Really speechless... Just imagine the best thing ever to hit your tastebuds outside of the bedroom, pure palate ecstasy — 10 years ago
Crowd pleaser, too! Smelling it, I think of buckthorn. My friends thought of tamarind, though. I like that. My third bottle. What a fun drink! :-) By the way, store cool and in upright position. Lay it down and the cork might be pushed out. Or worse: friends had one bottle explode all over their (room temp) pantry. The store replaced their bottle, saying the know about the problem. Their display bottle has the cork pushed out about 2mm. On one of my bottles, I saw dried-up drips on the outside of the wax seal. So the store now told me to store it upright and cool.Doesn't seem like something you should store for longer than a few months. Who needs tertiary aromas with something that funky anyways!? — 10 years ago
It is my first day on this app, so I decided to rate this old bottle of wine I had two years ago with Florence. As it is profiled, 1949 is a great vintage and this particular bottle proved it is quite right, even though the bottle had a below shoulder fill. Brownish red color, silky, perfectly balanced, great long finish. Also, since 1949 is the year when People's Republic of China was founded, it added some emotional thing to the taste as well😋 — 11 years ago
My favorite bordeaux region and it delivers. Black cherry popping out. Celebration is a good thing. — 11 years ago
Excellent wine...here's to mo oak!!!! — 10 years ago
Crowd favorite after a little exposure to that thing called oxygen. — 10 years ago
1996 In a perfect drinking zone. Still good color, complex fruit with a bit of leather. As close to Bordeaux as Napa can get. Aged ribeye and aged cab is a beautiful thing. — 10 years ago
Tasted blind, the first thing that struck me on the nose was the amount of forest floor and pine.
Filled the mouth with concentrated fruit , some pepper and very smooth tannins. — 11 years ago
Everyone talks about 2007, but don't sleep on the 2008. I prefer it today and thing it will outpace the 07 over time. — 13 years ago
Excellent, but still very young, decant for a few hours before drinking. We waited on half the bottle and were disappointed we didn't wait on the whole thing. — 10 years ago
While not my thing, this looked good, all pencil shavings and sweet fruit. Could have been young Bordeaux. — 10 years ago
This thing has come together magnificently. Integrated, supple, barny-fruity in all the right ways. Amazing. — 10 years ago
Pretty damn good, Matt. Sorry for your loss and here's to you and your family! — 11 years ago
Spring means one thing...I won't be the only person drinking rosé. shhh. You can hear the angels now. — 11 years ago
Sweet Jesus! Stewed cherry, cassis, smoked charcuterie, leather, with a brooding plum/almost raisin note running under the whole thing. Worth the splurge! — 12 years ago
Great wine makes me happy, and a little extra happiness is a very good thing right now. — 13 years ago
James Gordon
Spirit wine. This thing is at a great place right now. Perfect with roasted chicken, lentils, and roasted vegetables. — 10 years ago