Peter Montoleone

9.0

Very good and consistent. Bold and round with a fruit forward start. — 2 years ago

Patrick Fishman

10

Awesome! Bold & smooooooth — 3 years ago

Joe Flo

9.6

Wow delicious looking forward to the 2016 vintage. — 4 years ago

JJ Lumia

9.0

Chewy and jammy with lush plum, cinnamon, spicebox, and white pepper flavors. A little more fruit forward than previous versions, and arguably a bit extracted. but still enjoyable, still reliable. Should always be on hand as it’s always a crowd pleaser. — 6 years ago

Bret Barker

9.7

Dear diary- I wish I owned more of this bottle. Wow what a wine. So much going on with very smooth tannins and a long finish. Mixture of chocolate, vanilla, black currant and minerals. Touch of earthiness and bit of leather. A lot going on but it all comes together beautifully. Pure awesomeness. — 6 years ago

Bret Barker

9.4

Big Tig fan. Hard to go wrong with this wine. Tannins are more subtle and it is more elegant. Usually young tignanello are straight forward super Tuscan powerhouses but this has a lot going on with cherry, spice , a little cedar with mineral at the end. — 6 years ago

Ryan Key

9.0

New world goodness. Jammy. Bright red cherry with dry tannins and good structure. Well balanced fruit and acid. Young, bright, forward. Crowd pleaser for sure. — 7 years ago

Quinton Sartor

9.6

Cherry forward — 8 years ago

Dana Stalder

9.6

Wow. The quintessential napa cab. Fruit forward. Aged perfectly. Smooth. Cherry subtle. Love it. — 8 years ago

Fernando Fernandez

9.0

Bit to young still will keep my others in the cellar.. Looking forward for next year — 9 years ago

Genna Mirmak

9.1

2009 - This was much better than I expected because it was new to me. It's very smooth, but still has a lot going on and the finish is also smooth instead of high tannins.
The color is a beautiful, deep red and actually went
very well with a nice, meaty pizza. — 9 years ago

David Leiman

9.4

1984, surprisingly tanic, acidic, and Heavy dried fruit, prunes and dried figs. over oxidized tasting at first but interesting. From producer to cellar at breakers in palm beach. Small leak out the bottle on one side of the cork. Over time it settles and the dried fruit subsides and then the lighter acidic flavors of fresh berries comes forward. — 2 years ago

Chelsea Asplen

9.5

Great red blend! Clean, dry and very vanilla forward but not in an overly sweet way. Would be happy to drink again! — 3 years ago

Amy McGlohon Rucker

9.7

Delicious — 4 years ago

Landon Donley

9.8

It’s as sexy and complex as it was during blending and before bottling...I look forward to tasting it again in 5 years. — 6 years ago

with Sarah

Jeffrey Lew

9.6

Wow.. Shocking how good these wines can be when they are on. Wonderful nose of dark fruit, old glove leather and graphite. This was still kicking after 3hrs and shows how strong the vintage was to keep going so strong after 50+ years. — 6 years ago

Joe Lyons

9.1

Very fruit forward, cherries, plums and earth tones.... very good! — 7 years ago

with Craig

Brad Pejcic

9.3

I love how in Spain you can go to a restaurant order a half bottle of Rioja and a 14 year old wine comes out aged perfectly. This is drinking great right now and can't imagine it's going to get any better. — 8 years ago

Nathaniel DiMaggio

8.9

Rich, forward medium dark fruit. Delicious. — 8 years ago

with David

Gjertsen B Gjertsen

9.0

Juicy and forward which levels off after some decanting. Best wine from Daou. — 9 years ago

Mary Lanham

9.9

Fruit forward, deep red purple color. Mouth feel is awesomely smooth all the way through the finish. This is a favorite of mine! — 9 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.7

Simply WOW!! I have now experienced the pleasure of tasting my initial First Growth Bordeaux. Simply unbelievable! 90% Cabernet Sauvignon. Highly aromatic! A lovely nose of violets, pencil shavings, cigar box, and red and black berry fruit. The pallet is red fruit forward with accents of cooked blackberry, and Belgian chocolate. It also features beautifully soft tannins and perfectly integrated acidity. This is an experience that I will never forget. Thank You so much, Petey! Merry Christmas, 2021! — 2 years ago

Mary Catherine Beck

9.0

Black currant - fruit forward. Dad likes from Atlanta friend. — 3 years ago

Raul Puga

9.4

11 years young and still going strong — 5 years ago

with Joe

Allyson O'Keefe

9.0

Made the mistake of drinking whiskey first. Tastes flat & dull in comparison. Earth, dark berries, cassis, & plum. Not overly bright or fruit forward. Leather, tannic, acidic finish. — 6 years ago

Martin G Rivard

10

Quick funny story:
Christine & I are LUCKY to have Kelly work in our office but we are BLESSED to be able to consider her and Darryl as dear friends.
We recommended to Kelly, prior to her going on vacation in Charleston SC, that they should stop by the Belmont hotel. They have a bar and restaurant that is 2nd to none in that area. Christine & I LOVE it!!!! Kelly sent me a quick text to say “hey, we’re at the Belmont! And about to have dinner!”
Being the goof ball that I am..... .....I called the Somm and said “I don’t care what they ordered, bring them a Shafer Hillside Select with some age on it!!!”. 10 minutes later he was decanting a 2003 Hillside Select table side! I love that hotel! Incredible service, incredible food and always a phenomenal experience! The only thing better are-our friends that are there right now!!!!

I didn’t Have a drop of this wine but I am scoring it a 10 based on experience alone!! It must have been “Badass in a Glass” as I always say!
I’ll let Kelly and Darryl fill in the official tasting notes!
by the way Kelly: don’t love SC tooooooo much, Christine & I can’t operate that place without you! See you next week! 👍👏👏👏👏👍
— 6 years ago

with Christine

Michael Meagher MS

Chairman/Founder Boston Sommelier Society, Beverage Director Cafe Escadrille

9.5

From a 3 liter, about 10 years after "PD" suggested it was to be at its best. (This was a gift from my 21st birthday and the cork was beginning to show seepage so time to drink!). Seriously good stuff. The boozy side of Zin has settled, the structure and savory notes of the Petite Sirah and Mataro are emerging. Looking forward to this with grilled meat, lobster and whatever else we can cook up outside. @ridgevineyards #legend — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

This was very open, fruit forward and showing some brioche, hazelnut, pear with floral notes. — 8 years ago

Charles (Chad) Bucklin

Owner and founder of C. T. Bucklin Wine Advising

8.9

Super cloudy. Some fun stuff going on here though. #bordeaux #moutonrothschild — 9 years ago

Justin Weaver

9.7

Tasted upon release, very impressed...looking forward to trying again in a few years. — 11 years ago