Alexandre Pagliano

9.2

Pale yellow robe, fine bubbles, good acidity, balanced, complex, elegant. Excellent champagne. — 2 years ago

with Jose and Adriana

GaryWEdwards

9.3

Agree with those who describe the finesse in this reserve. Long open but worth the wait every time. apparently higher in sangiovese than other vintages and it works just fine. Really nice Antinori offering! — 4 years ago

with Logan

Mike Evans

9.3

Red currant and a fair bit of savory bell pepper, great elegance with a good bit of fine tannin and drinking very well. An outstanding performance from a vintage that is generally mediocre at best. — 6 years ago

Joakim Bogström

9.3

Like a structured white oaked wine w/ a sparkling hood. Creamy, fine acidity, small fine tuned mousse. Combines 04 w/ certain elements from 2002.
Pair w/ lobster, shrimpbutter and fennel.

Drink again in 5 yrs time. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.6

After the fab 09 Sass does this @ £137 stack up? Oh yeah 😍 blind I'd say this was top Bordeaux 👍

⭐️ 95-96 now, but 97-99 in 5yrs 😉

🍇 52% Cab S, 22% Mer, 21% Cab F & 5% Pet V

🍷 Opaque ruby

👃 Sweet cedar & oak, through smoked herbs, mint, blackcurrant, blackberry & dark plum in gravelly minerals w/ red flowers, spice, leather & mocha

👄 Med++ body of creamy ripe rich chewy bcurrant/berry & dark plums bathed in thick choc mocha w/ fine dry tannins

🎯 Long mineral & mocha infused dark fruit lasting stain — 8 years ago

Cathy Hoang Scurci

9.4

Jan 25, 2016--Rich, yet fine and delicate, one of the very best! Edinburgh, Scotland at the Witchery Restaurant — 9 years ago

Sam Criste

9.7

Delicious!! Comparable to Taylor's, but smoother. Blended flavors well so you were tasting the best of everything (strong, sweet, & smooth). — 12 years ago

Chelsea Hunt

9.3

Good sweet port, not too dry. Great after dinner treat. — 4 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.2

Fine intensity of developed aromas with a defined ripe and autolytic complexity. Primary red apples, raspberries, lemon and orange fruit drops, secondary aromas of nougat, hazelnuts, butter, toast and a chalky, oyster shell minerality.
High acidity, medium - body. A creamy, peristant mousse and linear acidity drives the palate. Intense presence on the mid palate with characters of red apples, fruit drops, coffee beans and chalk. Medium + lenght finish that lacks some dimension and lenght to compete with the best. — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Popped this in anticipation of an Australian victory over England in the Rugby World Cup quarter final when we trailed 17-16 in the 2nd half. However we ended up getting trounced 40-16. This Champers was mid Lemon Gold with an ultra fine bead. Funky lemon mineral notes with apple pie pastry. Even at 17 years good tension with possibly another 10 years of cellaring. Although pretty irresistible right now. As Churchill said You deserve Champagne in victory and you need it in defeat! — 6 years ago

Aaron Means

9.5

Very classy yet pent up. Drinks pretty good now, but was opened way in advance of tasting. Reminded me of Heitz Martha's Vineyard a bit. Blackberries, medicinal herb, lavender, and fine tannins. — 8 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.1

Of the 2 Bordeaux drinking the best tonight, but long term the Brane-Cantenac 2005 will outlive this wine by 10 years easy. While very complex, a fine touch a green is traceable.

A classic currant and forest floor nose, fall leaves abound with a spike of spice and a barely there green that while subtle is apparent.

The pleasure here is higher for its more mature tasted and feel, while the brawny 2005 is a better wine it was not as enjoyable to me and feel it will be another notch enter in 3 years, and likely 2 notches better in 5.

The elegance and feel on this wine is ready to go and will easily go another 5+ years. — 9 years ago

Meghan Schmeltzer

9.0

Smooth red wine. Not sweet but delicious! — 9 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.2

medium + intense, developing aromas of red apples, lemon fruit drops and some redberried raspberries my streaks , nougat, vanilla, pastry, roasted nuts and a chalk, white button mushroom undergrowth.
Dry experience on the palate, high refreshing but integrated acidity, the fine beaded mousse opens up rather wild but soon mellows into a creamy and persistent and linar character cross the palate, Chalky mid palate with a tighting finish with character of red apples, tangerines and dusty chalk. balanced and serious finish, but lacks the dimension to reach the ens zone. — 4 years ago

Fredybeans

9.3

Robe jaune clair
Bulle fine
Nez assez sur la retenue plutôt sur le fruit et belle Vanille chocolat blanc
Bouche dense mais avec un creux et un côté court — 5 years ago

with Pico and El

Namho Kim

9.3

A fine rioja. Off a coravin’ed magnum bottle. Loved it — 7 years ago

Joe Kaiser

9.3

2004 Pol Roger Churchill Cuvée a nice nose of red delicious apple with hints of a crusty baguette finishing with a faint of antique honey, the palate is refine precise with citrus, apple, and yeasty bread with a fine bead mousse! Paired wonderfully with Tulip Tree Tiger Lilly cheese and toasted baguette. — 7 years ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.0

SD 11/18/16 — 8 years ago

Mike Frye

9.1

Perfect river beer — 9 years ago

Rick Baumgarten

9.1

A bit of oxidation, but otherwise, just fine. Fruit still there. 1970, 45 year old wine for our 45th Anniversary. — 10 years ago