Tom Inners

9.5

Prefect example of how the combination of wine, place, and people can lend themselves to pure happiness, if only for a few hours and 750mL. Enjoyed this 2010 bottling at the Ahwahnee Lodge dinning room (Yosemite NP) with rack of lamb and roasted autumn vegetables. Showing great concentration, age, and structure. Cheers to more moments like this one! — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

A beautiful Margaret River Cabernet nose which is Herbaceous Elegant Intense and persistent with some red and black berry aromas From a good vintage and made by one of the Icons of The district in Wilyabrup. Still with a good future of 10 years plus. — 8 years ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.2

Nice nose. Some raspberries and tart cherry. Also an earthy pungent element. Bit of mint. Flavors are nice too. Fruit with anise and great minerality. Zippy. Finishes strong with dark chocolate, cassis and hard candy. — 8 years ago

Steve Woloshin

9.0

Well balanced red blend. Moderate to full fruit on the front of my palate. Easy middle with dark stone fruit, a hint of spice and a long glycerin finish. — 9 years ago

Todd

8.9

This 2010 is a tasty accompaniment to postprandial karaoke in Yosemite National Park. What's not to like? — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Deep crimson in colour with black tea edges. Hints of liquorice and spice. Full bodied more savoury mineral than fruit driven. Supple tannins and good length. One of Australia's Shiraz icons from a not so great vintage. — 10 years ago

Christopher Nicolas

9.5

Definitely the best rose I've had so far. Fruity and sweet but just the right amount of each. Drank this with Elaine and Hope during dinner when Elaine came to see the house for the first time since I furnished it. — 11 years ago

Alicia Marie Smith

9.6

Pepper on the nose, very dry, medium bodied — 8 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.5

Thanks @Jim Westby for packing this claret for our trip to Yosemite. We grilled up Fred Steak to pair with it, and this powerful, virile '93 had the power and cut for the rich, flavor y tri-tip. This wine has so much going for it- you have to wonder if they added some of another more famous vintage! — 8 years ago

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Scott Stewart

9.2

One of the true icons of Washington winemaking. Absolutely sexy! — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Arguably the wine of the day in the Aussie icons tasting. The great thing about St Henri is that Penfolds lets the gorgeous old vine fruit speak instead of clobbering it over the head with American Oak. Some herbal/liquorice aromas. On palate mellowing black fruits, medium bodied with great length - superb persistence of flavour. At its peak IMO but will probably last for many more years- just becoming more savoury. — 9 years ago

Ian Krueger

8.9

A nice dry red with a oak and fruity taste. — 9 years ago

Paul Weil

9.0

This Oakdale produced NV PG/Columbard blend is a local gem, dirt-cheap with the fruity citric tones of a much more expensive food wine. — 10 years ago

Kate Hufnagel

9.8

Perfect balance of crisp and clean. Delightful to drink. — 11 years ago

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9.4

Luciano Sandrone is making some of his finest wines in what has been a long and extraordinary career full of successes. Of the Piedmont wineries that are still in their first generation, those that started in or around the 1980s, Luciano Sandrone is arguably the only estate that has joined the small group of properties, all of them multi-generational, whose wines are widely recognized as icons and collectibles. The 2012 Barolo Cannubi Boschis opens with beguiling aromatics redolent of crushed rose petal, spices, mint and new leather. Wonderfully layered and nuanced, the 2012 offers good freshness to match its inviting, supple fruit. I would prefer to drink it sooner rather than later, while its alluring, open-knit personality is on full display. In 2012, the fruit tends towards the redder end of spectrum, unusual for Cannubi Boschis, which usually tends towards darker shades of expression. The 2012 is perfumed, lithe and super classy from start to finish. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, Mar 2017)

— 8 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.1

The night before Yosemite port! Lovely tawny, nutty aromas and still plenty of fruit, but no expansion or length to speak of. Solid, but not profound port. — 8 years ago

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Bob McDonald

9.6

Mid Lemon. A nose of citrus but a palate of stone fruit. White peach and cream. Palate staining intensity with great length. Oak is totally integrated into the fruit at 9 years. Used to be regarded as Australia's premier Chardonnay and probably still is depending on your style preference. Other Margaret River icons plus Giaconda , Oakridge and Bindi amongst others in the East also vying for the mantle. World class. Halliday once compared the 1987 to a premier Cru Puligny. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Inky black. Notes of coffee cherry and liquorice. One of the Barossa's Icons. Concentrated flavours but not heavy. Silky tannins with great persistence. Impressive. — 10 years ago

Rebecca Pfiffner

9.0

Bright as a cup of coffee!! Or a Yosemite sunrise in crisp springtime air! — 10 years ago

Jay Medvitz

8.9

Gift from baltimore 🍷👍 — 12 years ago