Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Robegrill — 19 days ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Meat, deep herby fruit, iron and intense purity. Great structure, intensity and complexity. A feral, savory and engaging wine. Fantastic stuff. Still young — 2 months ago

with David

Andy Stabile

9.1

At a night we were all having fun.
If I had to nitpick… a touch oaky for me.
Not the best red ever. But lovely — 3 months ago

Chris Buggy

9.1

Vanilla! But once it calms down, good round tannins, good body, super smooth at this point, perfect for the obligatory Father’s Day steaks — 3 months ago

with Jennifer

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.1

Air France Lounge LAX - pretty good/to excellent. Brioche, marzipan. Quite amazing what Air France does compared to other airlines. — 4 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

I am seldom dumbfounded when it comes to wine. So, I appreciate it when that happens.

This 1990 La Grande Dame was amazing and so fresh. Full disclosure, I am not normally impressed by this producer and this cuvée. Unusual for a champagne of 35 yrs to be so fresh in my experience from inception. So much so, if poured blind many would call it N/V or a fairly recent vintage. The color was even palish straw. Mags were brought from their Champagne House.

Excellent with the dessert of the evening, “Lemon Meringue Pie Cookie.”

Enjoyed at the 2026 “From Cellar Event” Pebble Beach Food and Wine.

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@_sumaiya_bangee_ — 5 months ago

Chris MacLean

9.3

Big winner at dinner tonight — 7 months ago

with Alessandro, Sarah and 2 others

Brendan Wright

9.0

Volcanic, bright acidity — 6 months ago

Kevin Hoctor

9.4

Great for an Aperol Spritz or neat in a glass. — 4 years ago

Aaron Krauss

9.0

Rhonda likes. Buy a bottle, but probably not a case. — 8 years ago

Ashley Goldsberry

10

Delicious- fruity without being sweet but not dry. — a month ago

Joel Lara

9.4

Upon opening, this seemed a bit disjointed, with muted fruit flavors and strong herbal notes. Decanting didn’t seem to help much, but day 2 it finally opened up nicely, with nice complexity and intensity on the palate. Cherry, raspberry, cassis, bay leaf, dried Italian herbs, anise, cloves, vanilla, cedar, earth, and balsamic notes all come through. Really tasty, but maybe a bit too intense. I can see this improving with a few more years of aging so the flavors coalesce and soften a bit more. — 2 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Magnum en maximo mex vs ecua — 3 months ago

Ivor

9.1

Best solution on a hot humid summer day. — 3 months ago

Bobbi Jo Broxson

9.4

Really happy birthday to me! — 5 months ago

with Brian

Alvaro Bustillos

9.8

Aaron brown — 6 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

1990 vintage. Low neck fill. Opened with a Durand but not decanted. Cork 45% saturated but in good shape. Both darker color and slightly less sediment than expected. Secondary and tertiary nose but (still!!??) some primary and ripe cherry and plum flavors in the front and mid-palates. Consistent palate push without any potholes, gaps or regrets. Phenomenal tobacco and fudge notes in the caboose. Based on this baddy, can hold steady for another 5-6 years before a scoring recalibration. Not the biggest Pomerol fan but this didn’t suck. 3.20.26 — 6 months ago

Galen Hasler

9.0

Juicy “blue raspberry” fruit. Perennial favorite — 7 months ago

Fabian S

9.3

beautifully crisp — 6 years ago

Michael Siciliano

9.4

Oxidized, Botrycized this Chenin kills. — 11 years ago

with Mike and Nate

romo

9.2

Just when you think it’s going to Thelma & Louise, it spawns wings and lifts off. - at Franklin PT — 2 months ago

Douglas Braun

9.1

2023- vintage -good extraction, wild fruit , Stoney character, rose petal, dried strawberry , medium tannins, medium acidity. — 2 months ago

Elayna Halikopter

9.0

Light bodied. Very good — 2 months ago

Jj Joe

9.5

What a surprise, good for korean foods and chicken too — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Classic La Mission nose that is in a perfect spot showing red & black fruits, cedar, leather, earth, graphite, spice box along with sweet tobacco — 4 months ago

John Davidson

9.7

This is the best bottle of wine I’ve had from my cellar in years. Nearly perfect. Bought it in 2008 for $30 and one of my great finds. Good lord it was just divine. I’m sure there have been better vintages but I can’t imagine it. — 5 months ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.4

Rare beef on the immediate nose.

94 points — 6 months ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Opened prior to dinner and enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The wine pours a deep ruby/purple color with an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with significant staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe and desiccated black and red fruits: mixed brambles, Flintstone vitamins, spiced meat, olives, purple flowers, black pepper, dried herbs, rocky earth, a mix of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. Similar to the 1997 we tasted alongside, with all of the same notes except this brought back the familiar Flintstone vitamins that I have encountered in La Mouline from the past. The structure was also more substantial. I preferred this to the 1997 tonight…but I’m splitting hairs! — 6 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Magnum cena navidad — 9 months ago

Yash Gala

9.0

Just perfect. Souk. Ordered multiple times. Reorder where possible. — 7 years ago