Jan A

9.1

Rounded plummy stewed red fruits with pleasant oak use. Night cap after a long day — 5 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.1

Funky, structured, and interesting with stewed dark fruits, leather, and plummy ripeness. — 6 years ago

with John, Ryan and 2 others

Gregory Fulchiero

9.0

Silky tannins and plummy fruit. Still fresh and alive at 20 — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Very pure plummy fruit. Sour black cherry, dark gnarly fruit. Very pure and deep. Lovely and grippy, grapes and savory — 7 years ago

with Gregg and Rick

Ivonne Nill

8.9

Plush, velvety Merlot dominant blend, very easy to drink, still much primary plummy fruit, with some development (leather), moderate acidity and rather noticeable VA (why I didn’t rate it higher). — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Powerful and intense red plummy fruit. A touch of varnish on the nose then lovely poise and a long sweet palate with settled vanilla. Sexy, rounded and pretty. — 8 years ago

with Matt and Paul

Chris England

9.2

Always ❤️ Pape C Graves & this £80 02 drinking lovely 👍 Has softened a lot in last 2yrs 😎

🍇 60% Cab S & 40% Merlot

🍷 Opaque ruby w/ fine brick edge

👃 Broken pencils & crushed rock in soggy earth through squished blackcurrant w/ charred smokey oak, pulverised plums, leather, liquorice & minted black tea

👄 Med+ body of really dirty earthy blackcurrant w/ a mocha liquorice hit & dark plummy mineral kick

🎯 Med+ earthy dark fruit muddy face wallop with a liquorice whip — 8 years ago

Matthew Bull

9.2

I weep robust, plummy, pure tears of joy. — 5 years ago

Gunja Gargeshwari

9.2

Plummy Jammy and Young! I like it but it needs 5 years to be a crowd pleaser. — 6 years ago

Doctor No

8.9

Surprisingly lovely for an 87! Perfect bottle from a private collection (and given to me for $30). Plummy fruit still in evidence with evolved notes of pipe tobacco a bit of moss/ash and red bell pepper. Medium in body with moderate finish, classic claret and really nice overall. Would hate to have tasted this in a lineup with other wines. On its own, it was lovable. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Intense plum and violets. Beautiful soft fleshy, plummy fruit. Good balance with leveling acidity. Very young, but lovely stuff. — 7 years ago

with Naoko

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2014 vintage. More oak and body than initially suspected. Medium body (but heavy for Margaux). A little rambunctious (almost Napaesque) but delicious and fat now. Concentrated chocolate and plummy finish. — 8 years ago

Amanda Pendergraft

10

Plummy and jammy on the nose, and spicy on the pallette. Good tannins, and velvety smooth. Lingering finish of pepper and leather. Dark flavors but a light presence. Surprisingly light, for a red blend of Malbec, C/F and Merlot. — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.2

Quick review as drinking w/ friends 😉 Not the best VCC I've had but still a decent aged drop 😎 @ £113

🍷 Garnet red w/ brown

👃 Rose petal perfumed mushrooms in a damp cellar filled w/ earthy soggy leaves through stewed plum, dark cocoa & smoked soft oak

👄 Med creamy smooth body of sweet blackcurrant & earthy plum in mocha

🎯 Med+ plummy mocha — 9 years ago

Patrick Schultz

9.0

Amidst the crazy times we are all facing, spaghetti and a little super Tuscan sounds ideal. Fun wine. Bright aromatics. The Sangiovese shines through being a little plummy at this age. Stay healthy, happy and thirsty my friends! — 6 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

This is a lovely Ch9dP for those who search for élégance and balance and rusticity.
Blood, garrigue, iodine, salty licorice, spicebox, forestfloor and still some plummy fruit remaining. Touch of tangy orange zest bitterness.
Very nice! — 6 years ago

Chris England

8.9

Always a reliable well priced Pomerol @ £38 & the 2015 shows promise drinking OK young but I’d leave a few more years to let it shine 😉

📍 Chateau La Croix de Gay 2015 Pomerol

🏵 89 points w/ 90-92 potential

🍇 Merlot & Cabernet Franc

🍷 Deep vibrant ruby

👃 Smokey oak through dark plum w/ earthy minerals, cocoa, blackberry, blueberry & minty herbs

👄 Med body of juicy plump ripe dark plum in cocoa w/ dry minerals, blueberry, raspberry liquorice & black berry fruits

🎯 Med creamy plummy punch w/ dry minerality & a cocoa red liquorice oaky kiss
— 7 years ago

Chris England

9.2

Nicely evolved Figeac @ £100 that’s a bit overpriced but nevertheless a yummy drop 😎 4.25⭐️

🍇 35% Cab S, 35% Cab F & 30% Mer

🍷 Ooaque garnet ruby

👃 Smokey pruned oak, damp cellar, mashed dark plum & berries over crushed minerals in soggy earth w/ spicy tea, leather, mint/herbs, liquorice & choc cherry gateaux

👄 Med body of creamy smooth earthy dark fruits w/ chocy mocha & liquorice

🎯 Med+ earthy mocha liquorice plummy dark berry w/ some red berry/cherry choc gateaux tones & a stone mineral linger — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

8.9

Purple plummy fruit. Some tightness and a bit of sour. Rounded. Quality decent- less structure than the -10 last night — 8 years ago

Greg Lowe

9.6

Surprisingly youthful nose of luscious rich plummy baked dark red fruits and the most etheral sous bois and pipe tobacco I've ever smelled. The palate had poise and grace in its age, everything was in fantastic balance. The tannins are shockingly fine, adding the structure that is necessary to hold everything together. Simply superb. I can only hope I show as well as this when I'm nearly 65! — 8 years ago