Adrian Jongenelen

9.8

Great. Not too sharp tasting. — 7 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Monster vintage for LB that will need more time. — 8 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Wow. Monster grand cru burgundy. From Baden. Nose is licorice and cherry and spice. Palatebis Huge effing monster spicy cherry. Amazing texture. Palate coating like a paintball shot in the mouth. Internal aromatics are sick. Long clingy finish. Genius knows not of birthplace. — 8 years ago

with Lyle

Matt Perlman

9.0

Pale amber. Fresh and fruity for a skin contact wine, maybe because of carbonic. Hint of smokey peat or pine resin on the nose with toffee, plenty of zesty orange and saline on the palate. — 9 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

What happens w purple wine w age. Not my wheelhouse, & better for it as I appreciate its burnished intensity. I shudder to think what kind of monster this was several years ago. Its still a very big wine. — 9 years ago

with Paul and Owen

Eric

9.8

Amazing nose. Roasted black cherries and monster minerals. Surprising amount of tannin for a 16 year old wine. — 10 years ago

Mark Dowling

9.0

Tannic, rustic monster. delicious! — 10 years ago

Ron R

9.1

Broke my mid-week alcohol fast for this...
Nose displays honey, straw and oak. First thing that hits you on the palate is honied almonds and white stone fruits. A little too much oak treatment leads to a lack of precision. It has a curvy posture, with very little acid to counterbalance the oak. Good showing, even though the oak monster showed its ass. At the right price, it’s a buy. — 7 years ago

with Anne-marie

David Kline

9.5

Dense red currant is ‘wrassled’ down by fennel aromas, mint and black cherry with strawberry and blackberry hidden beneath its thick canopy of fern and forrest; including moss and mushroom. Actually amazing! Not going to ever guess that this herbaceous monster with rim to rim colt density is an 11 yr old Calistoga! Meaty notes of grill and marinated fungi. Celeriac root, fennel and licorice notes define this angel with a minty coolness persisting! Blackberry and black cherry emerge in the finale to shine like young wine despite the years!#Larkmead #2007cab #Calistoga #Napa #napacab — 8 years ago

with Courtney

Cait Eslinger

8.9

Very acidic, pineapple notes but good over all — 9 years ago

Eloisa Tristan

9.4

Nice crisp chardonnay with a mellow fruit and citrus finish. Dry but not too dry finish on palate. Great to have with Lemon chicken, pesto, fruit and cheese. Nice everyday. Great buy at Costco. 2014 vintage. — 9 years ago

Marc On

Writer Originalverkorkt, Lobenbergs Gute Weine

9.2

What a monster. So much tannins, fruit and acid. Needs another 20 years to really come around. — 10 years ago

Eric

9.3

Not as much of a monster as other vintages but still an awesome wine. Great mix of dark fruit, spearmint, smoke, leather, and chocolate. Touch of tannin left. Gave it about an hour in the decanter. — 10 years ago

Chris England

9.7

Incredible potential loaded in this top St Julien from a top year @ £145 paid now £200-235 this is a monster 😈 superb now but wow in 10-20 years juice of the gods 😍 Had eased back since a year ago as it was more full on then 😉 This wine will outlive me 😁

📍 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou 2010

🏵 97-98 points w/ 100 potential in time 👍

🍇 90% Cabernet Sauvignon & 10% Merlot

🍷 Opaque blackened deep ruby

👃 Heady intense hit of blackcurrant, mint leaf, dark plum & violet w/ soft oak, minerals, mocha, liquorice & fresh cedar

👄 Med+ body of mocha infused creamy smooth plump blackcurrant w/ cocoa, damson compote & blackberry jam

🎯 Long mocha & liquorice blackcurrant smack in the choppers 💥 w/ a mineral & blackberry kick — 7 years ago

Bobby Gilbane

9.6

Good lord this is delicious. It’s a monster but my kind of monster. — 8 years ago

Jeffrey Long

9.0

Stumbled into the best whisk(e)y bar in the East Bay. — 9 years ago

with Chris

Jason B

8.9

2014 nice, peppery/graphite, dark fruit, med body, med Tannins. — 9 years ago

Cody Short

9.7

Tied for wine of the trip. A monster now but this is going to be insane with time. Classic Veeder mountain fruit lots of black and blue fruits. Built for the long haul. — 9 years ago

with Erik

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Smoke monster! — 10 years ago

with Eddy

ESF

9.4

BOOM! A monster and more suave and complex than I recall - although not showing much sign of age: ripe dark fruit, exotic spice, licorice, bay leaf, coffee - layered and drop dead sexy w/lamb shank — 10 years ago