Stephanie Ratanas

9.5

Tastes like strawberries and cream, fine delicate bubbles! — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.4

Rare 96RP Priorat, only 1,008 bottles @ €146+ that's just beautiful & will age into 96-98 divinity 😍 Mrs E says "It's as smooth as Antonio Banderas' moves" I said "No as smooth as Penelope Cruz breasts" 😁

🍇 100% Carignan

🍷 Dark ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Strawberries & red cherries w/ touches of blackberry & raspberry seduced by oak, earth, farmyard, violets, liquorice & fine smoke

👄 Med silky polished delicate dark & red fruits that just seduces your taste sensations

🎯 Med+ soft earthy summer fruits 💋 — 6 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Mid Crimson with a tawny rim. Enticing aromas of Cassis, blueberries, dust, cedar and memories of McBarens Plum Cake Pipe Tobacco when I smoked a pipe at University. Medium fine tannins. Fruit drying out to a savoury delicious Claret. No further cellaring necessary. This is why one cellars Bordeaux. — 7 years ago

"Odedi"

9.5

For my son's 20th birthday, I think this 19 year old, Australian Cabernet, will be appropriate. It's also going to take care of my Friday's fix nicely...

What a beautiful color on this beauty. Ruby in color with a burgundy rim. Almost showing no age at all.

After an hour in the decanter, fruity nose with blueberries, cherries, strawberries, black currants, leather, oak, vanilla, licorice, light green pepper, smoke and black pepper. Very gentle and aromatic.

Medium plus in body, smooth and elegant, with medium plus acidity and awesome looking legs.

Dry and fruity on the palate with blackberries, blueberries, cloves, licorice, vanilla, cedar, leather, dirt, pencil lead, earth, cola, white pepper and spices.

A very long finish with very fine grained tannins and tart cherries.

What an awesome wine this is. Well-balanced and very enjoyable by itself. So elegant, complex and velvety.
It smells and tastes a lot like a Napa Cabernet, which surprised me a little.

Aged for 15 months in American oak barrels.

14% alcohol by volume. — 7 years ago

Scott Conroy

9.5

2011 was a difficult growing season, right? Silver Oak seems to have overcome that just fine. No disappointment, here. — 9 years ago

Melissa M. Sutherland

Importer Winebow Wines

9.1

2014 was fine for the Valle Isarco. Not as much rain, humidity or trouble from the invasive fly. Great acidity. Super fresh and clean. No botrytis. — 9 years ago

Jonathan Klonecke

Sales Revel Wines

9.8

very fine. based on 2008, mainly chard. pear, ginger, caramel, mousse builds. long finish. — 11 years ago

Chris England

9.6

Bolly GA pink hits the spot & this £74 05 is no exception!

🍾 Disg’d May 15

🍇 72% PN & 28% C

🍷 Peachy salmon pink

👃 Toasted almond brioche & yeasty fresh bread, soft oak soaked peach, fallen red apples & red currant w/ pink blossom & smoke

👄 Med bodied fine bubbled creamy zesty fresh persistent mouse of red apple, sour peach, citrus zests, red currant, cherry, bread & creamy shortbread biscuit in med acidity

🎯 Med+ citrus zest, red apple & cherry dry biscuity linger w/ a touch of pink grapefruit — 6 years ago

Scott Plambeck

9.6

Opened a Magnum, soft cork — split in half but recovered nicely with no residue falling into the bottle. Decanted for 30min prior to pouring into glass. Beautiful color, light nose and mouth feel initially. Later noticed fine grain tannins on the palate, with no sediment whatsoever , No Brown at the edge of glass or carafe. Light fruit developed over the course of the hour we enjoyed it. Three of us enjoyed this excellent wine with a NY Strip and Filet as main course and a chocolate decadent cake for dessert. This wine still has room to grow. — 7 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

Highly touted by NYT Asimov, & methinks he s right on. The key is not too cold- this is all about savory , dry, & fine mousse. No RS on the palate, but wifey appreciated. Jld is importer- Dressner, that is. Lovely paper wrap beneath the capsule, quality bottle. Might be the best lambrusco Ive ever had. — 7 years ago

Christanna Honer

9.2

Bar none best Chilean wine I've tried. No pyrazinic dominance; instead we've got lush dark fruit, chocolate, tobacco, leather, potting soil, manure, tree leaves, cedar, etc. and the structure of a fine Bordeaux. — 8 years ago

Albert Pak

9.3

Classy. Ripeness but contained. Oak is both subdued and seemlessly integrated. On the nose is explosive fruit, freshness. No secondary aromas detected. On the palate, medium tannins, fine, with great balance. Acidity shines through. Goes on forever -- endless length. — 9 years ago

Jonathan Tharp

9.5

Excellent mid palate and great structure. Fine, elegant mouthfeel and nicely integrated oak — 9 years ago

Dominic Procopio

9.0

No Merlot?? From Cork. Restrained but well balanced. Licorice, thyme, fine tannins. — 10 years ago

Eric Egan

9.4

I noticed that there were a few droplets forming at the end of the capsule so pulled this out of the cabinet to serve a few days later. Sow-oxed for four hours and decanted just before serving. I poured 2/5 (pure, with absolutely no sediment) into one decanter and 2/5 into another (when traces of fine sediment had reached the neck). I poured he final 1/5 (dregs and all) into a glass and covered it over with a plate (to revisit a week later once the sediment settled again).

A very special wine. Strange to think that the grapes were harvested in the middle of WWII! It was incredibly pale - so much so that it would have been difficult to tell whether or not it was and old white or red by the colour alone. The nose was intoxicating; a surreal but heavenly mix of fresh toffee, prunes, dates, and figs, with a touch of sous bois and fresh field mushrooms, with a (not unpleasant) hint of VA; the acidity was prominent but elegantly cutting through the velvety tapestry of a palate, layered with expanding patterns of intricately carved flavours. Very long and satisfying, though perhaps ever so slightly unfocused - a Mid Shoulder level so perhaps not a perfect bottle.

A week later the sediment in the spare glass had settled completely so I poured into another glass. Despite a week's ox exposure it showed no signs I flagging. In fact it might even have been better than it was when opened. A true testament to the immortality of old-fashioned barolo! — 6 years ago

Jo Florradikal

8.9

green apples, bone dry, crisp, hint of lemon pith and minerality, great fine bubbles, great finish #burgundy #cremant #chardonnay — 7 years ago

Igor Beron

9.4

Mineral, salty, intense yet delicate. No greeness. Super fine tannins. — 7 years ago

Jan Konetzki

9.5

It was very fine, vibrant but not sharp acidity (drink NOT out of a flute, take white wine glass). Notes of sesame, apricot, grapefruit, rock salt, nori leaves and croissant — 8 years ago

Christine Havens

9.0

Sporting classic notes of pencil shavings, black currants, mint, and fine dust, Louis Martini's 2012 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is like a no-frills 4-door sedan. Its structure is concentrated on the fore palate, with firm, fine tannins followed by plush blackberries, black Italian plums, figs, spice and anise, delivering Napa Cab expression at a reasonable price. There is even a dusting of cocoa powder on the exhaust pipe. Sample — 8 years ago

LM Segal

9.2

Always seems to exceed expectations, this Fanti no exception. Floral nose, rich dark cherry with fine tannins. Sweet. Could go another 3-5 years. — 9 years ago