Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1989

9.2

This was great but not same level as prior bottles. Perhaps a slightly off cork ? Medium dark rubi robe, nose of blackcurrant, top soil and balsam with hints of cedar. Ever so slightly reticent tannins but overall great length and good complexity. Great now, but no rush. — 3 months ago

with Jose, veronique and 4 others

Peter, Dave and 5 others liked this

Alexandre Pagliano

Medium dark rubi robe, nose of top soil, cedar-wood, spices and other secondary notes. Medium bodied, long and with highly polished tannins, this is an excellent bottle, just slightly under the other we got from same 6 bottle case.

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC)

La Tâche Pinot Noir 2008

Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Aaron brown — 4 months ago

Jan and Juan liked this

Alvaro Bustillos

Aaron brown

Alvaro Bustillos

Aaron bacarat

Pierre Péters

Cuvée de Réserve Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru Champagne Chardonnay

Ian Hamel

9.2

2023/2/13. Old faithful, never change — 3 years ago

Ira, Byron and 12 others liked this

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Hermitage Syrah 2022

David Samples

Beyond beautiful! Immediately soft upon opening—had planned to decant for 4-6 hours but decided against. Open and had small taste with Maggie Harrison around noon. Decided to re-cork it and decanted at 4PM.
At noon I got (very unexpected) cranberry notes on the nose and the palate was considerably more gentle than expected.

After two hour decant: Soft (cat tongue), integrated tannins, pomegranate, black cherry begins to emerge. Herbs, smoky/meaty notes emerge

Tasted: 5.20.26
Attendees: Mark Cerimele, Maggie Harrison, Steve Pfancuff, Lorne McClelland, Andy McCray, Denise Casino, Randy Nelson — 3 months ago

Domaine François Raveneau

Montée de Tonnerre Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 1990

Conrad Green

9.2

Golden in color. Soft with apricot and peach. Unlike most Rav this is like aged spatlese. Delicate with tea etc. Pretty — 4 months ago

with Walker and David

Juan, Jay and 3 others liked this

Domaine Jamet

Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2010

romo

9.4

Anti-roast, all tart cherry and white pepper, gentle tannin, faint horse hair. Wow. — 4 months ago

Scott@Mister, Tom and 4 others liked this

romo

Anti-roast, all tart cherry and white pepper, gentle tannin, faint horse hair. Wow.

Taittinger

Comtes de Champagne Grand Crus Brut Blanc de Blancs 2006

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Medium lemon yellow fine , persistent perlage . Quite rich and ripe on the nose with some roasted nuts , lemon peel , some camomile , still quite restrained and a little closed. On the palate again quite full and rich , ripe lemon fruit , orange rind , roasted nuts and a creamy mouthfeel , certainly enough acidity to balance but on the richer side . Good length and lightly toasty finish . This is good now but will probably improve over the next few years and last well a further 5-10 . — 3 months ago

Scott@Mister, Jeroen and 5 others liked this