Colin Cahoon

9.3

Nose is dark red fruit with blackberry, blueberry, and cooked strawberry. Palate is dark cherry, cooked strawberry, ripe blackberry, rhubarb, ripe fig, caramel, cola, oak, cedar, mushroom, green pepper, cinnamon, and truffles. Medium tannins, high acid, medium alcohol, and long finish. An outstanding Chinon. — 2 years ago

with Susan

Joe Ho

9.8

This is just ridiculous. Act 7. Tastes of deep figs/plums up front as if grandma just baked a pie in your mouth. Finished smooth with a tiny bit of spice and more jams that make you want to cry. More of this please. — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Pale light yellow gold. Lively constant tiny bubbles. Deep round nose with high pitched fruit. Notes of pear, grapefruit, chalk and limestone. With more air you find some citrus and honeysuckle. Chewy in the mouth with great mouthfeel. Coats the entire mouth. Long finish lingers a minute or more. Velvet. Killer juice. Was inspired to open one of these after seeing a friend’s TN this weekend. Glad I did. — 6 years ago

MaJ CappS

9.0

Smells of an old Tobacco factory after a rainstorm.

Gentle and precise, a flash of bright fruit, Then a touch of saline, a hint of garden vegetable, well rounded acids and and and exhale of vanilla tannins. — 7 years ago

Ken Venezio

9.2

Dark crisp ruby red in the glass and a nose full of blackberry, bright plums and cocoa. Medium tannins and nicely structured. On the palate it was very aromatic with sage, lavender and rose and a medium to long finish. This is a winner. Love Ladera and the Cabs are world class. — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.5

👨‍👨‍👧 Joint rev w/ Burgnut & Deena

❤️ 09&10 got 11/12 to try, so 13 @ £130 how's it stacking up? Like Deena said before - this needs more time to flex its 💪 as it's very delicate 👶

💨 8hr

🐮 Beef Wellington

🍇 85% Cab S & 15% Cab F

🍷 Dark ruby

👃 Smoked cedar through spiced blackberries, herbs, flint minerals, black tea, lavender w/ a touch of cherry & cocoa

👄 Med bodied med acidity tart blackcurrant & red cherry w/ fine tannins & hint of light mocha

🎯 Med+ length light dark fruit dry finish

.... 💥 Extra Note: @ 6 hrs w/ no food this was a 4⭐️ pushing 4.25 but after 7-8hrs air & food it was a solid 4.5⭐️ - loads of potential in this bottle 2020-2035 😎 very elegant but 09 more punchy now 👍 — 8 years ago

Nancy Priddy

9.2

Complex and smooth. — 9 years ago

Scott Newman

9.2

Dark fruit nice mouth feel — 9 years ago

Ian Blackburn

9.3

I have tasted many 1961 over the years, this continues to be one of my favorite wines...The strange thing is that this bottle with its high necklinewas the youngest 1961 that I had ever tried, wine had an great Providence - One owner and one incredible cellar.

1961 was a magical year on the right bank; now over 50 years of age it has lost some weight but picked up elegance on the nose - wet clay, graphite/lead pencil, umami/truffle - nose candy for sure. — 10 years ago

Adam Welch

9.1

One of the best Malbec’s I’ve ever had and I’ve been to Mendoza!! — 2 years ago

Justin Calk

10

Top notch amazing Malbec — 5 years ago

Axel

9.7

This one comes from a certified sustainable farm, with blackberry and dried cranberry character, a bit sweet and fruity at the end which makes it perfect for drinking by itself, it won’t go wrong with a nice steak! — 6 years ago

Jake J.

8.9

Gentle spice and oaky. A soft leather feel and content on the tongue — 6 years ago

Ross Webber

9.7

Wow. Went perfectly with my Christmas Eve New York Strip with truffled paccheri & Cheese. Soooo smooth but with great tannin - very necessary for the marble in the meat. Huge cab grape. Little bit of blackberry and a lot of chocolate. Yum. Note: I decanted two hours in advance. — 7 years ago

Ney Ney

9.0

Bold wine with nice tannins — 8 years ago

Tim Laffoon

9.5

Complex flavor, spicy yet smooth — 8 years ago

with Michelle

William Goldsmith

9.2

Thanks @Harry Hackett ! — 8 years ago

with Ryann

Patrick Dolan

9.3

Aromas of cherry vanilla and maybe blueberry. Very nice smell. Spicy notes in mouth and nice smooth finish. Very rich fruit. Delicious. — 10 years ago

Paul Lopez

9.8

I do remember....what a wine! — 11 years ago

Kell Mc

9.1

Slight fruit up front, dry finish — 11 years ago

Erica Gamble

9.0

Very dark color. Very dark fruity nose but substantial flavor. A little bit of earthiness. — 3 years ago

Michael McNabb

9.0

Very good wine at an excellent price! Way more complex than what I expected. — 5 years ago

Bob Irwin

9.1

Right mix of fruit, smooth, complex, and nice finish — 6 years ago

with Kim

Peter Sultan

9.1

My kind of Malbec-excellent balance, emphasis on freshness, acidity, but the black fruit shines as well, alcohol completely in check. My go to wine shop thought this was their best malbec (out of many) & I agree — 7 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.0

Has a Toasty finish — 7 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.2

Medium ruby color and a pronounced nose of raspberry, violet and a spice note reminiscent of sandalwood incense. Lovely medium body with silky texture. Good acid balance for food pairing and a long lovely finish. Wonderful evocation of serious Beaujolais — 8 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.3

Can't believe I've held on to this treasure for so long! Cedar and sandalwood on the nose. Silky with a bright and savory--almost vegetal--finish. Perfect with filet and steak-house style garlicky creamed spinach. These grapes were picked when I was still in high school! — 8 years ago

Paul J

9.1

Extremely fruit forward but not as structured or refined as I would have expected. Flavors of tar and blackberry hit the palate right up front, but tend to fade rather prematurely. Solid wine, but my expectations were way too high. — 9 years ago

with Brooke

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.4

2001: going into a black olive, black truffle note. Rich meaty notes, vibrantly meated, smoky, leather, tobacco, cigar. Towards full, complex, chewy. Light liquorice, light black truffle. Tip top. — 10 years ago

Ben Aneff

Managing Partner Tribeca Wine Merchants

9.1

Terrific. Easily picked out vs the high fruit of the 90. — 11 years ago