Jim McCusker

9.3

Purchased at the winery about 4 or 5 years ago, we thought this was excellent - much better than some of the ratings we saw in the trade magazines. Intense but balanced, complex fruit with hints of eucalyptus that for me is a great trademark of wines from this region in Australia, this was really terrific. — 4 years ago

with Vanessa

Katie

9.1

Soil and meat with a hint of berries. Paired well with lamb! — 4 years ago

Will

9.2

Shake well. Pour from height. — 4 years ago

Jen Jen

9.1

Tims wine. Very smooth and rich. Great wine. — 5 years ago

Shuhui Ng

9.3

Dense , spicy and fragrant to the nose. — 5 years ago

Jesse Hahn

9.1

Smooth rich cherry chocolate — 6 years ago

Paul T HB

9.6

Last 07, pop & pour beauty
Jack in the box Fridays rule! — 6 years ago

Jonas Johansson

9.2

Rum Raisin awesomeness — 7 years ago

John Riddick

9.2

Beautifully balanced. Great experience. Drank over 2 days. — 4 years ago

with Lauren

Sylvain Rhainds

9.4

1995
Grand vin.... dans mon top 3 de la soirée! Nez stratosphérique et l'ensemble de œuvre en contrôle. Dans son peak! — 4 years ago

Manny Abascal

9.6

Corny wife made my son wear corny hat on his 21st but we made up for it with a great birth year champagne. Trying to have fun during these scary times. — 4 years ago

Kris

9.7

Delicious Pet Nat. A little citrusy and funky — 5 years ago

Jack Petras

9.8

Fortunate enough to have tasted this along with 6 other stunning wines last night during a cellar tasting. This 36 year old 2nd growth was nearly perfect, unusual but very pleasant mint, camphor, crushed sage and rosemary aromas with the same cooling delicate herbal initial palate. Dried but expressive red fruits mid- palate with a great structural graphite element throughout. Whiff of new leather. Changed in the glass showing different mellow facets. Pretty much intercepted at the exact right time. A real privilege to taste such a renowned vintage with folks who appreciates what was in front of them. — 6 years ago

GabWine

9.5

Color : Red
Wine estate : Marchesi Antinori
Designation : Toscana
Name : Tignanello (Tignanella 💕)
Country : Italy
Vivino : 5/5
Note : I present you the Tignanella and its pink label! Thanks the fading of another bottle, I ended up with this 1985.
Of course, the wine had not moved and was incredible. A sublime dark purple-red robe. A nose that transports us to Tuscany with fresh notes of leather, cherry and flowers. The elegance of Sangiovese and silk tannins gives us a beautiful length with a structured and beautiful finale.
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Je vous présente la Tignanella et son étiquette rose ! Merci la décoloration d’une autre bouteille, je me suis retrouvé avec ce 1985.
Bien évidemment, le vin n’avait pas bougé et était incroyable. Une robe sublime foncée, violet-rouge. Un nez qui nous transporte en Toscane avec des notes fraîche de cuir, cerise et fleurs. L’élégance du Sangiovese et des tannins de soie nous donne une belle longueur avec un final structuré et magnifique.
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👍🏻Vivino, FB : GabWine | IG : gabriel_dvl 🥂 — 6 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

For all of you that drink; SQN, Cayuse & Horsepower, if you haven’t tried a well aged Rostaing, you are missing the best aspect of Syrah.

Côte de Rôtie translates in English into Roasted Slope. That’s exactly what this wine defines.

The Ampodium is a blend of 7-8 different Rhône vineyards. 2010 a dynamic vintage in Northern Rhône.

I bought this recently at auction and it has been decently stored but not quite ideally stored.

The nose reveals; roasted chestnut, stewed; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, raspberries, dark cherries, strawberries on the high nose & backend of the fruit, used coffee grounds, soft leather, dry tobacco, savory meats, dark, moist soils, anise to black licorice, fresh sage & bay leaf with candied; dark, red, blue, purple florals in a field of lavender.

The palate is; fresh, ripe, juicy, elegant and nicely resolved. The structure, tension, balance and length are perfect. It is for the palates that love elegance & beauty, not brawn & ABV. Roasted chestnut, stewed; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, raspberries, dark cherries, juicy, ripe strawberries backend of the fruit, used coffee grounds, soft leather, dry tobacco, savory meats, smoke, dark, moist soils, anise to black licorice, light purple cola, fresh sage & bay leaf with candied; dark, red, blue, purple florals in a field of lavender. The acidity is round & stream like. The finish is in perfect balance, harmony that settled softy yet speaks volumes.

Paired with the Cardiff Chipotle Tri-tip. The best Tri-tip we’ve had. You can order at CardiffCrack.com. Not inexpensive though. The best never is!

Photos of; me in the La Landonne Vineyard, Rene Rostaing and our tour with Pierre Rostaing in their La Landonne Vineyard. What an afternoon!

Producer notes, Pierre (son of Rene & now Winemaker) uses up to 100% of the stems - believing they contribute to Côte Rôtie’s ineffable perfume. Macerations last from 7 to 20+ days, and the wines enjoy a long élevage in a mix of barrels and time-honored pièce for aging, so that no more than 15% of a given vintage sees new wood. — 4 years ago

with James and Christina

Erica Gamble

9.1

Full bodied, fruity, smooth. Changed significantly as it breathed. Good. — 5 years ago

Ron R

9.7

Sheer brilliance!
Loved this SB... First time tasting this. Worth every cent. Son-in-law in the foreground. — 5 years ago

with Mo, Anne-marie and 3 others

Brett Bordlemay

8.9

We may or may not have been overlooking Cala Deià when we drank this so our review might be positively influenced but we still very much enjoyed it. — 6 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.2

In game, with curry. Such a fortunate one to drink a bottle of this every year. Even if it is only one bottle, considering myself lucky. — 7 years ago

Kevin Ortzman

9.0

Clearly Bill Harlan passed down great winemaking to his son Will. Big dark fruit with wet slate and earth and a hint of pencil shavings. Well done even given the challenging year Napa had in 2011. — 7 years ago

with Betty, Frank and 1 other