Greg Gregory

9.7

Truly one of the better 2000’s I’ve had. Needs an hour or more to open up but glorious fruit and texture once it does. Silky like cashmere. Black fruits galore. Better to hold your bottles for another five years. The best is yet to come. — 7 years ago

Bill Bishop

9.3

Served from magnum. The 1979 Gruaud Larose is drinking beautifully. Light brick rim to dark ruby color. Just a touch of Bret in the nose but plenty of plum-like fruit. Nice acidity with plenty of fruit up front. Ripe. Soft tannins with nice lingering fruit in finish. Perfect now but will hold for several years to come. Drank on my 64th birthday with BBQ ribs. Great pairing. — 8 years ago

JJ Lumia

9.4

I know, I know. Too early. I couldn't hold out any longer. BUT. This. Is. Awesome. Oozing plenty of goodness with mushroom, barnyard, and bacon fat. Oh the bacon fat. If you want a fruit-forward, uninteresting Syrah, well...ok. This isn't for you. But if you have some game or are willing to lugnut up and try a real Syrah, uncork this beauty. And this beauty can easily go 10 more years without breaking a sweat. — 9 years ago

Joakim Bogström

9.1

Garnet. Orange medium-sized rim.
Lovely balanced with aromas of cigarbox, dried red apples, figs and chocolate. Really a blend of red ripe fruits and dark fruits. Peppery.
Dry. Medium acidity. Medium high plus tannins. Medium plus alcohol. But very well integrated. Full, lean body.
Great balance.
Serve at 16 degrees celsius with braised ox, cabbage and butter fried artichokes.
Drink now ord hold for another 4 years. — 9 years ago

Colin McCartney

9.3

Explosive nose with brambly, dark fruit, white pepper, and some asian spices floating through in the mix....restrained, as always, for a zinfandel but still giving a mouthful of plums, cedar, spice and tannins that hold on for awhile....these are neck and neck with Hartford single vinyards for my favorite red zins.... — 9 years ago

Annie Marlow

9.5

Absolutely amazing. Thin body, rich tannins. Excellent with high fat foods, can hold its own. Absolutely rebuy. Delightful. — 9 years ago

with Tony and Bryan

John Paul Kaminga

9.9

1947 vintage: amazingly fresh (hints of fresh fruit, but mainly candied, dried and cooked fruits), very intense and long (so many roasted, spicy and confected nuances), still sweet but I don't think it would hold up to many desserts, much better as the start to a meal, pair with super rich foods — 9 years ago

WC Fields

9.0

Tasted. No doctors made me pay through the nose like Mr. @Bill Bender but I feel his pain. My impatience won't allow me to buy this "en quant." Drink now or forever hold your peace! $200/btl means I hold my wallet... — 10 years ago

Adam Greenberg

9.5

Great Cabernet. Thought it might not hold up to the 40th anniversary. Personally I think this is amazing — 10 years ago

Mark Lindzy

9.7

Absolutely singing, recently enjoyed by my wife and I on the patio with grilled steaks. Very old-school profile of dark fruit, earth and leather, still young enough to hold onto our 2nd bottle for a few more years. — 12 years ago

Ryan Mullins

9.2

Drink now or forever hold your piece — 7 years ago

Paul Masson

9.1

Much more advanced than Lafite with marked tertiary forest floor, approachable tannins. Drink or hold — 7 years ago

Alex Jones

Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines

9.0

Hot at first but Asian plum and Korean bbq sauce shows later along with wild cherry/dark fruit. It’s massive and may not hold but really enjoyable now. — 8 years ago

