Jonathan McCarthy

9.5

Absolutely gorgeous. Hoisin, baked plum, worn leather, saddlery, black olive, horsetails. Gorgeous mix of fruit and savory. Wonderful integration... integrity of the balance is perfect. Get your hands on this. — 7 years ago

roland benedetti

8.9

Tres bien mais quand meme un peu trop tendu, et pas super long en bouche. Un peu déçu compte tenu de l'appellation et du prix... — 8 years ago

LM Segal

9.7

Top 2-3 Napa Cabs I've ever had. Magical nose, cassis, cocoa, red flowers. Rich but nicely aged mid-palate, spreading into a wide swathe of candied red and black fruit, soft but powerful. Secondary stuff in spades. Then - an explosion at the back-end of cedary fruit and fig, tobacco, dark chocolate that lasted for >60 seconds. Just a monumental wine, sadly a solo.
This is note #500 for me, grateful to so many Delectable contributors who take the time to educate and expand my wine perspectives (or, in the case of @Bill Bender...other stuff, too!). Thanks to @Anthony Lombardi @Kimberly Anderson @Jörgen Lindström Carlvik @Jeff Savigny@Ron R@Shawn R @Richard Steinberg @Martin G Rivard (who is living the dream), @Greg Gregory among so many others, not to mention @Roman Sukley with magical reach to inaccessible, iconic SQNs (and the will to pop them) and frank open perspectives from legendary winemakers like @Mike Smith and @Cathy Corison, you all make this a neat community of which I try to be a small contributor.
Finally - a renewed plea to @Antonio Galloni to return "trending" to this community, as it was stolen by the bean counters! I'm no social media expert (I do have 2 teenagers!) but I'm pretty sure that "trending" speaks to the integrity and will to contribute of an entire community...take a look! — 9 years ago

with Melissa

Kenta Usuzawa

9.0

Very well made. Restrained fruit, classic pic st loup garrigue. Great structure for a first tier wine. Fruit really came out with time, and the wine never lost its integrity. Can't wait to taste more from this vineyard. 2014 vintage. — 9 years ago

Sean Shafik

9.3

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 to the compte as usual — 10 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

9.7

Ex-Chateau bottle. Testament to perfect storage. Light Amber edge with a darker core. Started off full of toast and just a whiff of brett. Slow ox for 2 hrs then poured. Amazing life for a 54yr old wine still in its stride. Light and dark fruit with seamless integrity and polish. Classic old BDX. After the initial funk blew off it kept developing in the glass. I could drink this all night long. Awesome — 10 years ago

Erin Pooley

Owner/Winemaker Good Luck Wines

9.2

Naturally, there was also compte — 11 years ago

Stef Esto

9.2

Calvados Lecompte — 12 years ago

CS

Sales Amy Atwood Imports

9.3

THIS... is... Seriously. Good. Phucking. shtuff. Surprisingly good...? Maybe. Luckily good..? Perhaps. Unless you've met Dirty: Which most of the wine drinking USA has -but, rather, intentionally fucking good. AND -possibly luckily too -as long as luck has something to do with exceptionally talented farming combined with tremendous desire(s) to make vibrant and ridiculously love-able fermented grape juice of pure integrity and a casually particular design. This wine is that friend you only get to see once a year, that one you cannot wait to see again. The wine is too young to rate with any opinion other than Rawesome, and while I've only had one bottle, I've certainly not had enough to offer an opinion against Rawsome -therefore tasting notes be damned -yet, this can be said: here is a clean wine, lacking brett or VA or other 'flaws'; a bright, refreshing jubilant anthem of untainted wine, an ode to a grape that will likely become California's bastard child once popularity hits and Dirty & Rowdy prices climb to astronomical, near Tempier-like pricing and ficcichlty to come by. (I liked ficcichlty over difficulty since spellcheck kept it purposely so did I.). Oh wait, they're already ficcichlt to come by. Damn it. — 13 years ago

J. Kim

8.9

Dark and dense color, the aroma is subtly Italian with leather and licorice but is not lively with authentic local feel. The weight and density is very satisfying, it does not feel like mass-produced, event though it is modern and very clean. It does not have the nuances and aromatic intensity to be considered excellent, however the consistency and integrity of flavor is very impressive. — 7 years ago

J. Kim

8.9

Achieves integrity and wholeness most wines miss. Bright and exceptionally pure. Has that lively quality standard wines do not have. Very high quality fruit has both dimension and tension. — 8 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.1

Amazing value. Integrity. Complete, pretty. Cherries, peppermint, sandalwood. Delicious. — 9 years ago

with William

Beth Cotenoff

9.0

Syrah Pinot Noir blend what a surprise. Brightness & acidity of PN with spicy weight of Syrah. Delicious. — 9 years ago

J. Kim

9.0

Crafted like 50 dollar Bordeaux rather than 15 dollar Bordeaux. Authentic Bordeaux aroma, body and color. Polished exterior and powerful interior structure. Has multi-dimensional integrity and symmetry. Conventional but fine wine. Tastes right. — 9 years ago

Sonia Teixeira

9.0

Bandol rouge 2013, très bon vin tannique parfumé à souhait. Dégusté en très bonne compagnie ça compte ! — 10 years ago

Jeremy Roiena

9.5

Very nice. Organic is always a success — 10 years ago

Blake Conklin

Cellar Hand Relic Winery

9.0

Interesting — 11 years ago

with Katherine

Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen KC

9.3

Flirting with oxidative on nose, nutty but with plenty of integrity. very pure fruit in palate with a bit of wild herbs. — 11 years ago

Florence-Anaïs Pelchat

9.6

Compte de Dampierre, champagne de grand cru 2000 — 12 years ago

Silvia's Wine

Founder, V&N Cellars - Barcelona

9.3

A great surprise from Sicily. Deep fruit with integrity and long lasting finish. Light tannins. — 7 years ago

Tim Casady

9.0

Superb! Arnaud knows his juice! — 7 years ago

with Kristin

J. Kim

9.2

Authentic aromas, deep structure, impeccable integrity. Has the taste of rightness only the great wines possess. — 8 years ago

Kenny Baldridge

9.1

Perfect first drink of the trip. — 9 years ago

Patrick Hu

9.4

Integrity. — 9 years ago

Alex Christian

9.6

I mean come on...if you don't enjoy this floral, berrylicious,
Aromatic beauty of a Pinot then I question your palate or integrity — 10 years ago

Dylan York

8.9

2001 Paul Chapelle Santenay "Graviéres" 1er Cru - Well balanced and holding up nicely. Irony mineral, flinty red cherry, orange peel, hay and mushroom, with medium acid and med(-) tannins. Did well with shitake mushrooms sautéed in goat butter and sweet vermouth served over the Osso Bucco. Enjoyed over a 4 hour period with hard salami and Calabrese as well and it never lost its integrity or tried to close up. Drink now and enjoy. — 10 years ago

Chrissy Starr

9.3

Paired with compte cheese and pineapple chocolate. Delicious — 11 years ago

Gabrielle Micheletti

8.9

Balanced, persistent finish, and with integrity to the varietals. Quotidian. — 11 years ago

Bella McDowell

9.1

Earth, licorice, and really nice acid. Drinks way above the $15 price tag! — 12 years ago

Renee Sweany

9.1

$10.99 from mass ave wine shop. Integrity and sustainability certified. — 13 years ago