Chris England

9.3

Superb €38 now £65 personal fav from St Em in top year 👍 w/ fab QPR & a soft spot for me as I had this same vintage from the barrel 😍 93 going 95-96

🍇 71% Merlot & 29% Cab F

🍷Opaque ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Chocolate coated black cherry, berry & plum through smokey oak, liquorice & wet crushed mineral rock w/ violets

👄 Med+ creamy silky mocha dark berry plum bang w/ liquorice & minerals

🎯 Long mocha berry plum slight dry mineral linger purple teether — 8 years ago

Craig Williams

9.4

Balsamic cherries; lovely length and intensity. Sweet tannins... that linger on the palate. — 8 years ago

David Valenti

9.3

Oh yes. Mocha and cocoa flavours. Full-bodied, ample round with acid notes reliniscent of black cherry pie. Great linger. — 9 years ago

Cynthia Langstaff

9.2

2011 vintage. Still a bit young, spicy & fresh but undercurrent of blackberry & slight bitter tannins which soften on the tongue to a long pleasant linger of fruit & astringent tannins. Somewhat two dimensionalbut still very good — 9 years ago

with Nicole, Todd and 4 others

Christine Havens

9.0

From the acclaimed Mount Veeder appellation, Mayacamas 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon spends 13 months on new French Oak and sees and additional 5 years aging in bottle prior to release. Complex, heady aromas of black currants and black cherries, roasted game, black olive tapenade, and a lovely wafting tertiary note of violets. High altitude and cooler growing conditions have endowed this Cab with tart, high-pitched red berries, underpinned by savory notes. Dried herbs a mineral vein linger on a persistent finish. — 9 years ago

Adam Greenberg

8.9

Drinks as smooth as Hawaiian punch, but very nice. Not much of a linger. Beautiful bouquet — 10 years ago

with Jennifer and Eric

Louy Theeuwen

9.2

Rich dark fruit flavors that linger warmly through a lasting finish. Perfect with grilled filet mignon. — 10 years ago

Chris England

9.2

🎅 Advent 📆 Day 0️⃣9️⃣

Santa’s on a roll with another top year in one of my favourite St Estephes @ £37 for a halfy 👍 this is a great 91-92 now but will age to 94-95 easy 😉

🍇 51% Cab S & 49% Mer

🍷 Opaque deep ruby

👃 Dark morello cherry, damson, spiced blackcurrant & blackberry through light smoked oak w/ violet, earth, mineral & cocoa tones

👄 Med creamy silky body of plump blackcurrant & dark plum in chocolate w/ a hint of liquorice

🎯 Long dark fruit & mocha linger — 8 years ago

Angela

10

My favorite go-to blend. Full and fun with a hit of sweetness. Plum and some juicier berries with and expansive linger that makes it memorable. — 8 years ago

Brian

9.1

Beautiful wine with an elegant full body. Did not linger in the mouth as long as expected. The fruit tones were slightly muted. Drank this with a 1975 chateau Beychevelle — 9 years ago

Cynthia Langstaff

9.9

2001 at winery April 2016. Nice full creamy honey flavor well balanced with acid. Moderate consistent linger. Truly excellent! — 9 years ago

with David

Michael Horkay

9.3

Surprise and I mean surprise for new world at 30. Let that linger fit a moment but Randy should have gotten more credit for this wine. Sexy and sleek this wine was like a well seasoned athlete. Explosive aromatics of figs sesame car is were crazy good. — 9 years ago

Steve Haro

9.2

The initial smoked meat nose transitions smoothly into forward flavors that include roasted mushroom and wild game with flinty earth and blackberry compote nuances taking over the back palette. The finish still has a lot of fruit left with well rounded tannins that linger. Fantastic for 15 years!! — 10 years ago

Robert Bingham

9.0

Solid Margaux with earth notes with hints of thyme and soft multi textured tannins that linger show that this a wine that could go the distance. — 11 years ago

Jason and Jennie

9.6

Lush. Very lush. Not huge tannins but they linger for a while. Almost got pink bubblegum on the first pour but it blew off. — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.5

👊💥 £39 unbeatable QPR Pomerol & my favourite 👍 This Chateau is next door to Petrus and produces stunning wine for a fraction of the price! Perfect to drink now to next 5 yrs 😎

🍇 80% Mer & 20% Cab F

🍷 Dark ruby red w/ purple hue

👃 Dark jammy plum & blackcurrant through smokey oak, double choc mocha & minerals

👄 Med+ creamy smooth ripe dark plum & blackcurrant body with mocha infusion 💥 🥊

🎯 Long dark fruit, mineral & rich mocha linger - oh yeah 👍 — 8 years ago

David Valenti

9.5

Just marvellous. Scents of toast, roasted coffee and burnt rubber. Molten chocolate on the palate. Greatly structured, powerful. Great linger. — 9 years ago

James Aldridge

10

Beautiful soft/dull red color. Earthy flavor. No acidic linger. Soft, yet full bodied. Fruit forward, yet subtle. — 9 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.0

So, it's like 60 degrees outside plus massive rain on this mid-December day, with Christmas around the corner. Lisa and I are splitting the French presentation by Chef Chris @ sweet Lauren's Soundside, Steak & Seafood (and more) Restaurant (our amazing local bistro in west Morehead City, NC) where the food is only outdone by the people! For us, it's a large chicken breast with hand-handling drumette😎 and broccolini dipped in an old favorite, (but crazy good when it's good) French onion soup (amazing)! Then there's the wine working its magic making all this good stuff exactly what it was meant to be😎! It's a sensuous nose of coarse chocolate hiding in a lid-bag (words from yesteryear) opened, nakedly exposed and sensually inhaled at the same perfect moment of biting into a late-spring perfectly-fetched strawberry followed by a similarly chocolate-coated Bing cherry, all at once luxuriously coating the front of the lucky drinker's mouth, as it starts a sexy, slow dance home - near magic, but somewhat unfortunately interrupted by a strong hand-to-throat tannic twist that tightens and squeezes either enticingly or curtly (depending on how you like it) as you fantasize another pour, perhaps another year (maybe the 10) where you might languish, linger in a sweaty finish (a good night or a wine fantasy - your choice...)
Cheers! PS inexpensive, but expressive... — 10 years ago

Michelle Hagen

9.7

Current nose. slight nice tannins with a Berry explosion with black cherry flavors. Opened quickly and the flavors linger in your mouth! Yum! — 12 years ago