Evan Bienstock

10

Unofficial last night of summer... so long Dark & Stormy’s for a bit.... — 5 years ago

Rolf Bigler

9.1

Preis: CHF 25.90 — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

A glass ordered off the wine list. Amber brownish gold. Heavy but translucent. Powerful nose. Notes of brown sugar, molasses, warm orange sauce and some burnt butter. Powerful acidity. Very rich. Fun to try and enjoy. — 6 years ago

Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

9.2

New Year 2018 night cap! 15 year old aged Guyana rum. Honey. Molasses. Vanilla. Spices. Oak. Super smooth! Pure awesomeness! — 6 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.3

Cherry notes with hints of cocoa and molasses. Soft tannins with great balance. Does not taste Australian (and that's a compliment) at all! Thanks to my Buddy John Pecallier for this one. One of the two best Wines of a 7 Syrah Fourth of July tasting! — 7 years ago

with Tom and John

Quinn Peebles

9.6

Not an enormous fan of Tawnies but an excellent port blend. Long finish with undertones of walnut and molasses. Hard to dislike by anyone's taste. — 7 years ago

Zhiran Wang

10

Surprisingly still tasting the residual sugar. Mushroomy, molasses — 8 years ago

Martin Redmond

9.3

Mahogany color with molasses, caramel, espresso, bittersweet chocolate and subtle baking spice aromas. On the palate it's full bodied, viscous, and very persistent with a supple mouth feel that's beautifully balanced with a penetrating acidity that keep it from being cloying and persistent with very good acidity that keeps it from being cloying and provides balance. It shows very sweet flavors of molasses, honey-dipped figs, dates, caramel, and baking spice nuanced citrus note with a kiss of oxidation that adds to its allure and complexity. Long finish — 8 years ago

with Gary

Ryan Vento

9.2

Yes! This is drinking beautifully. It kept making eyes at me through the wine fridge so I yanked it out of its 55°F habitat, popped the cork, and poured a healthy dose in my glass and rest into a decanter. Constantly evolving over the course of an hour+ but classic through-and-through. Well preserved even though it’s changed hands a lot. A cool, highly fragrant nose with underlying eucalyptus, clove, tobacco, cedar shavings, and plums. On the palate nuances of sweet figs, molasses, plum, blackberries, blueberries, and Christmas spices. Tannins are pretty well resolved. This is in a great place with lovely purity of fruit. Remarkable difference between this and the ‘12. — 5 years ago

with Krystal

Kyle Katterjohn

10

Best Rum I’ve found — 6 years ago

Alan Viader

9.8

From 750ml. What a gorgeous wine. Sage and dried herbs on the nose at first, leading to complex citrus, stewed tea leaf, dry flowers and spices with more air. Aromatics are very a sexy. Makes me want to sit and just smell this for the next hour. Exotic wood and sweet molasses on the finish. If you have this in your cellars, what a treat right now. Drink up. — 6 years ago

Kyle Groombridge

9.3

Beautiful beautiful stuff. This has a haunting nose of roasted berries, cedar smoke, potpourri, molasses, and sour cherry. The palate is seamless with perfect balance.. medium bodied but with a vigor and vitality unlike most other communes in the Côte d'Or. More cherries, herbs, and a distinct spiciness that I love. After it opens up, you get loads of cinnamon and clove on the nose. This really embodies the whole "dirty berries" thing that the Côte d'Or goes for.

If you haven't approached Vosne-Romanee lately, it's worth looking for extra coins in the seat cushions and saving up your shekels. — 7 years ago

Martin Sher

9.2

That nose! — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.7

Would never have thought my 1000th tasting note (and 337 regions) would be a rum from Trinidad and Tobago. Quite pale for a rum with minerally caramel molasses notes. An excellent nightcap and a great sign off for my 1000th tasting note. Thanks for all of your Likes and Comments. Now for the next 1000! — 8 years ago

Derek Fiandaca

9.3

Sip this one with no ice! — 5 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Dessert last night was a layered, guava, mango, raspberry, passion fruit cheesecake. I did a dual pair with 14 Kobalt Sauvignon Blanc and this 83 Rieussec Sauternes. The 83 won hands down.

Look at that color! 👀 The older they are, the darker they get. I’ve seen one nearly black, a 1928 D'yquem a number of years back. A good producer/vintage of Sauternes will out live almost anyone’s life span properly stored. This 35 year old 375ml was no exception to that rule.

The nose reveals; brown sugar, molasses, dried; pineapple, apricots, peaches, nectarines, orange citrus, touch of light colored citrus’s, marmalade, mixed nuts with skin, toffee, caramel, tea notes, soft limestone minerals, gravel with pebbles and dark withering flowers/lilies.

The body is full, rich and gorgeous. The palate is nicely integrated and complex. The fruits are a combination of candies and dried. Brown sugar, raw sugar cane, molasses, dried; pineapple, apricots, peaches, nectarines, mango, prunes & dates. Candied, lemon, lime & grapefruit. Orange citrus, marmalade, honeycomb, mixed nuts with skin, toffee, caramel, Lipton tea notes, soft limestone minerals, gravel with pebbles and dark withering flowers, yellow & orange lilies. The acidity is like a rain shower and the elegant, rich, well balanced and polished finish lingers on your palate and dances mentally in your brain. There is also granulated sugar on the palate. Huge RS!

Producer notes...Rieussec is aged in an average of 50% new, French oak barrels for 18 to 24 months, depending on the character of the vintage. Chateau Rieussec is owned by the Lafite side of the Rothschild family and all their used oak barrels come from Chateau Lafite.

Photos of; Chateau Rieussec, grapes awaiting the onset of botrytis, their roughly 25-30 year Estate vines and their barrel room. — 5 years ago

Raul Puga

9.3

Sweet and yummy. Great way to end a Friday night — 7 years ago

R o b M.

9.3

Great smooth balance, molasses and Brown sugar notes, but not overly sweet. — 7 years ago

Marc Pavan

9.1

Not much of a spirits guy, but every Christmas I need to get a bottle of this. The fact it lasts the whole years does not represent it's flavour or quality. #havana Mixed with pineapple and mango. Brings back memories of the #malecon and #cuban sunsets. #copacabana — 7 years ago

with Leslie

Toni Zablocki

9.0

Excellent for the price - lovely and modestly luxurious - treacle? spice, and other intoxicating aromas - left me a very happy lady. — 8 years ago