Severn G

9.1

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this afternoon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our conductor Andris Nelsons is leading BEETHOVEN (Symphony No. 4), HK GRUBER (Aerial, Concerto for trumpet and orchestra) with the amazing Håkan Hardenberger as the trumpet soloist and then STRAUSS (“Dance of the Seven Veils” from Salome). Andris and Håkan happen to be friends, and both are trumpet players, I expect to see some playful nature to their interaction this afternoon. Mr. Hardenberger is a world renowned and virtuousic player, we're always glad to hear him, this will be his 4th Tanglewood appearance in 5 years. We expect various mutes to be employed over the work, a cow horn (yes it is want you think) and then finishing with piccolo trumpet, exciting to have a soloist work multiple instruments over his appearance

Nose has strawberry-banana smoothie, light crushed red raspberry and freshly washed cherry.

Palate has red currant, red raspberry, slight grassy note and faint wet sandstone.

Exciting to get back to this bottle. Our last experience was directly off tank (Fall '18) which was tapped by Morten for us, very cloudy then, but flavors were beginning to come together. 100% Pinot Noir. — 6 years ago

Youngho Kang

9.0

Napa valley Duck Horn 하고 헷갈려서 코스트코에서 4만2천원에 구입. 어쩐지 깊은 맛이 없더라니...ㅜㅜ 그냥 10달러 대 괜찮은 와인에서 느껴지는 멀롯 와인... 이 가격이면 다른 더 좋은 와인도 많은데... 크리스마스 이브를 날린 기분..ㅠㅠ 뷁!!! — 7 years ago

Brandon Boesch

8.9

Nice easy drinking cab. No sense of place, typical duck horn style. Tasty and good on half off wine nights. — 8 years ago

Nate Miles

9.6

Have you ever been water boarded with the essence of spring poured out of a narwhal horn by an angel? Me either, but I would imagine it tastes something like this. Damn, @Lyle Fass — 9 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Stunning nose, citrus, lime, chalky, limestone, great nose. Palate is deep and citrusy. A deep, dense and thick wine with elegance, super minerals, lanolin, and an endless finish. Insane acids. Needs 5 years. — 9 years ago

Myra Smith

9.3

Paired well with lemon-pepper chicken over linguine. Good counterpoint to the lemon. — 9 years ago

Matthew Eargle

9.0

Great mead. I just need a proper horn to drink it from! — 10 years ago

Bill Bender

9.6

Another wine that shook me late on Saturday night along with the Shafer Sunspot and Schrader T6. With such a horn a plenty at the table certain bottles just had that extra gear. The depth and complexity here were astonishing. Woke up my mouth and mind immediately. Sandalwood, cherry pie, liquid leather and exotic spices. Best ‘Cos since ‘82 for me. — 7 years ago

A E Weber

9.1

The loudness switch is on. The bass and treble are accentuated. Classic bouquet with a massive horn section of berries and encore lasting finish. — 7 years ago

Raven Sprague

8.9

Rich ripe boysenberry, violet and peppercorn medley. Soft tannins for a young Petite Sirah. It’s tasty. I’ll have another glass. 🍷 — 7 years ago

Mono Head

8.9

Duck horn 2014-slightly dryer than carneros. But not complex but enough. 8.9 — 8 years ago

Sherry Prindle

8.9

Light for a cab with an uncharacteristic brightness — 9 years ago

Ekasit Poositranusorn

9.0

Wow nice wine. Very beautiful & bright dark ruby color with very nice aromas of red fruits, berries, cedar wood, and cigarette on the nose. Full-bodied and followed by full flavor of ripe plum, fresh raspberry, caramel, and spicy almond on the palate. Elegant texture, firm & smooth tannins, and reasonable & soft length at the end. Dry & a bit of complexity; like it and want to taste the real Duck Horn next time. — 9 years ago

Dawn Wilson

9.1

Loved this wine! This is our Duck Horn light. Earthy, buttery delicious. — 9 years ago

Erin Filbert

9.5

World-beater. Tight and blended, like Tom Petty's "You got Lucky". Could have aged a little more, but not taking the chance. The last bottle was like Oliver's horn before he was rewired. This one was full Opel Cadet. — 10 years ago

Julia Geisler

8.9

Still not a Chardonnay fan, there’s just something annoying about its bite that reminds me of someone poking me relentlessly or a car horn going off. It’s smooth on the finish but leaves that bothersome chemical taste from the first hit. — 7 years ago

with Matthew, Gautham and 3 others

Jamie Diner

9.0

Cap horn magnum — 7 years ago

Kyle Groombridge

9.2

Dang this is tasty, especially with the devils affogato that I'm eating at current. Loads of nuttiness, coffee, fig jam, saline. Beautiful texture and not at all cloying. I hate to toot my own horn (my wife will tell you "no you don't..") but this pairing was freakin amazing. — 8 years ago

Ryan M

10

I am new to vodka.

The wifey is Ukrainian 🇺🇦 & Polish 🇵🇱 so it's in her veins. But until late I always stuck with the brown stuff.

I have to say Grey Goose is the champ over Tito's. Not in a Pacquiao vs Horn way (it was close but Pacman won) 🥊 .

Perhaps it's the wheat vs corn but I don't think I can go back. The goose prevails 🦆!!

Feel free to share your vodka favorites. — 8 years ago

with Larissa

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Saturday night...time for steak and claret as my buddy Gary Westby says. In this scenario, I envisioned the wine being equal or even better than my steak. Not to toot my horn but most everyone that's had my steak simply says meaningfully that it is the best they've had. Myself, I've only had one better the Ribcap at Bourbon Steak in SF; which sadly closed as the hotel took back the space they were in. Hopefully, soon to reopen again elsewhere in SF. However, back to the Pichon Baron. I can't say I loved it. I wanted to love it as it is one of my favorite properties in Pauillac. The wine isn't bad but it just never shined. Maybe, it's just not a good moment in it's evolution to open. It's soft, elegant but missing the beauty, flavors and complexity I've come to expect. The fruits are dry blackberry, dark cherries, black raspberries, a touch of juicy strawberries and black plum skin. Dark dry powdery minerals, saddlewood, lead pencil savings, underbrush, dry dark earth, dry pebbles. There is not much on the mid palate, it finishes a little flat and the fruits never really shined. Surprising for such a warm vintage. Hoping it improves over the years as I've got 5 more. Unusual that the wine really needed the steak more than the steak needed the wine. — 9 years ago