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Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2011

Very young. Needs 3-5 years to round the tannins. High acidity. Fruit is very nice. Lots if bing cherries. Will be very good in a few years or with a long decant. — 6 years ago

Caymus Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Fruit notes, with a lasting full body finish. Great with steak or just by itself. — 7 years ago

Joel Gott Wines

815 California Cabernet Sauvignon

A good inexpensive Cabernet Sauvignon. Can buy at bevmo or Trader Joe's. 2014 good but 2013 better. — 7 years ago

Heitz Cellar

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Great Cab. Not quite Stags Leap or others in the price point. — 8 years ago

Silver Oak

Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Hint of butterscotch on the nose, mild tannin structure with moderate acid. Very #gulpable but lacking complexity or intrigue. — 9 years ago

Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2004

Violets and pure cassis, painfully young, not because of what it is, but what it will be. So much left behind... or ahead! — 9 years ago

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The Prisoner Wine Company

The Prisoner Napa Valley Zinfandel Blend

Great blend! Tried it a few times - pairs well w/ steak & also went well with Italian dishes (pizza, veal or meat based pasta dishes w/ red sauce). Tried 2011 and 12: I prefer the 11 but both are great! — 10 years ago

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Apothic

Winemaker's Blend California Red Blend 2011

Great to accompany a red meat meal or just to enjoy alone, wow!! — 11 years ago

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Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1949

A treat. Dark in color, slightly cloudy. A powerful nose with dark, very mouton fruit. Incredibly aromatic, blackcurrant, mint,graphite, dried herbs, eucalyptus. The palate is extraordinary. So dense and powerful for a wine of almost 70 years. Dark fruit with a savory undertow- leather, thyme, sour cherry, dark chocolate. Really precise flavors and long. After an hour or two in glass there’s notes of coconut and soft wood. Extraordinary. Clearly there’s a lot of age on this but the sheer quality makes for a really dynamic wine. An exceptional bottle, and a teal treat. — 6 years ago

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Goodness! What a treat.

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2003

Good stuff - appealing chocolatey note but no sign of overripeness. Distinctly LB through the lens of a slightly roasted '03 quality. Medium long finish and more or less ready to go. — 7 years ago

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Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2004

Beyond description. The 04 vintage is where it's at. Sure, 2005 was massive but so was the fruit. It was short lived in terms of aging. 2004 allowed for character and depth and flavor of fig, bright red fruit and spice. This wine has another half decade or more before it really comes alive. Honestly, it blew my mind. — 8 years ago

Belle Glos

Meiomi Pinot Noir 2013

Deep reddish/purple color which has me on guard relative to Pinot. Worried that darker than lighter raspberry red has had Mega Red or other manipulation but this Pinot just has concentrated character. Varietal rose petal and cherry notes in aromas. You can see the broad influence from the 3 appellations that comprise the wine. Weighty on the palate without being too over bearing for the varietal. Great accompaniment to the saffron broth salmon this evening. — 9 years ago

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Michael David Winery

Petite Petit Lodi Petite Sirah Petit Verdot

Fine dinner wine with meat or fish. Nice finish. — 9 years ago

Kim Crawford

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Our favorite Sauvignon blanc. Light with loads of citrus. Great with shrimp or veg with dip. Between $12 and $16 a bottle. — 10 years ago

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

This wine amazed me, I’ve had it before and it’s never shown this well, maybe just hitting it’s stride? Beautiful perfumed floral nose ( never thought I would say that about a Dunn), exquisite balance, the fruit is slightly sweet, the tannins are fully integrated and refined, with just the right amount of acid in the finish. I would never guess mountain fruit or let alone Dunn if tasted blind. Can’t wait to try it again in a couple of years. — 6 years ago

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Billy L.

@Mike Davila -Great Vintage for Napa! Dunn normally takes bottle age to show it’s stuff with mellowed tannins. Kudos on waiting! Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻

Caymus Vineyards

Special Selection Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

Wine of the night. This wine had EXCELLENT fruit, and showed NO VISIBLE SIGNS of decline. Great powerful blackberry. I was guessing 01 Stag's Leap or Rutherford. Turns out it was Caymus SS 01, but I was second guessing myself on the year because it was a very purple color into the decanter and showing well. The wine had great vanilla on the front, blackberry on the front, and a more youthful middle and finish with some herb. This wine has 10 years left in it no doubt. Whoever cut this one off at 2017 has no idea. This one literally showed no signs of decline whatsoever. Drink by date 2007 - 2030. — 7 years ago

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend

This is a 61 and albeit not great in Sauternes that year this wine was in perfect balance of fruits, acids with lengthy backbone. Not as intense as 67 or 59 of course but beautifully elegant. Color as dark golden with touch of hazelnut brown. Neck fill. Perfect cork. — 8 years ago

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R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2002

Crazy good paired with dipping into gamba al ajillo (emphasis added), at Napa's groovy/real Zuzu, catching a classic deeply dirty nose while still sporting sun-drenched fruit that initially reworks one's first blush front mouth with an iodine edge that morfs into red and black fruit edgy with acid/tannin slow dancing to the depths and begging for another pinch of broth soaked chewy freshly baked bread and the associated next swig of this sweet juice...rhythmically stellar by day or by night😎🌌👣🍷🌀🎼

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— 9 years ago

Dom Pérignon

Brut Champagne Blend 2004

I mean I'm not going to spit it out or anything.... Just messing around. Special wine when it is time to celebrate! — 10 years ago