Jan de Weerd

9.5

Our favorite Figgins blend. 2011. A tough year but Chris Figgins turned it into a gem. Minerally. Full body, rich mid palette with a sweet edge, evolving into a dry, grippy finish with with minerals edging the experience. Perfect with aged Gouda cheese. — 7 years ago

with Tammy and Chris

Chris England

9.5

😍 @ £31 this Musar is top & I’ve reviewed a few times 👍 personally i find it the best of many vintages I’ve had & not as funky as others 😉

🏵 495 points

🍇 Cab S, Cinsault & Carignan

🍷 Garnet cherry w/ brick edge

👃 Smokey oaky spiced leather infused cherry choc gateaux, red potpourri, prune compote, red berry jam, barnyard, mushroom risotto & herbs - gorgeous in a Zalto Burg 😎

👄 Med balanced body of earthy smooth red cherry in mocha, date & prune sauce w/ strawberry & redcurrant tones

🎯 Med+ earthy red berry/cherry gateaux💥 — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.2

This £126 Talbot feels a few years past its peak but still enjoyable; mainly on the aromas 😉 prefer 03, 05 & 86 but better than 81 😁

🍷 Garnet ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Gravel, soot & burnt smoked oak driven mineralised herby faded dark berry fruits w/ melted liquorice, dry cured meats, gravel, pencil lead & dirty earth

👄 Med body of liquorice infused dark fruits w/ a red berry undertone & dry mocha blackcurrant tickle

🎯 Med earthy liquorice charred dark fruit silky finale w/ a red berry kick — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.4

Everyone knows I’m a fan of LRA but I’ve not had the 98 for a long time!

As I just found some @ £68 I had to try & it’s lovely for the money with lots of life left 👍

🍸 Perfect in Zalto Burgundy 😎

🍷 Garnet ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Smoked dark balsamic oak in spiced black cherry w/ vanilla cocoa cream, herbs, smoke, leather, coconut & caramel

👄 Med creamy smooth body of dark cherry bathed in balsamic & vanilla cocoa w/ red berry tones

🎯 Long chocky cherry w/ touch tart balsamic thick linger — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.2

Fab St J drinking great @ £79 just past it's peak so enjoy now 👍

🍷 Light blocking opaque ruby w/ brown edge

👃 Damp oaky musty dusty cellar filled with old squished blackcurrant & plum, liquorice, herbs (bouquet garni), aged wet earth, soggy leaves, tobacco smoke & bad boy leather w/ eucalyptus hint

👄 Med body of stewed slight sweet black fruit, liquorice & mocha all well integrated

🎯 Med dark aged fruit & mocha w/ a touch of cherry & herbaceousness — 9 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.5

4th wine of the night. Opened 6 hours prior and this vintage is in full stride. Simply beautiful and drinking very, very well. Definitely pick up in the dark fruit, mocha and espresso. Loved it!! May I have some more please!! — 10 years ago

with Roderic, Cindy and 3 others

Laura Carlson

8.9

Pour this by the glass at Contra, unfortunately this bottle is over the edge and destined for some short ribs tomorrow. — 10 years ago

Thomas Smart

8.9

Great nose and very pleasant overall — 10 years ago

Casey Curbow

Sales Associate Windsor Wine Merchants

9.0

Elegant macerated strawberries with cream alongside a delicate mineral edge. — 11 years ago

with Gerald

Mike Mighetto Hoefling

8.9

Stone Edge Farm 2004 — 13 years ago

Tom Garland

9.3

Double decant (decent sediment) and pour. Color is a red/purple with hints of brown on the edge. On the nose: black fruit, cherry, chocolate, spices. Taste: dark cherry, plum, blueberry, spice, sweet tannins with a velvet mouth feel. — 7 years ago

with Brenda

michael pandolfo

9.0

Showing well despite the age. Nose slightly muted. Flavors are red fruit with baking spices and a slightly tinned tomatoe. Some wild fruits is intermixed with savory herbs at the edge. Medium finish — 7 years ago

Kimberly Anderson

9.4

Blackberry, bramble, and dried herbs. So smooth. Black fruits, spice. Delicate, but not wimpy. Dry finish. Really lovely wine — 8 years ago

with Chad

Jan de Weerd

9.3

Potent! Deep dark sweet plum/fig with a spicy edge. Smooth finish for a perfect landing. — 8 years ago

with Tammy

Nicholas Flagler

9.0

on the edge, almost rusty but brilliant ripe plum, betaine, long finish. what made this a mark lucky to taste this — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.8

💯pointer 1st growth @ £930 as a special treat to celebrate life, love, friends, family & the generous spirit of humanity 😍

Enjoying with friends so no detailed notes but this is still so young & took 4-5 hrs to open!! 98-99 but needs time for 100

🍇 75% Cab S, 20% Mer & 5% Pet V

🍷 Garnet ruby w/ brown edge

👃 Perfect nasal seduction 😍

👄 Superbly balanced but a little lighter than I hoped on palate yet incredibly smooth & fine with nothing to object to

