Jan A

9.1

Rounded plummy stewed red fruits with pleasant oak use. Night cap after a long day — 6 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

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

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. — 9 years ago

with Matt and Paul

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! — 9 years ago

Chris England

9.1

A St Em I ❤️ & 06 @ £42 quite decent but not outstanding 😎

🍷 Dark ruby

👃 Smokey minty burnt oak & sweet cedar through plummy dark cherry w/ a blackcurrant mocha backbone

👄 Med body of cocoa & dark plum w/ sweet cherry in fine dry tannin

🎯 Long cocoa, plum & cherry slight dry finish — 9 years ago

Matthew Bull

9.2

I weep robust, plummy, pure tears of joy. — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Delicate and round. Polished plummy fruit and a balancing acidity. Feminine and pretty. Gorgeous. — 6 years ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other

Conrad Green

9.2

A pretty nose with soft mature plummy fruit, dried cherries, a gentle bloodiness. The palate has good fully mature fruit but a slightly tart and drying finish.... this improved a lot on the finish with food. Supple and quite generous. Good! — 7 years ago

with Naoko and Larry

Conrad Green

9.5

Intense plum and violets. Beautiful soft fleshy, plummy fruit. Good balance with leveling acidity. Very young, but lovely stuff. — 8 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

Chris England

9.4

Yummy £77 St Em that's a double chocy mocha plummy lip smacker puncher 👍 Drinking great now & many more years to come 😉

🍇 90% Merlot & 10% Cab F

🍷 Garnet deep ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Squished dark plum & blackcurrant through mineral infused earthy smoked oak & chocy mocha w/ a farmyard whiff

👄 Med++ body of thick smooth creamy dark mocha wrapped ripe dark chewy plum & aged blackcurrant

🎯 Long mocha choc plummy dark berry bang

😺 The neighbours cat approved 😹 — 9 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

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

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

Lyn Farmer

9.0

A delicious example of LBV Port - it has all the classic vintage port attributes - plummy licorice aromas and flavors, balanced seemed and acidity, chewy texture -- all this is in the LBV except with a little less intensity. I like the Dow style - it's less sweet than Grahams and a bit more herbal in character. This is a beautiful wine for the price — 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

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. — 9 years ago

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 — 9 years ago