Slightly sweet, full flavoured, berry notes, velvety smooth. Goes very well with red meats or even a berry themed dessert. Excellent value for the money. — 12 years ago
Yum! 1999 in napa was a great year, did t even need To aerate it that long
— 12 years ago
An ICON. Superb, even belonging to a big big corporation. — 12 years ago
Nothing needs to be said. Great wineries make great wines even in not so great vintages — 12 years ago
Magnum drank with big dry-aged steaks. Perfect match as this was big powerful wine that show good penetration and focus even with the steaks! — 11 years ago
Drank the 1986 in 11/2014. Wine was delicious out of the bottle and even better after being in the decanter for over an hour. Wine is holding nicely. Drink soon. — 12 years ago
Clear deep purple colour with watery rim. Clean medium intensity aroma with minty black cherry and black currant with hint of oak smokiness and vanilla. Dry on the palate full bodied medium alcohol with medium acidity and high but smooth velvety tannin. Flavours of earthy black currant, black cherry, and vanilla. Flavours last through into its long pleasant finish. Very good quality, drink now but can age for another 3 to 5 years for a even more balanced complexity. — 12 years ago
Dave Schneider
Quite the funk bomb. Needed time to open but when it did it became much softer and even balanced. tasted like a classic older Bordeaux. — 11 years ago