Cecile B

9.5

Delicious tasting notes of licorice — 7 years ago

John Ruvolo

9.4

Whoa. Crazy good. Beast of a wine. Deep pomegranate, dry, earth. — 8 years ago

with Lauren

Austin Beeman

9.5

So dark! Deep black raspberry aromas ring out. Dark velvety sexy smoothness on palate.

Quality and style of a six figure Napa Cult Beast. Word class old vine Petit Verdot. Worthy of the Monte Bello name! — 8 years ago

Ryan Ramos

9.2

First time I've ever tasted a Roussanne. It has some smooth, buttery characteristics, a slight nuttiness, and a mellow sweetness that really rounds out this drink, making it an almost caramely drink. Recommend chilling it for 15 to 20 minutes if you don't want it to taste too rich. I'm a big fan of both grape wine and mead and this was a lovely sort of in between that I greatly enjoyed with my friends. — 9 years ago

BT

9.2

This will be a beast in a couple of years. Solid! — 9 years ago

Dean Lapthorne

9.2

2012 shows well; she's a beast and will improve come 4-5 years of bottle ageing — 9 years ago

Megan Jasper

9.5

I love this one. It reminds me of the wine version of Licorice Allsorts. I can taste licorice, cherries and all kinds of deliciousness. Plus, hello BEASTMODE! — 9 years ago

James Parker Huston, CWE

Sommelier Charlie Palmer

9.7

Wow. Tons of fruit left on this beast. Called 89 Leoville Les Cases blind. — 7 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Waiting on this big blackberry briar beast to emerge from its dank herbaceous cave, Rosemary, morel, and blackberry nose, kafir lime, grape leaf and explosive tar and black currant dynamite stuffed between black teeth of smoke and granite. Look for an update! — 8 years ago

with Josh, Brenton and 2 others

D Dean Williams

9.2

Our good friend joe Carr is with us. Wonderfully ripe yet supple and silky in the mouth. Touches of cinnamon in the nose. Great wine!! — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

Several hours of decanter time is needed to appreciate this beast.
Still very compact and concentrated, black pepper, brambly fruit, dried sausages, blood, kirsch, some farmyardy funk. Strong alcoholic component. Lots of potential here.
100% Mourvedre. — 9 years ago

Michael Housewright

Writer/Photographer Wine Enthusiast Magazine

9.2

Here I am again with a pop goes the bramble weasel moment. Even at a listed 15.5 alcohol (certainly a lie) this beast had some elegance and subtlety. I think it's a testament to terroir. Even over ripe as this is (to me) it has the depth, and more importantly, width of flavors to hold up to the glycerin floating on top, like grease from my father-in-law's chili cook-off, red ribbon special. On the third day it seems that the wine rested a bit, and it sang a good hymn with my bacony crepinette. — 9 years ago

with Juliet

Lewis Chester

9.3

2007 vintage in magnum. Medium garnet. Quite pronounced nose. Red fruits on opening - sour cherry and plums. Graphite smells from the oak, hints of savoury cardamom spices. Definite farmyard, meaty development. There's a menthol, medicinal note. On the palate, the wine has high acidity, medium plus body, medium tannins are silky and fine grained. Alcohol is medium and totally integrated. Gorgeous fresh red plum, tobacco and savoury meats. Sweet fruit finish which is persistent. This is still a relative youngster and though there's a lot going on, the complexity is yet to fully develop. Needs five more years plus. Nonetheless, the wine is extremely fine and elegant. Not a big beast but clearly has a lot of power. Lovely. — 9 years ago

Jon Tam

9.5

Hints of pine mixed with black licorice and chocolate. The perfect combination of sweet and robust flavor with a kick. This is a strong, hearty number - get ready to take on the beast. — 7 years ago

with Randy

Brad Pejcic

9.0

Peachy vanilla lemon curd, with a kind of slightly bitter grapefruit finish. Showing hints of it's glory days but is sadly fading. — 8 years ago

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.3

Wow. Lots of fruit still on this vintage. Very impressive. I would drink soon if you still have it. — 8 years ago

Martin Redmond

8.9

Pretty salmon color with strawberry, raspberry, stone fruit, and a hint of floral aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, and fresh with juicy strawberry, raspberry, stone fruit, and a hint of savory spice with a mineral element and a lingering finish. 14.1% alcohol. Barrel fermented in 80% stainless and 20% neutral French oak. Retail $28 — 9 years ago

Bryan Maxson

9.6

Simply a beast. When young it was blackberry sage tea with a dollop of sweet cream. Now it's bold tea, crushed herbs, fruit towards the backside. — 9 years ago

Matt Krueger

9.3

Brooding and wanting more time. This beast has a while to go. Drank out of magnum. — 9 years ago

Austin Beeman

9.0

Sweet jelly. Dark fruit vanilla grip and power. Dark beast. Very long flinty finish. $100 — 9 years ago