Ron Siegel

9.5

This was my favorite wine today that seemed to just keep building in the glass showing the classic LMHB magic. Black fruits, soy, graphite, cedar, leather, licorice, mineral, cigar box & violet. A magical vintage for me that I have had many times & never disappoints! — 5 years ago

Todd Anderson

9.5

Delicious. Will keep going strong for many more years. — 6 years ago

Karl Nichols

9.0

Nice pinot with good Sonoma county/Russian River fruit profile. Enough tannin to keep the interest. — 6 years ago

JKT

9.0

Nicely balanced black fruited plummy new world Syrah that went well with Leila's Beef noodle soup. Cindy gang and Roy over for dinner. — 7 years ago

Emily Rath

9.4

Unfined, unfiltered, cherry coulis and lavender, light bodied, aged in neutral oak,ow tannins. Absolutely delicious. Made by JJ and Jack. Organic. — 7 years ago

Martijn

9.0

1997 vintage on 24.12.18 Cork broke into 1000 pieces.
Still a red fruit bomb. Drinking easily but I will keep my other bottles in the cellar. — 7 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.4

Well, I fired up a couple of fullblood waygu fillets for tonight (and Vanessa made a KILLER polenta), so the competition was tough. This is a terrific cab nevertheless. Classic nose of black fruits, violet, cedar, and black currants with a hint of leather. Not as tannic as I was expecting, but still had enough backbone to keep it interesting. If you have this, I’d suggest waiting a couple of years, as I suspect it will be more interesting once it starts acquiring more secondary flavors. Still a terrific cab! — 8 years ago

with Vanessa

Patrick Hu

9.5

Pure, clean, genuine. — 6 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Deep ruby with aromas of dark fruit, sweet spice and herbs. On the palate of this mostly Cab Sauv with a splash of Merlot, sat on French oak for 18 months (about 1/3 new), flavors of rich and juicy cherry and blackberry with savory spice and integrated toasty oak that gives this medium+ length wine a satisfying finish. Artemis should keep well for at least another 5+ years. — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Pontet Canet tasting and dinner with Alfred Tesseron.

The 13 was a brutal tannin vintage when I tasted it at En Premier. The tannins are still bitty but, nothing like they were out of barrel.

The fruit in the 13 shows the difficulty in the vintage. They are duller and it’s really stands out from other vintages and not in a good way.

It’s lean and there is nothing that really draws you in. Fruits are; dark cherries, rhubarb, blackberries, some blueberries@and the strawberries show some ripeness the other do not. Lots of dry earth, dry stones, some herbs, dark withering florals, decent acidity and a uneventful dry finish.

Photos of; Clyde and Alfred at the bar, their Amphora style cement tanks they ferment part of each vintage now, road signs of the good neighbors they keep and Chateau Pontet Canet. — 7 years ago

Dawn E.

9.4

Deep dark fruit!! Liquid Smoke....Cedar...Mocha...Milk chocolate.
Graham cracker ...Cassis...just enough spice to create a wonderful balance. As others have stated @Mike Smith magic! Tomorrow 58th Birthday...was going to keep tradition and do a nice long run in a.m....but Iowa weather has different plans..sometimes compromise is best! Could not have chosen a better wine! — 7 years ago

Holly Orchard

Certified Sommelier, President of Savvy Cellar Wines Inc.

9.1

Needed a little time to open up, but once it did, this wine had some wonderful layers. This opened with plum, blueberry, purple flowers and rich soil before changing over to more notes of leather, and subtle pepper and nutmeg. The tannins were still pretty firm but balanced. It was a good match for a filet with blue cheese/black pepper/parsley. It was interesting to keep finding the changes in the wine over a couple hours. — 8 years ago

Jess Granatiero

9.8

Dunn Howell has never disappointed. This holds true for the new 2013. The climate that year shows through in the marked black berry fruit presence. The tannins are ever present and will help keep this beauty for 20 years to come! — 9 years ago

Ronald Heijden

9.3

93+ so very young. Keep it! — 6 years ago

Shawn R

9.4

Classic Dom on the nose-no question. While wonderful now time will bring a more cohesive wine. Will be hard to keep your hands off of it! — 6 years ago

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

8.9

Strawberry/basil agua fresca. Silky. Not the cleanest nose. — 6 years ago

Josh Weinstein

9.5

2002 vintage and it was absolutely perfect!!! Magnums help keep the grapes flowing — 7 years ago

with Kristen

David Lieberman

9.1

Wow! Best vintage I have had of this in several years. Six bottles is not enough. Great strawberry nose with the garrigue we associate with Provence. I don’t think there’s a better Rosé out there, but I keep searching! — 7 years ago

Justin Wittkopf

9.7

This was just amazing tonight. Perfect blend of black cherry, plums, licorice, and earth tones, with broad palate and just enough acidity to keep everything lively and fresh. Killer. — 8 years ago

Brian Tuite

9.2

A Keeper! Picpoul/Grenache Blanc blend. — 9 years ago