Martin G Rivard

10

What a beautiful person inside and out! I'm blessed beyond measure to be able to call him "Dad". Words can't adequately express how much I Love him. We opened a few bottles last night that I will hold near and dear to my heart forever. We are celebrating his completion of 6 rounds of chemo therapy in his battle against Prostate cancer. This is his 3rd time in the ring against this opponent and it appears that he's won with a unanimous decision by knockout at this time!!!!!! Love you dad!!!!! So proud of your strength through this process. My Father was born in 1940. A difficult year to say the least:
Germans entered Bordeaux in June of 1940. As dictated by Hitler himself, it was the sworn duty of each and every commander to search and seize whatever could be used for the advancement of the German cause. Bedlam broke out. Chateaux' were ransacked, wine cellars were looted if not used for target practice. The Chateauxs were forced to continue producing wines. It's poetic justice that Mother Nature provided the Germans with the worst growing season from 1940 to 1944!!!! The Germans left Bordeaux in 1944 to the cheers of the residents "Au Revoir Les Allemands"!!!! The 1940 bottle that we enjoyed this evening survived World War II. It Survived the ransacking, pillaging & plunder of countless German soldiers. It's outer capsule showed evident signs of its struggle but it's inner beauty was unblemished and glorious. I've had many, many vintages of Latour from 1928 and on but none have ever tasted as perfect as the one we enjoyed tonight. This 1940 was perfect. It was a fighter, it never gave up, it never relinquished in the face of adversity. That's my Father, that my role model. He's a beautiful person inside & out. I think 1940 is the best vintage that I have ever had the privilege to enjoy. Special thanks to my good friends Michael Troise whom provided me with much of the insights in regards to the incredibly difficult vintage and David Page whom gifted this bottle to me for our celebration this evening. I will never forget your generosity. It was a glorious evening to say the least!!! Wine has a way of bringing people together and encapsulating an evening and event. I couldn't think of a better way to rejoice in his victory than to open a Father & Son birth year wine. — 9 years ago

with Ryan, Christine and 1 other

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9.7

Long-time Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon has produced yet another in a string of superb Champagnes with the 2007 Cristal. Rich, powerful and enveloping, the 2007 takes hold of all the senses and never lets up... (Antonio Galloni, Vinous) — 9 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.4

2013 vintage. Minerality, citrus, crisp green apple and pear. Almonds. M+ acid. M body and finish. Very lean. Orange/tangerine zest. Needs time. Very little of this wine was made. Hold it if you have a bottle. — 9 years ago

Justin Brilman

9.1

Big, bold and full of life. Red fruits and chewy tannin. Drink or hold for a few more it's got plenty of life. — 10 years ago

Neil Cornish

8.9

Darn. Not showing tonight. Dominated by acid and tannin. Fruit just isn't ripe enough to hold up. Did better with food — 10 years ago

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Robert Skufca

9.9

Outstanding!! Worth the wait to drink at age 21. This wine will hold for several more years. — 11 years ago

W

Texas distributor

9.7

Twist my arm, been in the decanter for hours. Still wound up, hold on to it. — 13 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

2004 is a power vintage for Brunello. Terrific underlying material. I will hold mine for another ~5 years. — 7 years ago

Jean-Francois Pelletier

9.5

Deep Ruby. Haunting nose of cherries, dark fruit, sage and pencil lead. Full body, mouth drying tannins with an incredibly long finish. This was decanted for five hours. So young but so good. Hold. — 7 years ago

Jeff Loo

9.3

Exotic American oak but complemented well with red fruit, spice and a kiss of oak. Drinking very well today, decanted for 45 minutes, did the trick. Will hold for easily another 20 years, no problem but so delicious now. — 8 years ago

Rob Sternthal

9.3

Still drinking well. I'm not going to be able to hold on to these. Oh well. Fruit forward. Better than all other years for this wine. — 9 years ago

David L

9.3

08' Chateau Montrose. Just opened. Even on this so called challenging vintage, what a great bottle of wine. Hold. — 9 years ago

Tyler McNulty

9.1

Hold it - '13 — 9 years ago

Peter Marks

Master of Wine, Educator Constellation Brands

9.6

Amazingly rich and silky seductive. Cedar, earth, black currant, bay leaf and dried cherry. At the peak of perfection but should easily hold another 5-10 years. — 9 years ago

with Adrienne

Mike Davila

9.7

Great wine, impeccable balance and in a good spot. No sign of age but my preference is to drink them younger, 15 years is fine but I would not hold for 25 — 10 years ago

Yohannah Burmeister

9.5

Catching up on ratings. This was still a baby. Full of fruit, tannins, and yet-to-be-revealed character and depth. Hold it. — 10 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

I'm not sure of the make-up but I get a Bordeaux profile from this so I don't think it's pure cab. Very floral with hints of cedar on the nose. Dense dark fruit, licorice, tobacco. To my palate this wine has the closest flavor profile to TRBs own Rivers-Marie cabs. This was decanted 2 hours and probably could have benefitted from more. I'd say hold or decant 3+ hours for optimum drinking ....but it is a rich, expressive wine right now. — 11 years ago