9.2

Fresh and approachable with enough meat on your plate. Delicious stuff — 10 years ago

with John

Barb Anderson

8.9

The 2012 is Zin-like! Fruit & spice and everything nice. Fruit up front, with a lingering peppery finish. This red blend remains a great daily driver. Be careful, the 14.5% will 'steal your face' if you don't check yourself! — 10 years ago

Brian Glockzin

Beverage Director Wayzata Country Club

9.1

Put this on the shelf for a few years. Great dark berry and cherry but enough tannin to ripe your face off! Splash decant if drinking young! — 11 years ago

Taj Ubom

9.7

Soft on the palate. One of the best!! BUY ASAP. Hints of cherry. Drink this wine with a gorgeous girl and your night is set — 9 years ago

Gladys Xiques

9.2

While not as chalky as I would have expected, it's elegance remains consistent. Stimulating your salivary glands with notes of apricot and honeysuckle. — 10 years ago

Barb

9.7

Wow... So many flavors in this wine. It's quite a treat to your mouth. Smooth with a great mid taste and a long finish — 10 years ago

Mark Oldman

10

Oenomaniacs don't have pearly gates, we have Domaine de la Romanee Conti La Tache 1990. Outrageously sexy, with a celestial perfume of asian spices and underbrush and dried cherry. Eternal finish that tattoos itself on your tongue and palate. Medium to full-bodied, with startling freshness and grip for a quarter-centurion. La Tache 1990 will enthrall for another 30 to 50 years.

Also consumed this night:
Krug Grande Cuvee Champagne
Domaine Leflaive Batard-Montrachet 1996
Henri Jayer Echezeaux 1988
Henri Jayer Vosne-Romanee Cros Parantoux 1988
Henri Jayer Vosne-Romanee Cros Parantoux 1996
Domaine de la Romanee Conti La Tache 1996
Domaine de la Romanee Conti Romanee St. Vivant 1990
Dow Vintage Port 1955

— 10 years ago

Nick Chang

9.3

Just a nice balance of flavors... — 10 years ago

James Leahy

10

Take your pick, @Delectable Wine ! All were brilliant, although the younger Bourgogne and Cote Rotie took the spotlight. Brilliant wines top to bottom. — 10 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.2

Extremely concentrated and dense so if you're in the camp of "bigger is better" (well, then you're wrong ;-), this will be right up your alley.
Impressive for its sheer strength this should have a long life ahead and I look forward to tasting it again with 10+ years in the cellar.
— 11 years ago

Rhea Heath

10

Not your typical Sauvignon Blanc but just as delicious! — 10 years ago

Daniel March

9.0

Drinking a Boxer is like reconnecting with that old friend that you got into street fights with as a kid. On first glance, nothing has changed. Still fighting and swinging with black cherry and dark chocolate mixed with leather and spice, powerful punches that leave a sting. But time has mellowed you out. You are still all street at heart, rough and edgy, but now your bark is bigger than your bite. — 10 years ago

Jo Anne B

9.3

A bold explosion in your mouth. Dave can take it from here...... — 10 years ago

with Kim, Dave and 2 others

KDouglas

9.3

Chocolate cover strawberries... Smooth and deep w/flavor. Way over Anthony's head w/out a cigar to add tobacco and smokiness. Allow to open for 30min and the flavors will burst out of the bottle, into your glass w/delite... — 10 years ago

with Grace

Jon Fine

9.1

now we're talking! — 10 years ago

with Jay

David Snyder

8.9

I'd get to drinking your 97's now. Good...great actually but beginning to lose a lot. Cork was quite soft on mine. Flavor...like California...but smoother ;-) — 11 years ago

Christopher Sprague

10

It is not every day that you get to drink your birth year. Especially when it was 40 years ago. It is just amazing standing fully mature but with what seems like an endless life. 1975 for ever!! — 11 years ago