Brent Clayton

9.3

Crazy asparagus rotten vegetables note on the nose that burned off. Beautiful waxy yellow fruit on the palate. — 4 years ago

Rob Kiley

9.2

Maybe the best expression of Riesling I’ve had from Ovum, certainly Oregon. Off-dry, orchard fruit, tropical fruit, minerality and slight petrol — 5 years ago

Jonathan

9.3

Berry. Guessed this but was 2 years off. — 6 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.4

The 1997 is incredibly elegant and confident. Graceful impact and gentle attack. The most Burgundy-like of the Musars I’ve tasted. Still has a ton of youthful vigor, focus and energy. Zero palate weight. Elevated VA is allowing the aromatics to really take off. The most refined and beautiful Musar I’ve had yet, covering the broad spectrum of red berries, herbs, leather, spices and minerals. Funky yet refined. — 7 years ago

LM Segal

9.3

Fruit, acids and tannins faded into the background, initially lost (and thought off and nearly tossed!) due to extreme undergrowth funk. That blew off in 30 mins and what remained was Syrah turned all burgundy, fleshy but light. Not best example, but delicious. — 8 years ago

Nick Davis

9.2

M+ acid, ripe tropical fruit, Mod alcohol, off-dry. Nice WA example. — 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

Richard Young

Wine Specialist Christie's

9.2

"Off-vintage" Latour, always a pleasure — 10 years ago

with Christie's

Bryan Garcia

Sales Grand Cru Selections

9.2

So much 🐴🍂✏️🚬 ! Nice to have an "off vintage" in pristine condition. Far from a blockbuster but delicious, soft, and very easy to drink. #birthyear — 10 years ago

Alex Jones

Marketing/Development Kunni/Westerly Wines

8.9

Still rocking. Blew off and like smelling a Kool on the nose. Mint and eucalyptus and plum. — 11 years ago

with Allison, Ann and 1 other

Tim O'Rourke

9.0

Pretty delicious but maybe a somewhat off btl as it seemed to be close to the end of its life. — 11 years ago

Pierre Gourinchas

8.9

A bit disappointing, for a Leoville Barton. Probably needs more time. I was also coming off tasting the 2009! — 4 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

This 41 yr old LLC was still fresh & drinking well showing a little funk in the beginning that quickly blew off with notes of red & black fruits, currant, cedar, leather, forest floor & tobacco leaf. — 5 years ago

Scott Soren

8.9

I love Dominus but this bottle was a little off. :(. — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.2

This was the one in the tasting that received guesses ranging from Pinot Noir from US to Burgundy. Definitely a little off from the traditional. Candied black cherry and raspberry, cola, herbal influence in the middle and a little bit of mint on the finish. Improved only slightly in a 4 hour decant window. Still a baby. Looking for this one to improve quite a bit over the next 10 to 20 years. — 7 years ago

Ki Punwar

Owner, California Wine Republic

9.2

Very drinkable now. Light and lively and pure -loving the off vintage of the Reserveé — 8 years ago

Greg Gregory

10

Spectacular! Mind blowing. One of my top 10 of all time. On every serious wine lover’s bucket list, and here we had a nigh perfect bottle. While aromatically a little recalcitrant, you still got some of the Margaux violets and potpourri on the nose, hints of clove, all trying to shake off their doldrums. But on the palate, it was timelessly ravishing. The finesse, richness, balance and smoothness, with an underlying, almost flabbergasting mixture of complexity and delicacy, was just astonishing. The finish is marvelously sweet and intense, with chocolate and cassis and utterly seamless tannins. This is a miracle of wine making and an exaltation of vintage and terroir besides. Wow! And bravo! We can only pray for an encore of such a wine. — 9 years ago

