Bernard Leung

9.0

Great drop from a great year. 5 years ok it's just getting started and probably good for another 5 or 10. Tennis softening, deep rich flavours. Red berries. Medium pepper and spice. Can't wait to drink as it ages. — 7 years ago

Emily Kresie-Harrington

8.9

2013 vintage. I think it's just too hot to make a very fair assessment of this wine...big, round style. Extracted cassis, baked blackberry, over ripe blueberry, mullberry, cedar, white pepper, dried purple flowers, vague creaminess. Creaminess and ever so slight tannic greenness are competing with each other right now and seem a bit disjointed. Wish that I had either decanted this, or saved enough for a second day! — 8 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.2

Love Colgin. We are opening the 11 & 12 tonight to compare. The 11 is soft and seems light on the palate. Excellent but not drop dead gorgeous. — 8 years ago

with Christine

Darren Harvey

8.9

Tasty drop with my lamb shanks ! — 8 years ago

Tim Salter

10

Outstanging , loved every drop looking for more — 8 years ago

Michael Richter

9.4

In der Nase sehr Balsamisch, Noten von Sojasauce und Liebstöckel sowie Brombeeren. Warm und weich am Gaumen, feine Frucht und elegantes, würziges Tannin. — 9 years ago

Mike Reis

Cicerone Monk's Kettle & Abbot's Cellar, Beer Writer SeriousEats

9.4

2014 release. Punchy, sticky apricot skins. (Go Giants) — 9 years ago

JS

9.0

Sweeter than I thought it might be... delicious fruit with a lasting and delightful finish. — 9 years ago

Phil Cork

9.0

Very nice drop with a multi-course meat dinner! — 9 years ago

Mark Osmers

9.4

Decanted for 2 hours. VHR rewards you for the wait. Color is light suggesting a simple body. Body is tall and complex. I savored every drop. A treat. — 9 years ago

Robert Lilljedahl

9.7

How can you go wrong with Cain five? I am happy to see the price drop, not a table wine, great with wild game. — 7 years ago

Jorg Blankenstein

9.8

Full body Chenin - toasted almonds, exotic fruits - marvelous drop ! — 8 years ago

Anthony Biagi

Winemaker Hourglass, Owner Patria

9.4

Wow In a flight of chateau montelena and caymus 85s this drop kicked them out of the room. Hints of Brett but adds to the complexity of black olive, camphor, Dried fruits and herbs. Patrick Campbell made so many great wines and does not get enough credit this wine sings, bravo. — 8 years ago

Alexander Legakis

9.1

"I should probably spit my cough drop out first right?" — 8 years ago

with Douglas

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

The wine that gets better every vintage. Confections abound when popped and poured and then it settles into its floral/nutty/honey aromas beautifully. All of this framed by a slab of limestone. Also a verbena/green tea aroma adds complexity. Unbelievable texture. So silky and soft yet buffered by a taut spine of acidity that is so well integrated it only reveals itself on the finish. Great concentration Long finish with honey, tangerines and minerals. What finesse and sophistication here. Drop dead. — 8 years ago

Lenn Thompson

Publisher NewYorkCorkReport

9.0

Spending some time learning about and exploring #NYcider This is a great place to start. Dry and lightly tannic with pear, flowers. Great acidity and a lingering finish that turns a little farmhouse ale-ish. Stunner. — 8 years ago

Nigel Kinsman

9.5

Drop dead gorgeous! 86% merlot, 14% cabernet sauvignon — 9 years ago

with Shae

Lyn Farmer

9.2

Oh the purity! This wine has it all - a fine bead, a dazzling hawthorne and acacia aroma tinged with lemon drop that just jumps out of the glass, bracing acidity, flinty depth and a luscious lemon curd finish. Here is vintnervwho is as skillful a vignette as he is a grower. It's beautiful to behold, a classic Blanc de blancs — 9 years ago

Shadd Scott

8.9

Funky earth on the nose, new world dark jammy fruit on the palate, herbal finish — 9 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.5

A very intense and concentrated wine on the nose marzipan apple and lemon drop candy notes very rich and layered with a long finish very complex. Finish 50+. Killer! — 9 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.2

After a long time I got hold of this bottle. I like it, I wish all the aligoté were like this.
Little grassy, floral, honeydew and pear. Good balance, lovely drop 👍 — 7 years ago

Christine Mamuad

10

Made me go, "Wow!" — 8 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.2

2005 vintage. From Jay. 2005 Bartolo Mascarello - Brief Note from Galloni Historical Retrospective Held in London April 26, 2016. Vintage was saved by technology. Weather radar showed that there were rain showers on the way and Maria Teresa choose to pick before the rain. Graceful wine. Lovely nose of pencil shavings and mountain flowers. Charming restrained nose of fruit. Great balance. Tannins have yet to fully resolve but are elegant. Great finish with medium plus length. When revisited 30 mins later it was starting to drop off. 92/100. Drink now to 2020.
— 8 years ago

David P

9.2

Livier brought this and said she learned of it from Mick bringing it to a Bishop's dinner. Great spicy drop. — 8 years ago

with Mick

J Mc

9.0

great vintage for this drop — 8 years ago

Adam Lord

9.2

Good structure, well rounded — 9 years ago

Shane Grennan

9.0

90/100 This region is for me definitely. This is not as hedonistically upfront as the Cloudy Bay, more subtle but presents a better finish. You do however have to reach further for the nose.
Loads of tropical citrus, lime, pineapple, gooseberry, grapefruit as you would expect, though lots more on the palate than in the nose. Excellent mouthfeel, here it wins.
The finish is linear, no drop off and so scores the same as CB but a different experience.
— 9 years ago

Rohit Shah

9.5

Smooth on the palate. Enjoyed every drop of it. 2009 Reserve — 9 years ago

nobody here

9.0

Love how sake can be so plump and so firm at once. Great with grilled eel over rice. — 9 years ago

Rob Wilson

10

Perfect wine. Perfect year. Drop the mic. — 11 years ago