Still a very robust wine. Not in the least past its prime. There’s a lot of fruit left, but there’s also a lot of oak., even after 26 years. This has dried out the wine a little bit. Don’t make too much out of my criticism. The wine is very enjoyable, so the bottle was finished without any complaints from my friends at the table.
89/100. — 6 years ago
Absolute GEM!!!!!! — 7 years ago
Vila. Avanzadas 2017. 166,90
25.06.18 — 7 years ago
Vila. 16,76.
31.12.16
— 9 years ago

Good wine. — 7 years ago
Svartpeppar, indisk långpeppar och granskog i näsan. Lång, relativt återhållen och kryddig smak men höga tanniner som gör sig bäst till mat med fett och sälta. Seriös spelare som dock kanske inte gör sig bäst att dricka som sällskapsvin med nuvarande ålder på nacken. — 7 years ago
3 June 2018. The Four Horsemen, Brooklyn, NY. — 7 years ago
Dead leaves, wet stone, cinnamon, tar, wet stone, rose petals with a hint of Brett. #happyvalentinesday — 9 years ago
I decided to revisit a bottle that was the winner of our horizontal tasting of MSD 2016 village (10 producers tasted blind by 10 participants). And once again this is a hit for a village. Lots of complexity, licorice, spices and red fruits... more than satisfactory length for this level of appellation. — 5 years ago
Really great and different from previous vintages; slightly effervescent and has some nice savory funk to compliment all the fruit. — 6 years ago
Very old school. Great stuff. — 7 years ago
This producer used excessive reductive wine making techniques for his reds in 2015. I tried the whole line up a year ago. Plenty of mercaptans = volatile sulfur = rotten eggs on the nose - i was shocked at the time and thought these will be a hard sell. So what has changed with an extra year on the bottle - still super stinky nose but the wine tastes fine with traces of tar, roses and black cherry. Quite soft right now. There is a lot going on in this wine and it needs at least an hour of decant! For the restaurant sommeliers on this site - your clients will be shocked at first and the reaction of my Vino friends was mixed. I still like this wine and producer - I bought the 16 - but this is really a wine for the folks who have patience. Pricy! 80$ or so. — 7 years ago
Dark and rich. Spice and cola. Has a solid acid backbone. — 7 years ago
2nd time having this. Showing much more expansive on the palate than 6 months ago. Pure fruit. Long finish. — 9 years ago
Peter C
Oddly this tastes ripe. Different from other bottles. — 5 years ago