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Billecart-Salmon

Brut Rosé Champagne Chardonnay Blend 2010

Strawberry and raspberry, more than I’ve ever had in any rose. Crisp, clean and so enjoyable. — 2 years ago

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Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia

Unico Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend 1961

Tasted blind. Dark reddish tawny. Mostly translucent. Amazing nose. Powerful. A spectrum of notes including red fruit, cola, pencil lead, black truffles, coffee, blood sausage and some dry dark soil. Animalistic. Massive fruit and structure with a long finish. Someone says "honey ham" as a note in the nose and we all agree (first ever note involving the word "ham"). This was a wine where everyone's score or appreciation greatly improved over the evening. A best ever Unico for me. (M's 60th bday 4th of 14) — 4 years ago

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David L

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Quite the year to be born. Damn… Insanity tasting! Happy birthday!!!

Krug

Clos du Mesnil Brut Blanc de Blancs Champagne Chardonnay 1992

Beautifully developed with ever lasting finish. One of the best Blanc de Blancs out there. — 8 years ago

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Pétrus

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 1953

Surprisingly youthful nose of luscious rich plummy baked dark red fruits and the most etheral sous bois and pipe tobacco I've ever smelled. The palate had poise and grace in its age, everything was in fantastic balance. The tannins are shockingly fine, adding the structure that is necessary to hold everything together. Simply superb. I can only hope I show as well as this when I'm nearly 65! — 8 years ago

Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

The best wine I have ever tasted! — 9 years ago

Salon

'S' Blanc de Blancs Le Mesnil Brut Chardonnay 2004

This has to be the most elegant champagne I have ever smelled and tasted, its nose is absolutely mesmerizingly fragrant, notes of white peach, honeysuckle, golden apple, Rivera pear and triple cream Brie cheese laced with hint of clementine and orange blossom, velvety mouthfeel with balanced acidity and micro fine mousse, tastes of baked apple, lime zest, honey, poached pear, bitter lemon, mineral, chalk and orange peel, absolutely silky texture with long and velvety finish, aftertaste of white peach & pear. — 9 years ago

Krug

Grande Cuvée Brut Champagne Blend

Amazing notes and acid touches beyond most any champagne I've ever had. Great limestone acid mouth feel. — 9 years ago

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Château Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1949


This was a beautiful wine that kept getting better, even with the impressive talent that was arrayed alongside it. Red berries, some olives and cedar on the nose, it opens with lovely spice notes, a layered richness that became ever more evident as it opened. The Lafite elegance was on prominent display at the mid palate, the fruit at the core of this wine has lovely perfume and still luscious appeal. This impressive wine continued to gain depth and kept blossoming as the night wore on.
— 9 years ago

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Now that is impressive!

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 1982

Redfruit aromas and flavors, this is still hopelessly young, though the tannins have softened a bit and it seems to be inching towards maturity, impeccable balance and great depth of flavors, super long, lingering finish, just an absolutely fantastic, old school California mountain Cabernet. I have always believed this to be the best Dunn Howell Mountain ever made (I’ve tasted 1981-1992, with a distinct style change towards riper and higher ABV starting around 1992, after which I stopped buying the wine). $15 full retail when I bought it in late 1984. — 2 years ago

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Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

Used to joke about these Dunn HM wines being 40 year wines back in my twenties...guess I wasn't too far off.
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Doug Powers

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@vinokeeno , I used to say the same thing, and it’s still not really mature. Fortunately I was still in my late 20s when I purchased it.

Shafer Vineyards

Hillside Select Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

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I’m down with the friendship and the Shafer HSS but on the basketball 🏀 part I’m all Clippers since 1978 ✊🏽@Rob Brobst III
Tom Garland

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Bombed the 3s, but lost 97 to 99 to LA tonight...................
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It was ugly, but it was a win! Great night at Staples & great wine at the Palms at L.A Live

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1940

What a beautiful person inside and out! I'm blessed beyond measure to be able to call him "Dad". Words can't adequately express how much I Love him. We opened a few bottles last night that I will hold near and dear to my heart forever. We are celebrating his completion of 6 rounds of chemo therapy in his battle against Prostate cancer. This is his 3rd time in the ring against this opponent and it appears that he's won with a unanimous decision by knockout at this time!!!!!! Love you dad!!!!! So proud of your strength through this process. My Father was born in 1940. A difficult year to say the least:
Germans entered Bordeaux in June of 1940. As dictated by Hitler himself, it was the sworn duty of each and every commander to search and seize whatever could be used for the advancement of the German cause. Bedlam broke out. Chateaux' were ransacked, wine cellars were looted if not used for target practice. The Chateauxs were forced to continue producing wines. It's poetic justice that Mother Nature provided the Germans with the worst growing season from 1940 to 1944!!!! The Germans left Bordeaux in 1944 to the cheers of the residents "Au Revoir Les Allemands"!!!! The 1940 bottle that we enjoyed this evening survived World War II. It Survived the ransacking, pillaging & plunder of countless German soldiers. It's outer capsule showed evident signs of its struggle but it's inner beauty was unblemished and glorious. I've had many, many vintages of Latour from 1928 and on but none have ever tasted as perfect as the one we enjoyed tonight. This 1940 was perfect. It was a fighter, it never gave up, it never relinquished in the face of adversity. That's my Father, that my role model. He's a beautiful person inside & out. I think 1940 is the best vintage that I have ever had the privilege to enjoy. Special thanks to my good friends Michael Troise whom provided me with much of the insights in regards to the incredibly difficult vintage and David Page whom gifted this bottle to me for our celebration this evening. I will never forget your generosity. It was a glorious evening to say the least!!! Wine has a way of bringing people together and encapsulating an evening and event. I couldn't think of a better way to rejoice in his victory than to open a Father & Son birth year wine.
— 8 years ago

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Belle Glos

Las Alturas Vineyard Pinot Noir 2014

Best Pinot I've ever had. — 9 years ago

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Harlan Estate

Napa Valley Proprietary Red Blend 2004

The most amazing wine I have ever drank. Great savory taste and a reddish brown color. Drank the 2004 vintage — 4 years ago

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1995

Just the best Sauterne I have ever try! — 6 years ago

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Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Hermitage Syrah 2001

Haha... just wrong. One of the most well integrated wines I have ever had. Thrown off not getting the typical smoked meat/ olive tapenade characteristics of northern Rhône. Dark red fruits, slate, gamy, fresh pepper and the right amount of funk. Simply sublime — 6 years ago

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Silver Oak

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008

One of the best wines I have ever had. Great start and even better finish. — 8 years ago

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Tenuta San Guido

Bolgheri Sassicaia Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2011

Funny story, we ordered the bottle of wine on the line after this bottle on the menu. The waiter brought this bottle as a mistake which we found out was listed as a $485 bottle of wine! We took one sip and knew that it was too good to be true. Come to find out that this is one of the first super tuscan wines ever made. Even though management took the bottle from our table as soon as it was realized, that was the luckiest and most delicious mistake that's ever happened to us. — 9 years ago

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Beaulieu Vineyard

Private Reserve Georges de Latour Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

One of the best Cabs I have ever had. Give me a steak and a glass of this and call it a day!! — 9 years ago

Domaine Tempier

Bandol Rosé Blend 2015

More rhubarb than strawberry, this is the best Rosé I've ever had. Just a bit floral with a great balance of citrus and minerals. — 9 years ago

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Belle Glos

Clark & Telephone Vineyard Pinot Noir

Oke of the smoothest wines I've ever had! — 9 years ago