Max Kelly

9.3

Initially showing some oak and grip, but this settled into a cedar-y, spicy, elegant wine. Initially lagging behind the '01 La Mission, the intensity and integration built with time and air. By the end of the night, it was neck in neck. Great wine that will improve with another few years. — 9 years ago

with Chris and Alessandro

Pooneet K

9.3

Perfect place, after a 2 hour plus decant. Quite expressive dark fruit nose, excellent mouth feel, deep fruit, good acid, and still quite a bit of acid at the end. Excellent with beef Wellington. — 9 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.1

Wild blue and red berry fruit, subtle notes of spice and game, a barely there touch of green comes through as herbal. While the alcohol is high, the wine shows elegantly and very feminine in style. Sauve and silky textured this has very ripe and fine tannin that get lost in the glycerol of this wine's youth. Always a perennial wine of the vintage and a great value (imo). #pegau #grenache #CdP — 10 years ago

Alex Fishman

9.3

Perfect way to end the evening, #nightcap — 11 years ago

Mike H.

9.4

Jon... Let me know what you think. — 11 years ago

with Jon

Mark Lindzy

9.0

A magnum of Morgon and CAH are a great way to end a trip to Paris! — 11 years ago

with Christy and Josefa

Richard Keith

9.1

Yummy! Oaky with rounded tannins and fruit! — 13 years ago

with Sarah

David Annis

9.6

This is gorgeous. The cork disintegrated, and the bottom was black as tar. The nose is fruit and earth in that order, which was surprising. Decanted 30 minutes, which wasn't enough time for the vinegar notes to dissipate. Light color, which is slightly incongruous given the still pronounced fruits and tannins. Leather, cigar box, blackberries, oak on the finish. I was initially worried that we might have waited too long, but by the end of the bottle, I'm convinced there was no rush. This is exactly what a mature Pauillac should be. — 9 years ago

Jeramy Brown

9.1

What a finish. So much strength at the end with a flavorful end. Super fun to try. — 10 years ago

Jalyn Warren

9.6

Good sipping wine — 10 years ago

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.2

Not quite there yet. On the tail end of its adolescence. All the right things (meat, smoke, olive, funk) but it hasn't flipped to red fruited and pretty yet, which is in its future. The structure is a little all-elbows too, but it's still a hell of a drink and provides a lot of pleasure. Definitely not backwards or hard like a lot of, for example, Cornas, is at this age. — 10 years ago

Adam Thomas

9.0

Nose was ripe dark fruit, currant, spices, smoked oak or cedar. Velvet texture with nice dark fruit, licorice, pepper and smoke. Well rounded tannin at the end. Long finish. — 11 years ago

Peter Park

9.6

Strawberry at first, after an hour of decanting gave way to more of a pepper spice. Very good. — 13 years ago

Carl Fischer

9.4

Back upstate and starting with a quick split and caviar to get things back on track. The softest bubbles, brioche, yeasty, toasted almonds. Yum. Great balance to the brine. Christmas Carols have switched to George Michael. Can this year please end already?!?!? — 9 years ago

Julia Tate

9.0

Great Shiraz. Bold and heavy. — 10 years ago

Max Gottesfeld, FWS, CSW

9.0

I'm a little surprised by this wine. Hopping it's not that my palate was shot. — 10 years ago

Emily Voland

9.5

Clean and tropical in the nose, fruit forward. The taste is slick and pleasing without the butter like a normal chard — 11 years ago

Tony Capone

9.7

2005 Nickel & Nickel.... Witz End... Not many of the around. Dark Ink Grade, smooth finish, with great tannins. — 11 years ago

Mark Daddino

9.4

Very good wine — 11 years ago

with Dawn

John Van Trijp

9.9

..........RESPECT!.......... — 12 years ago