James Ehrman

9.3

For a 15.4% monster this surprisingly smooth and balanced. Akin to traction control on a Hellcat. I think both have 700 horsepower. — 9 years ago

Michael Descamps

9.2

Expansive, dense, biscuity. This wine has a lot of horsepower under the hood but needs some time to round into form. — 10 years ago

Chris Zitzman

9.1

Needs some time to breathe & stretch out. As it opens it unfolds into a luscious Viognier with all the horsepower one would expect when spending this kind if money.

Excellent stuff. — 11 years ago

with Beth

Chris Zitzman

9.3

May be my favorite of all the Molly's on its range. Having it with some good ribeyes and it is blossoming by the second. Nose-coating rich cherry that just flows onto the palate with grace backed with oodles of horsepower. The mid-palate oozes stewed cherry, cassis, and that distinctive Mollydooker signature extraction. Yum. Ville. — 12 years ago

with Beth

Anthony Libutti

9.3

Horsepower, horsepower, all this Polo on, I got horsepower. — 9 years ago

with Alexandra

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.8

So pristine. It'll lack horsepower for some, but what's there is crystalline. Love that it's not trying to impress anyone, just perfectly itself. Drink now or in 20 years. Spotless. — 11 years ago

Chris Zitzman

8.9

Surprisingly, simply not as awesome as expected. Good, rich and earthy- but without the graceful horsepower I've come to love about so many red burgs. — 11 years ago

with Beth

Ryan Mayes

9.4

Love this high horsepower wine. Tasted at the winery on the lovely terrace where everyone is super friendly. A club worth every penny. Earthy, baking spices, black licorice. — 9 years ago

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.5

15 years young. None of the aggressive SO2 notes you often see in '99s from other relatively large houses. Just pure fruit with tons of horsepower, this is definitely showing and well right now. Toasty autolytic notes blend in seamlessly. This wine feels like good natural bottle age, no forced reduction (a la Ruinart) or oxidation edge (Krug, Bollinger). It has a long window in front of and it should age really gracefully. Impressive. — 11 years ago

Chris Zitzman

9.6

Profound and rich for its price (about $60) and a direct contradiction to the idea of the '07 vintage out of California breaking out when young. Surprising horsepower, complexity, and one of the most incredible and enjoyable evolution I've had from the vintage. Good, good stuff that with age will only get better. — 12 years ago