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 — 7 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.4

2005 vintage. At lunch with Pierre Lurton at Chateau D'Yquem. Medium golden hue. Quite restrained on the nose - poached peaches, stewed apricot, saffron, sweet spice, wet stone minerality. On the palate, medium plus acidity - far less than 2014, medium sweet perception, great liveliness and energy. Good angles. Not as long as the 2014, but more body. Drink 2019-2035. — 8 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!" — 9 years ago

Keith Eddleman

9.9

Night number 2 on this one. This is the de facto standard for what people mean by "Big Napa Cab" it's rich, it's velvety, it's 100% Cabernet. Would love to cellar this for years but irresistible. — 9 years ago

with Jill

Nick Del Grande

9.1

Delicious Rutherford dust — 10 years ago

B

10

1985 Sassicaia. Second red wine at Redd Wood lunch w A, S, and K. This wine was perfect. Epic. We could not believe how perfect this wine was drinking. Thoroughly enjoyed it- it was enjoyable the way truffles are- hard to describe, but pleasing to all relevant senses. — 10 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. — 10 years ago

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. — 10 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. — 10 years ago

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. — 8 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. — 8 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. — 9 years ago

Warren Sapp

9.1

Lovely lunch — 9 years ago

Jonathan Grayson

9.2

Phenomenal Pinot Noir for the money. — 9 years ago

Matthew Steilen

9.2

Delicious, floral hops — 10 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. — 10 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. — 10 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. — 10 years ago

Jonas Palmqvist

9.6

Decent before-lunch tasting! ;-) — 10 years ago

Scott T

VP/Senior Wine Specialist Christie's

9.6

Wholly underrated if one looks at vintage alone. This wine out shines vintage examples from Margaux & Lafite. HB & Latour would give it a run for the money however — 12 years ago

Jason Burns

9.5

What more could you want in a cab? One of my favorite wineries and an excellent vintage. Well worth the money to add a few bottles to your collection. — 8 years ago

Matt P

9.0

Very good, great value for the money. — 8 years ago

Antonio Galloni

Founder, Vinous

9.7

Sublime. A great way to start lunch. Blinis up next. Happy Holidays! — 8 years ago

with Marzia

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. — 9 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.0

Tastes like a CDR. Black pepper aplenty. — 9 years ago

B

10

2005 DRC Grand Echezaux Burgundy. Drank at lunch w DS and Jan at The Ivy. This wine needed time and really came around and was much more complex and drank like we had hoped it would. Awesome. — 10 years ago

Wanda Leis

9.1

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

Jason Heller

Master Sommelier

9.5

When you need to notch your post Burgundy lunch to another level. Powerful and lithe. Pretty, — 10 years ago

with Christopher and Bob

Jeremy Noye

CEO Morrell & Company

9.1

Just the right amount of richness for Christmas lunch. — 10 years ago

Kirk Wallace

9.4

So cute in 375. And a very fine start to lunch — 11 years ago