Mark Rosse

9.4

Napoleon knew what he wanted on his death bead ... the elixir! — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

The estate dates back to the Crusades, and Scottish navigator, George Smith, the owner in the 18th century. He was followed by M. Duffour-Dubergier, Mayor of Bordeaux, and then Louis Eschenauer, a famous wine shipper. In 1990, Daniel and Florence Cathiard now own the estate. Predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon, darrk berry aromas, herb and spice. On the palate complex juicy black fruit flavors, cinnamon and cacao notes. Soft tannins, rich and full, lingering, mineral, youthful ending, needs time. — 7 years ago

romo

9.4

Finally popped my cherry w #dirtyandrowdy. This is @Hardy Wallace when he had ONE pair of glasses. Super fresh and light w steak and green beans. — 7 years ago

Bernardo Llaguno G.

9.4

This was recommended by a good friend @Ludovic Anacleto he is never wrong. Great wine. Decanted it for 1 hour due to the vintage but an outstanding wine !!! Very fruity and woody. — 8 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.7

One of the best California Cabernets, including all the Cult Cabs. It is pure elegance even at this still young age. It most certainly will only get better over the the next five to eight years. The hardest part is waiting as it's so good now. Blackberries, blueberries, blueberries and blueberries. Black plum, raspberries paint the background, liquid violets, milk chocolate, it's juicy to dry, underbrush, herbs, dry crush rocks, just a touch of baking spices, sweet leather and dry soft minerals. Smooooth! The fruit is perfect. Chuck really knows how to farm fruit and the exact time to reel it in. He is one of the most underrated Winemakers in CA. — 8 years ago

Trevor Maskell

9.5

Jimmy Watson winning beauty here. Adelaide Hills style Syrah. The layers are perfect. Such depth of fruit yet it's not blousy or overdone. Pannell is knocking them dead with every thing he touches. This is bordering on perfection. So drinkable but years in the dungeon will do it no harm at all. — 8 years ago

Andrew Benn

9.3

1995
Drink 'me if you got 'em
Still brings the class Bordeaux elements he strives for — 9 years ago

Jason Rzutkiewicz

Wine Blogger Jason's Wine Blog

9.3

Went to a friends for dinner last night. He made Persian. I brought this. BAM! Goodness ensued. — 9 years ago

Pat Lucas

9.6

Mike and I tried this. He liked it too — 10 years ago

with Chris

Bethany D'Meza

9.8

O's champs that changed the way he thought about champs! — 11 years ago

Doug Kahn

9.1

Look out for this producer. Very impressed — 7 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.5

Nowhere near showing what it's going to be in a decade. Amazing floral characteristics. Roses galore. Having next to the 2010 BRAND Napa Valley, a friend that hasn't ever had wines like this before incredibly stated, "The Margaux is the mother and the BRAND is the daughter". Wow. Couldn't have expressed it better myself. I think he has a future in wine! — 7 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

From Lyle Fass via his email. Only ca. 1000 bottles made each year. Lighter then the Koepfle. Limited acidity a great wine too but i prefer the Koepfle tonight. Chalk and back palate blackberry. Another burgundy beater. Lyle thank you‼️for importing these. Tell Hendrick he has a big fan in CA. So far along with Enderle & Moll which are more herbaceous these and theirs are probably some of the best pinot's 💰 or connections can buy. I would prefer this over some DRC's. — 7 years ago

with Lyle and Christoph

Zach Ship

9.4

Tastes like red starburst and I mean that in the best way. Nunca he tratado un vino de Madrid pero todo lo que crean en Madrid es el mejor desde el fútbol ⚽️ hasta el....VINO 🍷🍇. Hala Madrid Y NADA MÁS — 8 years ago

with Eve

Matthew Beckman

9.2

6+ he slow ox decant. Still mostly primary aromas and flavored. Will be a gem in 10+ — 8 years ago

Benjamin Keator

9.6

Tight, needs at least 3 he decant — 9 years ago

with Ryan, Will and 2 others

Lily Davis

French Wine Specialist at Ottorink Weinbar

9.5

This was really the pièce de résistance - 1990 comtes and @Steve Pollack 's last bottle to boot which he generously shared with us. Wow! — 9 years ago

Caine Mitchell

9.2

Put your big boy pants on. At 15.1% he will knock your teeth in, after the vicious blue fruits paint them first. — 10 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.0

This wine is really showing nicely opening up as the night goes on with a good amount of cigar box spice black earth 3/4 red mountain fruit but it changes every year both have red willow merlot far western Yakima I'm he foothills the sours are the omers and they built a chapel on the hill and buried a bottle of hermitage there in honor of the oldest Syrah vineyard in Washington — 10 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Australia's premium Shiraz Viognier blend and Tim Kirk says this is the best one he has ever made. I have been buying since the 2001 vintage. This is a cracking cool climate Shiraz blend showing florals Spice and a hint of pepper. Palate is restrained - more the weight of Pinot than Shiraz. Intensity without weight- Fluid, beautiful finishing with fine persistent tannins- 15 years stretching ahead of it. More whole bunch than the early vintages like many Aussie Shiraz producers these days. David Le Mire MW said whole bunch serves to lower the alcohol and increase the pH. Gives a "Tea" character with Stem tannins adding to the finish. — 7 years ago

Anthony Pro

9.3

Father in law casually opens this up in on a Sunday. What is he sick in the head?! Solid wine... still a baby. Give it time to mature and it'll rock your socks. So much is going on here: floral on the nose, and dark ripe berries on the palate. I can still taste it 15 mins later... — 7 years ago

Maria Adams

9.1

A bit too fruity for Mike but I loved it. Bold but smooth. This was in one of the baskets he received at work. — 7 years ago

Kirk Wallace

9.7

Wotn. Topped he '94 Montrose, which was superb. This had everything. At a plateau, but no signs of imminent fading. Do they still make left bank Bordeaux like this? — 8 years ago

Michael Horkay

10

One of renes last vintages where he used New oak at a higher percentage you can tell everything is integrated and delicious. This cote rotie is animal like with blue fruit and Smoke all integrated.... Whoa baby. — 8 years ago

George Chen

9.3

This 34 was bit worrisome as level was mid-low shoulder and cork was tad crumbling. But the wine sang LATOUR out of the bottle like Genie out of the bottle and then he escaped rather quickly as the wine's bloom did not last. Still sweet in the core with wet leather, spiced nuts kind of notes...still a wonder of a wine. Sediment was heavy! — 8 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

Gang of Four son. Started his own thing at 22. He knows how to treat Gamay. Looking forward to growing old with these. — 9 years ago

Nena Madonia

9.4

I liked. Andrew didn't although I thought he would. It was outstanding — 9 years ago

Nestor Tsioustas

9.3

I love Dan Standish. He is one of the best winemakers. Lovely wine, very young. Blueberry and Red silky fruit. Full Bodied but not overly alcoholic, heat isn't obvious in this wine. Great length and layers of flavours. Big points from me 95 points. A producer I highly recommend! Typical sweet Barossa fruit, very seductive... — 9 years ago

Sean Kelly

9.1

Birth year vintage for my brother. I preferred this, he preferred the '87 Médoc Baron Philippe. — 10 years ago

Chris Scanlan

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

8.9

Blind wine #2. Cartwright pretty much nailed it on the head. Everything but the vintage- which he guessed 2006. — 11 years ago