Chris England

9.4

Everyone knows I’m a fan of LRA but I’ve not had the 98 for a long time!

As I just found some @ £68 I had to try & it’s lovely for the money with lots of life left 👍

🍸 Perfect in Zalto Burgundy 😎

🍷 Garnet ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Smoked dark balsamic oak in spiced black cherry w/ vanilla cocoa cream, herbs, smoke, leather, coconut & caramel

👄 Med creamy smooth body of dark cherry bathed in balsamic & vanilla cocoa w/ red berry tones

🎯 Long chocky cherry w/ touch tart balsamic thick linger — 9 years ago

B

9.0

1999 Gianfranco Soldera Riserva Brunello. Lunch at T w Roger S and BP. Drank alongside the '99 Insignia. Decanted this wine ~30 min. We think this was an off bottle. Thin, high acid, no finish. Too bad. — 9 years ago

B

10

1990 DRC Echezeaux. K had this at his "boy's lunch" w DH. His notes to self: "drinking absolutely perfectly right now; buy more!" — 10 years ago

B

10

2005 DRC Grand Echezeaux burgundy. Lunch at the house w various guests. Young, but great. Really enjoyed it. Such a treat! — 10 years ago

B

10

1997 Tenuta San Guido Bolgheri Sassicaia. Drank at lunch at ReddWood. Compared it to the 1998, which was a more heralded year. I preferred this wine as it was drinking more readily, but K preferred the 1998, which he thought drank more interestingly and was more nuanced, despite being slightly more tight and tannic. — 11 years ago

Matthew Steilen

9.2

Delicious, floral hops — 11 years ago

Bill Bender

8.9

From mag. A little tight and lacked some acidity but a solid lunch wine ;-)
There was also a mag of '86 Domaine Tollot corton Charlemagne there that showed better. It was dark and cloudy but showed some nice age and character with a baked apple. 91. — 11 years ago

Alex Alvärëz

9.2

Finally getting caught up on stuff I had in France. This needed more time open than we could give it during lunch, but went down quickly nonetheless. Deep and meaty and bloody with a touch of floral lift. Fully resolved tannins and incredible length. — 11 years ago

B

10

Magnum 2008 Screaming Eagle Cab. Wine #4 for K's birthday dinner at Press. Really interesting to drink this after having the Harlan vertical at lunch and side-by-side with the Heitz and Martini. This 2008 much more ready to drink than Harlan. We decanted for an hour before drinking, but it was still really muscular and chewy. Was really delicious to drink while having our steak. Awesome treat. — 12 years ago

Kirk Wallace

9.4

So cute in 375. And a very fine start to lunch — 13 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.6

1996 vintage. At Hotel TerraVina with my pal, Gerard Basset MW. Unfortunately we didn't get time to decant it sufficiently prior to having with lunch. Typically I would have had at least a 2 hour decant before serving. Medium garnet hue, very bright. The nose is simply stunning and evolved constantly in the glass. Blackberry, black plum, cedar wood, lots of spices, cocoa and hints of roasted coffee bean. Tertiary notes have developed but there still seems to be a bit of development to be teased out of this wine yet. The palate exhibited an enormous amount of structure - high acidity and high tannins that are ripe but chunky. There's nothing round here - more linear and angled than curvy. Almost light bodied but with a big two-step punch of a finish: there's an initial hit and then a powerful umph of additional rev's that makes your head bob up and down in joy and happiness. Though it's drinking extremely well now, this will hold for decades to come. Fabulous. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

From either the 3rd largest co-op in the world or in Europe. I think it's in Europe. Produttori is located in the heart of the tiny town of Barbaresco just to the right of the tower shown in the photo and up the street from Gaja. Also, one of the best Michelin stared restaurants for lunch we've ever had. As well, the best restaurant service we have experienced and it wasn't that pricey. For such large a co-op, they produce some outstanding value wines and some straight up excellent wines. This 09 is quite nice and one of their entry level value wines. A nice pair with my skillet lasagna. The wine shows more sour than sweet dark cherries, black raspberries, dry dark plums, touch of pouched strawberries, black cherry cola, dry dark florals bouquet, a light delicate herbaceous quality, dark soils with dry powdery crushed rocks with nice acidity. The balance of fruit & earth is improving as is the finish. It still needs at least 3-5 more years in bottle. Very nice wine under $30. A 9.0 on it's own with the skillet lasagna, 9.1-9.2. — 9 years ago

Kate

9.0

Not a rose fan but I like this one. Tart up front but then a smooth finish. Pretty color. Perfect warm weather lunch wine. — 10 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.0

Tastes like a CDR. Black pepper aplenty. — 11 years ago

Ian Malbon

9.0

One of my favorite whites over the last couple years, faintly sweet but packed with melon, white flowers and minerals. — 11 years ago

Francesca Filippini

9.4

Perfectly balanced, well integrated, and pairs best with good conversation. Even for an Italian, this Tempranillo gives any Nebbiolo a run for its money. — 11 years ago

Scott White

9.0

Very nice bottle of Pinot for the money. This is an excellent value. Very drinkable. — 11 years ago

Ross Vick

9.8

Shared with a friend who loves life and friendships more than money! — 12 years ago

Ari Kleinman

9.8

Lunch @ Ristorante da Giorgio in Capri — 12 years ago

Nathalie Connolly

9.0

Delightful, light and very tasty — 9 years ago

with Rob

Kurt Soller

9.1

Drank this at a crazy lunch at Guy Savoy in Paris and will never forget it. Such a fleshy fruity memorable bottle. — 9 years ago

B

10

Magnum 1978 Heitz Cellar Martha's Vineyard CS. Lunch at RW w S&L DiM and P&S Co. This was unbelievable- blew our minds how much we enjoyed this wine. Loved that it was out of magnum and we all thought it was absolutely perfect to drink right now. — 10 years ago

Warren Sapp

9.1

Lovely lunch — 10 years ago

Adam Carroll

9.1

Lunch time in Palos Verdes — 10 years ago

Nick Del Grande

9.1

Delicious Rutherford dust — 11 years ago

Wanda Leis

9.1

So smooth with a great bbq steak!
— 11 years ago

Jason Heller

Master Sommelier

9.5

When you need to notch your post Burgundy lunch to another level. Powerful and lithe. Pretty, — 11 years ago

with Christopher and Bob

Bill Bender

9.2

Funky nose and a little disjointed on pop. Developed very well after an hour in the decanter. Fruit has faded but it still packs the lunch bags punch. Drink now. — 11 years ago

Maureen Downey

Founder chaiconsulting.com

9.8

Casual lunch... — 12 years ago

Oren Weissman

9.4

Worth the money, not amazing but very good with good floral notes and alcoholic nose — 14 years ago