Mark clowes

9.0

Aroma of Spanish flowers complex flavours' spicy with smooth tannins 2001 vintage — 11 years ago

Benjamin Hickey

9.6

Super complex, great flavours, still some fruit but lots of secondary flavours. Amazing flavours, complexity, balance and length. — 11 years ago

Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe

9.7

Bright fruit, floral and crushed stone. Still a very focused wine with lots of energy and refreshing acidity. Has not seemed to age over the past few years. — 12 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.6

Still has a bit of red currant berry fruit notes of cigar box spice and coffee dried herbs and earth. Very smooth and silky drinking a bit past it's peak but still nice. Excellent — 12 years ago

Michael Morgan

10

Disgorged 2007 so has a nice bit of bottle age. I have been pining over the opportunity to try this for a long time. It is impossibly complex on the bouquet with characters of everything from cashew, nougat, white peach, brioche and hints of vanilla. Multi staged, multi layered palate that evolved on every sip. Depth and breadth with such a spectacular length. This is the perfect marriage of the flavours found in Grand Cru white burgundy and Blanc de Blancs Champagne. In the end I was left speechless and wish the bottle did not end. May be years until i try this again but what a way to celebrate my 25th! A score? 99+ points but could easily be 100. — 11 years ago

JCB

9.4

Extraordinary. Slightly, slightly past its peak. Lovely berries, currants and a hint of shoe leather. Twinge of gunpowder still there but faint. Fading, fading... — 12 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Notes of blueberries and touch of camphor developing savoury flavours. Could easily be Left Bank Bordeaux. Good wine but a hard act to follow after their brilliant 1997 which awakened me to how good Napa Cabernet could be. 18- — 12 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.5

1958 Giacomo Conterno Monfortino: from Jay. This was the Ying to the Mascarello's Yang. Lovely rich ruby colour with virtually no bricking on the edge. The nose developed over the course of 15 to 20 mins in the glass. Unlike the Mascarello that was shedding perfume from the moment it hit the glass, the Monfortino needed more air before becoming less brooding. Dark fruits on the nose. Purple plums, black cherries, some forest floor, light tobacco as well as some floral elements prevailed. The palette was a reflection of the nose so no surprises. The fruit was far from dried out and this particular bottle still had plenty of life left in it but from my recent experience this is the exception rather than the rule. I have had around 10 bottles of old Monfortino ('55 / '58 / and '61) over the last year and the bottle variation, as you would expect, is tremendous with the majority of them past their prime. The finish was strong and in keeping with the rest of the package with reasonable length and quality. Drink now. 95/100.

— 11 years ago

Jeremy Giesbrecht

9.5

Um yeah... #BOOM status granted for this at the #yulwinethrowdown . 81 not the best of vintages and wines are reportedly past peak but this first growth was not. Very interesting flavour profile, certainly secondary characteristics but structurally still pretty sound. I was glad to find it still alive and in my opinion had many more years left before the big decline. Awesome privilege to have tasted. — 12 years ago

Ellen Abramowitz

10

We had a 2004 vintage. Wonderful Very smooth. Easy to drink with vegetarian dishes and chicken. It kept getting better. Beautiful aromas of berries & currant. Medium to Full-bodied with a touch of mint, smoke with some spring flower characteristics and a bit of licorice. Very balanced.
We had many different wines that evening. They were all brought to the restaurant. I'm pretty sure this was either a Nebuchadnezzar or a Soverign. Since it lasted well past dessert and everyone was poured at least one glass. — 12 years ago