🎯 Elegant long silky finish — 9 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.4

My favorite Napa field blend. Huge dark fruit nose., not for the faint of heart!! It is drinking incredibly well. Decanted 6 hours prior to drinking... was silky smooth yet with incredible intensity and depths of flavored. 😍 love it! This was the 3rd wine opened — 10 years ago

with Roderic, Cindy and 3 others

Lauren Fowler

9.0

Delicate yet dirty and funky in good ways. Grew on me the more I sipped. — 10 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.4

Crazy good paired with dipping into gamba al ajillo (emphasis added), at Napa's groovy/real Zuzu, catching a classic deeply dirty nose while still sporting sun-drenched fruit that initially reworks one's first blush front mouth with an iodine edge that morfs into red and black fruit edgy with acid/tannin slow dancing to the depths and begging for another pinch of broth soaked chewy freshly baked bread and the associated next swig of this sweet juice...rhythmically stellar by day or by night😎🌌👣🍷🌀🎼

PS hit Zuzu (friendly, delicious and real...

— 10 years ago

Rafael Landestoy

9.3

Just a great Sonoma Pinot. Always consistently good. Great fruit both on the nose and palate. — 12 years ago

Chris England

9.8

My favourite Pomerol in a great year 🏆 now sells @ £250-£285 😱 On its 6th try & it’s now much better integrated & drinking lovely but will age more 😉 A New Year’s Eve delight 😍 enjoyed with Lasagne 🍝
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📍 Vieux Chateau Certan 1998 Pomerol
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🏵 98 points for 1998 😁 & should improve
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🍇 90% Merlot & 10% Cabernet Sauvignon
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🍷 Garnet ruby w/ brick edge
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👃 Nasal Nookie Gang Bang of creamy dark spiced damson plum in soft smoked oak & light cedar w/ soggy earth, wet leaves, liquorice, rock minerals, cracked pencil lead, dirty gravel, cocoa, black berry fruits, charred soot embers, mint & herbs - nasaltastic baby 😍
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👄 Med earthy body of silky smooth ripe dark plum & black berry fruits w/ red cherry, raspberry liquorice & choc mocha in slight dry rock minerals
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🎯 Long deep plum & dark berry earthy soft liquorice mocha choca cherry & a light dry mineral oaky seductive smack in your chops — 7 years ago

Trevor Kincaid

9.5

Dark cherry. Bold fruit. — 8 years ago

Alan Viader

8.9

Good fruit while still having an olive and herbal edge. Nice freshness, smooth on the palate. Actually a bit on the lighter side than expected. Not the best vintage or showing from a great house but still a good wine overall. I have had better vintages. — 8 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.0

Road trips deserve respites. Beaufort, SC’s Old Bull Tavern spinning Marvin, Jimmi, and Stevie while casually offering up perfect garlicky oil bathed snails set upon crazy freshly baked chewy sour dough simply screams for, oh yeah, the wine. This fine Pomerol waits, wanting , her dangerously dark scarlet skin shimmers as she spins in the early evening tempted by the tunes revealing her marooning shades, darker bleeding berries, showing lighter in the wafting inconsistency of candle light. Another spin , a tilt, a voyeur’s gaze, a twirl, and a first kiss’ earthy wet spice on the front succumbs to plum its well-balanced acid clutches begging another spin, The I sip slow seductive deep kiss as she floods forward - I swallow, but she clings slowly, gradually, teetering touching sliding slowly, stealthy, soothingly, seductively signaling - have another hit... Don’t miss this wine or place, both picture perfect dripping southern edge and charm with a French accent and kiss🍷🌀 — 8 years ago

Ian Staub

8.9

Super interesting white/orange blend. Nose is full of rose and other dried florals, orange blossom, jasmine tea and green unripe nectarine, with the fruit showing better on day 2. Due to 15 days of skin contact, palate is slightly tannic and as a result comes across strongly like a lemony black sun tea, with juicy acidity that lacks an edge. Round, somewhat drying finish. Tough pairing with an Asian salad day 1 and a veggie curry day 2 - this needs something like a simple fish preparation. — 8 years ago

Kim Wade

10

With Wendy and Jerry — 10 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.1

Had a wine tasting with Anthony Weytjens at our house this weekend . This was the 1st wine opened. Great old world mixed white with grape varietals not often found in Napa.
A huge hit among the 30 which attended. — 10 years ago

with Susan, Kirk and 3 others

Mike Davila

9.1

Agree with the road tar comment, also pencil lead, and earthy flavors still a dark wine, slight bricking around the edge, well resolved tannins — 10 years ago

John Moccia

9.0

Haven't had this one in a while. I like, but where's @Marysol Castro ? — 11 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.4

Light ruby with a brown edge. Everything you expect on the nose from a mature Bordeaux, tobacco, pencil, plum and touch of smoke. Medium complex fruit in the mouth that leads to a rounded finish. — 11 years ago