Mike Evans

9.1

Elegant but with plenty of structure. — 4 months ago

AEL

9.0

A bit young. Bright, light red in color, crushed raspberry, cherries, dried flowers, dirt, maybe a mint/menthol note on the nose. Sharp on the palate. Traditional, and great. Bottle from Doug. — 4 months ago

Eric Halim

9.3

Wine is dark ruby, with purplish on the edge. On nose its ripe fruit, floral parfumed, oak in there, violets, tobacco. On palate, wine is full bodied, jammy, fine acidity, tannic, wine is open up after 1 hour decant. The intensity is there. Its still too young to drink. Try it after 2026. Red bordeaux blend, Cheers! — 5 months ago

Ben Tang

9.0

A solid young gamay. Bramble and tart blackberries strong on the taste buds and a hint of pomegranate. Potting soil and forest floor at the end. Med+ acidity, low-med tannins, med+ body. — 6 months ago

Alexander Bastian Nielsen

9.2

Beautiful “entry level”-wine from SLWC - however it’s very very young. Decanted for 4 hours and really opened up but shouldn’t be opened until 2026 earliest. Cassis, bramble, dark cherries, dusty tannins, mocha, mint and spices! Very bold and yummy — 6 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Medium deep ruby with ruby pink rim. Spicy cassis , dark blackberry , violets , red pepper. A touch herbaceous with tobacco and graphite. On the pallet, nice volume, ripe blackberry , dark cherry, cassis, with that herbal touch from the nose. Quite firm sweet tannin and balanced acidity . Medium length graphite and cassis tinged finish. This is still quite young but approachable, will last well over the coming 10 years or so. — 7 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Perfect with the lamb ribeye! Still so young! — 9 months ago

Byron Fuller

9.2

Lovely wine wrong but unfair to drink a BdB at that stage. Quite young, needs years to delineate. — 5 years ago

Jeff Kienzle

9.3

Young, but started to open up after a couple hours. — 7 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.4

2001 vintage. Lovely youthful notes here. Still way too young. Plummy and mixed berries, some smokey oak, mulberries. On the palate, medium body, tannins are well integrated, hints of black pepper and nutmeg. White chocolate. Yummy despite its youthfulness. Open in 2025. — 10 years ago

Karen Wong

9.4

Can't believe it's still young n pretty! — 10 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.5

Quite light lemon yellow , very persistent , fine bubbles . Quite taut and strict on the nose , chalk dust , white flowers , honey suckle and elderflower , lemon peel , touch oyster shell and a touch of fresh baked bread . On the palate really good volume and density , lively acidity . Lots of citrus with good mineral , oyster shell notes . Long and mineral , saline, tinged finish , hint of toasty brioche on the end . This is really quite young and shows tighter and more mineral than the first bottle we had . Would leave this a few years and will have a long life , better in 10 -15 years and last well a further 10 or so . Great potential — 3 months ago

Ericsson

9.5

Young Masseto for breakfast. That’s a first and one for the books. Cheers. — 5 months ago

John Van Trijp

9.6

Way too young — 5 months ago

Jason Gelman

9.3

2014. still young, powerful, and very good. — 6 months ago

Bryn and Tanya

8.9

Still a bit too young. I’ll keep the other bottle tucked away for maybe two or three years. — 6 months ago

Ericsson

9.6

This bottle is bound to make any day that much better. It’s young but composed with ample elegance and perfect balance. A true gem, even at this age. — 8 months ago

Vino Joe

9.2

Pleasant at first pour but underpowered. Needed 45 minutes and decant to start. Improved over time. Darker red than I was expecting. Young wine and quite smooth. Some racy notes at the perimeter but more of an easy drinking succulent Nebbiolo than a brooding one. — 9 months ago

Marcio Morelli

9.3

Decades to go.
So young.
— 6 years ago

Eric Guido

9.4

Wow, what a bouquet, showing crushed cherry and strawberry mixed with wild herbs, yellow florals and crushed stone. It continued to open more and more over time. On the palate I found youthfully lean textures with tart black cherry, bitter herbs, zesty acidity and savory mineral tones. The finish was long hinting at bitter herbs and tart cherries. — 7 years ago

John Schlechter

8.9

Non vintage still young with blend of 1990s — 10 years ago

Vanessa

9.2

Okay this wine was amazingly delicious but was undoubtedly quite young in this present moment.

There is so much more potential to unveil over time.

It has concentrated plum, fig, red currant, pomegranate, boysenberry notes next to licorice, meat, earth, peat, clove notes. Tannins and acidity are firm.

With time, we anticipate edges will be soften and complexity will be deepen with more tertiary notes and we cannot wait to revisit this wine down the road again. — 4 months ago

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Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Young or old Yquem always hits 🫰🏻 — 5 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Medium ruby garnet , garnet terracotta rim. Slightly sweet , roasted nose, with chestnut some sous bois , grafite , slight seaside hints. After a while a touch more herbal. On the palate quite stern dark fruits , mineral , grafite notes , quite dry tannin and ok balanced acidity . Reasonable length and sous bois , grafite tinged finish . This is still quite young though its appearance is slightly more advanced than the 1988 . Needs a decant and held up well over the 5 hours we had it open . Drink now and over the next 5-10 years. A little pedestrian overall and is outclassed by the superior 1988. — 6 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.2

Young but already so drinkable. Raspberries and strawberries with massive tannins that will no dount evolve beautifully. Vietti just dont make bad wines...goes against their DNA! — 7 months ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Fleshy bright fruit. Gorgeous lemon oil and corn. Salinity. Young. Accessible and plush — 8 months ago

WC Fields

9.0

So young. Nose was amazing. On palate it needed to mature — 3 years ago

Bob Miniter

9.1

Young with a lot of potential — 7 years ago

Jaylen Gadhia

9.5

Beaucastel is by far my favorite chateauneuf, killed this one a little young but was still a very rich and bold but nicely balanced Bordeaux. Dark cherry and dark chocolatey notes. — 9 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.6

I love milestone birthday parties. Great structure. Young dark cherry. This is a marathon wine. This wine will go another 26.2 miles (years) to go. — 10 years ago

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