AP In Boston

9.4

Good fruit. Good finish. Enjoyable bottle of off vintage Bordeaux — 10 years ago

Javier Gómez-Lavin

9.2

Medium bodied and garnet in color. Nose is dominated by red fruits and a trace of black olive. Starts off with plum and red berries, softness and coquettish acidity that only really comes out by mid. Finishes with pepper, olive, fat, and leather. Overall a stellar cab franc for the price and another reason to check out more Loire reds. — 11 years ago

Kevin Walsh

Wine blogger doxologywine.com; Freelance Sommelier (Court of Master Sommeliers) Doxology Wine Consulting

8.9

2008. Dried cherry, black tea, dried mushroom and rose, prosciutto. Minerality is reminiscent of standing on a dry, dusty dirt road. Only criticism is that it falls off in the mid palate, but finishes with a nice gamey note. — 11 years ago

Christopher Hoel

Sommelier/Senior Wine Advisor Soutirage

9.9

En magnum and off the hook!!! — 11 years ago

Andrew Holod

National Sales Grapes of Spain

9.1

ID 314057 (just off one digit from pi)
Golrious balance. Cork was compressed and showing age, though I stored this in my cold cellar. Nose of yellow fruits and flowers. All of a piece, though feeling a bit spendy.
Happy Mother's day to my wife, paired w almond croissants and truffled eggs. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Monthly WTF wine group night. Our theme was American oak vs French oak. All wines tasted blind. We started off with two bottles of bubbly and finished with two non-themed reds.

My contribution for the evening. I’m posting my previous review of this wine below as it’s been consistent the few times I’ve had it over the last 12-18 months. Love these wines!

Youthful. Icredibly perfumed with typical sweet dill and coconut American oak on the nose. Gosh, I could smell this stuff all day. Aside from needing time away, it needs roughly an hour of decanting to hit stride. Tobacco, cherry tart, and great herbal nuances on the finish. — 6 years ago

with Jack, Ryan and 4 others

Bret Barker

9.3

Off vintage but who cares? Tignanello is a personal favorite. Took a good hour to open up, this wine tastes surprisingly young. cherry, earthiness some mineral and a little smoke flavor as well. Very good — 8 years ago

Jordan Franceschini

9.5

And this is supposed to be an off vintage? — 8 years ago

Mark Lipton

9.4

If you have to drink a 2011 Napa Cabernet, this is the one. Overcomes the flimsiness and off-centered taste of many of its peers. Blueberry, suggestive of Alexander Valley cabs, is present in spades, and wonderful, smooth, and satisfying midpalate and finish. — 9 years ago

Louiza Collins

9.4

Velvety mouthfeel with medium tannins. Robust red and dried fruits, finish of vanilla and graphite. Quaffable af. Would pair with lamb, rabbit, pork, cheese, hummus. Versatile. Honestly not worth it's price point. An off vintage from a delicious vinyard. Would not be hard to find a bottle 1/5 of the price. — 10 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

10

A perfect amalgamation of vinosity, friends and cause. Off the charts #montrose ! — 10 years ago

Patrick Knöfler

8.9

The wine was medium to dark garnet in colour. On day one it offered red fruit, cherry, balsamic vinegar, cola, leather, mushroom, earthy and vegetal notes and a wet sewer component on the nose. On the palate the the wine showed red fruit, cherry, blackberry, tobacco and earthy notes, the acidity was quite pronounced, the wine became slightly drying and even more acidic after some time in the glass, and the fruit faded a bit. Two days later, on day three, the medium-bodied wine was more balanced and showed red and dark fruit, some chocolate, some tobacco, spices and earthy notes on the nose, and red fruit, cherry, leather, tobacco, earthy and balsamic notes on the palate, with just a faint touch of greenness, paired with medium-plus well-integrated tannin, medium-plus acidity and very good length. I had almost written-off the wine on day one and then, surprisingly, it showed much better the third day. Holding-up well. 90 — 11 years ago

Pedro Rusk

Wine Educator Kendall Jackson

9.6

Sparkling Chasselas very limited and like many things that are hard to find the reward is great — 12 years ago