Gladys Xiques

9.3

Aged and ripened purple fruit. Paired with prime rib. — 3 years ago

David S. Lopez

9.1

This wine poured a dark blood to brick red. It had flavors of cedar, dried fruit, earth, and may be a little bit of graphite. It was very smooth and balanced. It had quite light tannins but some nice acidity. I do not have a lot of experience with Châteauneuf-du-Pape, but this was a very good example. It was nice to try an old world GSM blend, and compare it to American versions. It was certainly less fruity and more earthy. It went perfectly with the prime rib we cooked for Christmas Eve dinner. Many thanks to good friend Mike P. For this gift. — 4 years ago

with Mike

David Walser

9.4

Roegels BBQ does smoked prime rib on Sunday’s for take away. Got a 1” thick piece and shared while enjoying this wine. Delicious! — 5 years ago

Paul Krzych

9.1

Well worth the price. Drinking very well and perfect with prime rib. — 7 years ago

Doug Powers

9.4

Some oak and just a touch of an herbal aroma, still pretty solid structure, balanced, long finish, should be excellent with the prime rib. Kudos to Jim and Barbara for this lovely old Merlot. — 7 years ago

Diane Kessler

9.1

Sweet, ripe fruit with firm tannins. Beautiful with prime rib on Christmas Eve. — 8 years ago

O Wong

9.0

Delicious! Had with prime rib — 8 years ago

Michael Fiur

10

Fabulous smooth Brunello from peter Caristo with prime rib done to perfection with haricot vert and roasted potatoes and pear tort — 4 years ago

Adam Beasley

9.0

Way too young. Still pretty tough after a 5-6 he decant. There’s is a lot of structure here and the dark roasted fruit plays well with the other aromas / flavors like charcoal, pencil lead, and soil. Not my go-to style of wine, but decent with prime rib. — 4 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Dark reddish tawny. Herbal nose. Heavy tobacco leaf, black cherries, cedar, smoke, plums, and cut Cuban cigar. Angular in the mouth. Needed five hours to find its groove. Big and powerful wine, paired perfectly with smoked prime rib. — 5 years ago

Anne Richardson

9.0

Sooo good paired with our Prime Rib! Deep flavors of cassis and red fruits: The Syrah adds a peppery spice. Very good! — 6 years ago

Mark Jacques

9.6

The beautiful dark rich color and full tongued flavor was perfect with Christmas Eve prime rib. — 7 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

The 78 was great at Christmas dinner with Prime Rib. The 81 out of magnum is equally up to the task with the filet. Boo yah! Forget about it! — 7 years ago

Rob Moose

9.3

A luscious, broad-shouldered magnum paired with mutton and prime rib at Keens. Lovely! Thanks to Amos Lee for the bottle — 8 years ago

Pooneet K

9.3

With some decent chill, very nice. Perfect NYE pairing with prime rib (as you can see in the background). For a riper and less “traditional” year, this is quite nice. Only 13% abv which is appreciated. Very typical dark fruit, earth, leather, don’t get much of the graphite. Very nice seamlessness and acid on the finish. — 4 years ago

Bill Mowry

9.4

Big blueberry up front with smooth tannins and subtle structure make this a beautiful wine. Paired it with prime rib and it was fantastic. — 5 years ago

with Amelia

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Whatever words I would use to describe how amazing the 96 was with our Prime Rib Roast last night would simply fall short & never do it justice.

The evolution that took place in this bottle after 21 years was never conceived by anyone tasting it upon release or young. It has made a epic leap and simply heaven on the palate.

Oh...as a friend of mine was always fond of saying...”The Prime Rib Roast didn’t suck either!”

I wanna do this again real soon. OMG!!!

Still processes me this morning.

Recent purchase that was a direct import from the Chateau - Négociant

Happy New Year! 🎊🎆🎈🍷🍾🥂 — 6 years ago

with Christina and James

Michael Malpiedi

9.1

Jammy plums and tickle tannins . Overextracted. Menthol and stems. Prime rib, please! — 7 years ago

Rob Mayes

9.4

Tons of acidity. Paired amazingly w our pasta and prime rib and rib eye. — 7 years ago

David Walser

9.3

Wine worked well with the prime rib dinner. — 8 years ago