Mike Saviage

9.6

From a great looking bottle with a fill almost into the neck. Double decanted and left in the bottle for 5 hours before attacking it. Amber color. Good weight and haunting nose. Notes of old cedar, mocha, plums, cola, dark fruit, molasses and some sweet red cherry. Early on it’s all about the amazing nose. But with time the wine gains weight and you have a gorgeous old St Estephe in front of you. Still giving its all, and although the fruit is somewhat faded, this has complexity and structure that still drives the experience. And that nose is simply stunning. Great showing. — 3 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.3

Give it a hard decent and let the funk blow off. Will rose about 30ish minutes. Then enjoy your hard earned money with a beautiful Grenache. Lovely. Hard to swallow the price but the chest puffing you get to do the next day is almost worth it. 🤣 — 6 years ago

Janet Ross

8.9

This has a lot of dill up front for me. Fruit comes through after about 45 mns. For me this wine is not as good as it's reputation. But glad to have tried it. — 8 years ago

David Langstaff

9.4

This wine needed about 3 hours to release. Initially tight with uncomfortable medicinal nose which then totally dissipated. Drinking now next day and you get the age of fully integrated but not fading tannins. Nose has a delightful dark fruit and smokiness. Great fit of nose and taste, meaning - when tastes after smelling the experience is consistent and not jolting. I think the color purple in a subdued way. Very nice. Memo to self: decant and watch for sediment, and enjoy three hours later. — 8 years ago

with Cynthia and Chris

Sean Genn

9.0

Took about an hour to open up but eventually opened up nicely. Sour Cherries, roses, raspberries. Still young with persistent tannins on the finish. Give it a couple more years. — 9 years ago

Nic Tan

9.4

Close your eyes. Imagine cognac. Take a sip. What's this? A bourbon? Nay, an oh-so-yummy whiskey, says I. — 10 years ago

with Claytronicon

Ryan Vento

10

I've had no finer wine than this. Once it was decanted for about an hour the true character began to come out. After about 2 hours the pinnacle was reached. — 10 years ago

with Krystal and Taryne

Anthony Weytjens

Winemaker & Estate Manager at Edge Hill Estate

9.7

Great wine! Took about 45 min to open up but when it did... Wow! So amazed with still having black fruit flavors behind the cigar and moroccan leather! — 11 years ago

Freddy Foot

Sommelier Restaurant Gary Danko

9.2

A really good bottle! Vibrant fruit and great colour... Shame about all that American oak — 12 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.5

Don't even think about it. Seriously. Do NOT pop the cork. 10 more years. Maybe. — 5 years ago

John Wayne Ma

9.5

Tasted on 190615, smoky smell. Tasted fruity acidic initially, then turned to sweat hint. Later tannic then back to sweat again.
cost about $11k — 6 years ago

Brian Stotter

9.6

PnP at a friend's house. Wonderful nose of blackberry, black currant, dried blueberries, cedar, eucalyptus, and tobacco that keeps intensifying with time in the glass. Full body with fully-integrated tannins and a long complex finish that fluctuates between black fruits, organic earth, and eucalyptus. Everything about this wine is in perfect harmony right now but it still has plenty of life left. — 7 years ago

Beau Carson

9.8

This showed me what d'Yquem is about. Still a baby, but do beautiful tasting the progression over 4 hours. — 8 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.1

This is a wonderful wine with an attraction to summer gatherings. Who can write about it while it is open............ time to enjoy. — 8 years ago

Kristan Onofrio

9.6

Mild tropical flavors, fresh and crisp, it's fantastic! — 9 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.0

Held up very well for a 30 year old wine. Took about 1-2 hours to really open up and hit its peak. Finished by hour 3 as it seemed to tail off. Very cool drinking a Lafite. — 9 years ago

Rich

9.7

My guest brought this in from there wine cell. I decanted the wine let it say for about 1 hour. I used a Osso to open this bad boy up, I didn't wanna break the cork. The cork came out smooth and beautiful. As for the wine, my guest gave me a lil taste and it was magnificent!! Smooth tannis bright fruit just awesome!! — 10 years ago

Molly Murnane

9.0

A new fav zin. Big flavor — 10 years ago

Xavier Valero

9.9

Can't say enough about this wine awesome — 11 years ago

Richard Lavanture

9.7

What can I say about Artemis? It is by far, probably my single most favorite bottle of wine. It's just good. Real good. — 12 years ago

Hiroshi Tominaga

9.3

Great. Rich deep taste. Bought with ANA points. Price about ¥10,000. — 5 years ago

Ian Staub

9.0

I’m a believer in terroir, but this wine, which is an absolute ringer for Chablis, throws everything in question. If this were grown at Rorick with its limestone that would make sense, but semillon from the Napa valley floor? Out of the bottle it’s quite lithe, showing lemon and a bit of seashell minerality, but with an hour of air it begins to show some crisp apple and white stone fruit, and some white flower. Lovely, unusual wine. Enjoyed with grilled salmon and salad. — 5 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.0

Fresh and bright. Well balanced with nice acid. Expressive on both nose and palate. — 7 years ago

James Forsyth

9.5

More than anything else about this wine, I love the texture. Not light like silk nor dense like velvet, it's more like a a soft cotton. Clearly really well made. — 8 years ago

Michael Adelman

9.3

Black and blue berries, earth, tobacco. Layered beautifully. Power and elegance in harmonious balance! Has so much more to go! Wish I saved this opening for about 10-12 more years! Makes me fall back in love with CA Cabs!!! — 8 years ago

Ben Mar

9.5

One of dads. Been waiting about 30 years...miss you dad — 9 years ago

with Peter, Jeannine and 1 other

Evan Bloom

9.3

What a treat. From the company to the antics of the cork removal, all was fantastic. Not surprised with some immediate mustiness on the nose, giving way to a rich but smooth aged blue cheese, mushrooms, soy sauce, earth, and just a faint hint of dried red fruit. Over the next 20 minutes the glass development was out of control, changing with each and every whiff and sip. Earthy umami, oxidative, and and slightly stewed reds to begin quickly opened to nice dried strawberries on the palate and nose, and advancing to moderately subdued ripened strawberries and cranberries- after 61 years and still kickin with fruit! Amazing. Then after about 20 minutes of rapid metamorphosis, it gave in and decided to fade to a very pleasant sipper...awesome. — 9 years ago

with Rajiv and Tim

Mike Mentesana

9.2

Classic Bordeaux, took about 45 minutes to open. Was full of tobacco, leather, with surprising and slight floral overtone. — 10 years ago

Emily Timberlake

9.4

2007. Feeling pretty okay about this first post. Thanks AW! — 11 years ago

Dan Petroski

Owner/Winemaker Massican Wines

8.9

For those who say wine is about pleasure, this surely fits that description. — 11 years ago