AEL

9.0

A bit young. Bright, light red in color, crushed raspberry, cherries, dried flowers, dirt, maybe a mint/menthol note on the nose. Sharp on the palate. Traditional, and great. Bottle from Doug. — 5 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Young or old Yquem always hits 🫰🏻 — 5 months ago

Ben Tang

9.0

A solid young gamay. Bramble and tart blackberries strong on the taste buds and a hint of pomegranate. Potting soil and forest floor at the end. Med+ acidity, low-med tannins, med+ body. — 6 months ago

Bryn and Tanya

8.9

Still a bit too young. I’ll keep the other bottle tucked away for maybe two or three years. — 7 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Medium deep ruby with ruby pink rim. Spicy cassis , dark blackberry , violets , red pepper. A touch herbaceous with tobacco and graphite. On the pallet, nice volume, ripe blackberry , dark cherry, cassis, with that herbal touch from the nose. Quite firm sweet tannin and balanced acidity . Medium length graphite and cassis tinged finish. This is still quite young but approachable, will last well over the coming 10 years or so. — 7 months ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Fleshy bright fruit. Gorgeous lemon oil and corn. Salinity. Young. Accessible and plush — 8 months ago

WC Fields

9.0

So young. Nose was amazing. On palate it needed to mature — 3 years ago

Bob Miniter

9.1

Young with a lot of potential — 7 years ago

Jaylen Gadhia

9.5

Beaucastel is by far my favorite chateauneuf, killed this one a little young but was still a very rich and bold but nicely balanced Bordeaux. Dark cherry and dark chocolatey notes. — 9 years ago

Mirko Mignozzi

9.5

Awesome, still young but what a wine! — 10 years ago

Karen Wong

9.4

Can't believe it's still young n pretty! — 10 years ago

Ericsson

9.5

Young Masseto for breakfast. That’s a first and one for the books. Cheers. — 5 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Medium ruby garnet , garnet terracotta rim. Slightly sweet , roasted nose, with chestnut some sous bois , grafite , slight seaside hints. After a while a touch more herbal. On the palate quite stern dark fruits , mineral , grafite notes , quite dry tannin and ok balanced acidity . Reasonable length and sous bois , grafite tinged finish . This is still quite young though its appearance is slightly more advanced than the 1988 . Needs a decant and held up well over the 5 hours we had it open . Drink now and over the next 5-10 years. A little pedestrian overall and is outclassed by the superior 1988. — 6 months ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.2

Young but already so drinkable. Raspberries and strawberries with massive tannins that will no dount evolve beautifully. Vietti just dont make bad wines...goes against their DNA! — 7 months ago

Ericsson

9.6

This bottle is bound to make any day that much better. It’s young but composed with ample elegance and perfect balance. A true gem, even at this age. — 8 months ago

Vino Joe

9.2

Pleasant at first pour but underpowered. Needed 45 minutes and decant to start. Improved over time. Darker red than I was expecting. Young wine and quite smooth. Some racy notes at the perimeter but more of an easy drinking succulent Nebbiolo than a brooding one. — 9 months ago

Marcio Morelli

9.3

Decades to go.
So young.
— 6 years ago

Jeff Kienzle

9.3

Young, but started to open up after a couple hours. — 7 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.4

2001 vintage. Lovely youthful notes here. Still way too young. Plummy and mixed berries, some smokey oak, mulberries. On the palate, medium body, tannins are well integrated, hints of black pepper and nutmeg. White chocolate. Yummy despite its youthfulness. Open in 2025. — 10 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.6

I love milestone birthday parties. Great structure. Young dark cherry. This is a marathon wine. This wine will go another 26.2 miles (years) to go. — 10 years ago

with Dan

Eric Halim

9.3

Wine is dark ruby, with purplish on the edge. On nose its ripe fruit, floral parfumed, oak in there, violets, tobacco. On palate, wine is full bodied, jammy, fine acidity, tannic, wine is open up after 1 hour decant. The intensity is there. Its still too young to drink. Try it after 2026. Red bordeaux blend, Cheers! — 5 months ago

John Van Trijp

9.6

Way too young — 5 months ago

Jason Gelman

9.3

2014. still young, powerful, and very good. — 6 months ago

Alexander Bastian Nielsen

9.2

Beautiful “entry level”-wine from SLWC - however it’s very very young. Decanted for 4 hours and really opened up but shouldn’t be opened until 2026 earliest. Cassis, bramble, dark cherries, dusty tannins, mocha, mint and spices! Very bold and yummy — 6 months ago

Jay Kline

9.5

Girl. Sup? Shoot. This was utterly brilliant tonight. Classic Bordeaux yet, even at 26 years young, somewhat precocious still. A beautiful mix of deep, dark and red fruit with currants, blackberries and cherries with chocolate, purple flowers, green pepper, tobacco, earth, leather and awesomeness. Plenty of structure to keep this strutting for years to come. Fabulous balance and complexity. Drink now through 2047+. — 8 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Perfect with the lamb ribeye! Still so young! — 9 months ago

Nilou S.

9.3

Still young, but delicious. Will get better in a couple of years — 4 years ago

Conrad Green

9.1

Very bright and spritzy on the tongue. Bright almost shrill fruit with a hint of grapefruit? Depth too snd really young fruit. A bit odd compared to the balance and intensity of the others. — 7 years ago

with Tony and Matt

Peter Montoleone

9.1

Awesome Chardonnay with nice body and just the right balance of creamy oakiness and acidity. — 10 years ago

John Schlechter

8.9

Non vintage still young with blend of 1990s — 10 years ago