Tom Garland

9.3

Believe this is the 1st vintage released to the public. At age 15 finally decided to pop a bottle and see what's what.

+1 hour decant(some fine/cloudy sediment). A striking still inky dark magenta color. On the nose: subdued nose of dark fruit, graphite, clove, forest floor, smokey vanilla. Taste: silky, rich, nice depth mouthcoating wine with blackberry, gravel, baked fig, rich soil, and a dark chocolate tobacco finish with some slightly chewy tannins and a just a touch of heat at the end. YUM! — 9 months ago

with Brenda

Adam Gäfvert

9.1

In a very nice state at the moment. Stands the test of time without any problems. One of my favourite label designs. — 2 years ago

Robert Gaines

10

Last bottle of a case bought in 2010 — 3 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.3

Had one a few weeks ago that seemed rather advanced. This one was more put together. Brighter acidity. Enjoyed with spaghetti bolognese. — 3 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.5

It is Tuesday night, the night after my first Covid-19 shot. I thought it would be nice to open a 2009 Muga Selección Especial Rioja Reserva. This is a blend of 70% Tempranillo, 15% Garnacha, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo.

On the nose there a notes of black cherry, blackberry, black plum, black currant, licorice, savory notes, leather and earth.

On the palate I find notes of black cherry, black plum, tomato, black currant, spice, licorice, black pepper, a nice mineral note and earth.

This wine is full bodied with a fleshy velvety mouthfeel, medium+ acidity and medium + fine mouth coating tannins which moves into a long dark fruit savory earthy finish. Definitely a lovely Rioja and in a very good drinking spot right now but still has many years to go. I hope everyone is doing well please still stay safe and healthy. Have a great week going forward. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 4 years ago

K Karls

10

Delicious!!! Ripe dark fruit, long finish, deep dark color with a soft pallet! — 5 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.1

Sd 2015 cowboy star — 6 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Lemon yellow . Quite restrained and elegant, fine bubbles , white flowers , slightly more yellow fruits , buttered bread , pastry . On the palate , crystallised fruits , ginger , mineral , quite taut mouth feel . Lemon peel , grapefruit, touch of honey . Good acidity and mineral , chalky , steely finish . Still showing quite young , with excellent focus and good length . Drink now and over the next 10 years — 10 months ago

Severn Goodwin

9.4

2009 | Cabernet Franc — a year ago

Gor

9.3

Very linear and primary still but opening up nicely with a rare purity and supple tannins. Good stuff. — 2 years ago

Ocie Bauer

10

Ocie had this 3 years ago

Sean Peay

9.2

About to enjoy a great dinner at The Food Market in Columbia — 4 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.7

2009 Allemand Horizontal. I absolutely love Allemand’s wines. Always a seamless combination of both elegance and power. Both the Chaillot and Reynard showed perfectly, with the Reynard a bit more concentrated and deep than the Chaillot. Both wines had superb intensity, focus and a wonderful texture with the signature liquid rock, violets, herbs and cassis of Allemand Cornas. Fantastic duo. — 5 years ago

barak heller hayun

9.0

🙈 tasting 6th wine
at wset level 2 course (5th meeting)

2nd of a tempranillo couple.

strawberry, blackcurrant and oak 👃

medium acidity.
medium tannins.
medium body.

rich 👄 of red and black fruit, spices and some oak.

long 🎯

great wine, not to my liking.

no wine in this class made me really happy...
the Rieslings weren't top class, the rest not specially made for me. — 5 years ago

Spencer Fox

9.1

shy even after hours in the decanter. still, a very elegant franc. bramble fruit, mellow baking spice, pepper. have always loved raffault just wished this one was a touch more showy. — a year ago

Brett Vanderbrook

9.5

Sitting on the precipice of primary and tertiary. Still has bright fruit notes with high acidity and just enough tannins that it would still pair well with food. But it also has forest floor, mossy stone, leather, cigar box. It will probably age longer knowing Mussar, but this wine has definitely hit its stride and is absolutely singing right now. — 2 years ago

with Raina and Michael

Krupal bhatt

9.3

Blind tasting. Correctly identified as Syrah of 10-15 yrs. Was confused since not California fruit bomb but definitely high alcohol so neither Rhône. Pleasantly surprised for my first Sine Qua Non Red — 3 years ago

Donald Williams

8.9

A bit of a disappointment compared to the last bottle we had. Maybe past its prime. Still solid, though. — 3 years ago

with Bonnie

Bob Pratt

9.4

Silver Oak never disappoints. Classic Napa , 2009 vintage. Happy to be able to drink this here in Shanghai where it’s virtually non existent. Just about at its peak I would say- dark cherries, a hint of eucalyptus, very resolved and smooth, drinking well. — 4 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.0

Kosta Browne 2006-2015 tasting — 5 years ago