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. — 6 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 — 7 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 😹 — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.3

£35 Great quality sexy Pomerol that's hard to match in this price bracket 👍

🍇 90% Merlot & 10% Cab F

🍷 Deep ruby opaque

👃 Smoked oak, earthy dirty wet leaves, sweet cherry, plums, minerals, gravel & cocoa

👄 Silky smooth balanced slightly tart plummy fruits coated in dirty cocoa

🎯 Long oaky plum & mineral filled with slight green & cocoa end

Great now but brilliant in a few more years 👍 — 8 years ago

Emily Rath

9.1

Will improve with age but is delicious now. Somewhat grippy tannins but balanced worth acidity, alcohol, ripe plummy fruit, and delicious toasty vanilla and buttery notes making it a round, dense, and delightful wine I would buy confidently again. — 9 years ago

Yumeng Liu

9.0

Plummy and juicy. Very balanced! Great value — 9 years ago

Diane Pales-Salary

9.1

Lovely Zin with plummy aftertaste. Very nice 2013 vintage — 9 years ago

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9.2

Really a nice style of Merlot, with lots of plummy fruit and a streak of acidity down the middle to keep it fresh. Mid-weight and food friendly. — 10 years ago

Michael Falcone

9.3

This little number still has legs! Delicious, with nice plummy taste and still has some lovely tannins — 10 years ago

Michael Schamis

9.4

Wonderful full plummy nose with just hint of earth. Big and full bodied. Soft but full tannins with lots of dark fruits balanced by light earth tones. Long, full, supple finish with nice earth and acidity. — 11 years ago

with Kati

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
— 6 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). — 7 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 — 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 — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.5

Generally regarded as one of Australia's better Pinot Noirs on the basis of its perfumed nose and plummy medium bodied palate with lovely silky tannins. Could identify with @Ira Schwartz note recently of aromas of boot polish. I used to say varnish but I think we are on the same page. Great Pinot. — 9 years ago

David Langstaff

9.2

Plummy and full. Fruit balanced well by tannic structure. Better after a few hours open when tannins had a chance to recede. — 9 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

Very interesting wine showing black currants and red plummy fruits, mocha, cedar, fruit cake and a hint of vanilla. This is round, rich and has a creamy texture. — 10 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

Doing it easily at 14 years of age. Over riding descriptor is Plummy. Still firm tannins with some astringency. Drink remainder over next couple of years. — 10 years ago

Morgan Harris

Head Sommelier Aureole New York

9.9

Wow. Top of the list. So velvety in texture, with a solid core of red-and-black plummy fruits. Mocha. Cigar. Graphite. Underbrush. Central Park South. — 11 years ago

Gregory Fulchiero

9.0

Silky tannins and plummy fruit. Still fresh and alive at 20 — 6 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

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

9.1

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 — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.2

Soft plummy fruit, pastry notes, cappuccino and hints of milk chocolate. Although the structure of this wine is slightly firm and masculine, the fruit is ripe, plush and smooth as silk. In the back there are still some considerable tannines that need to be shed. Beautiful wine, though! — 8 years ago

S.R.Alexander

9.0

Cloudy, plummy, chocolate with some ashtray notes and a hint of green holding it back. — 9 years ago

Jinglin Zhang

9.1

Hint of mushroom liquorice black tea, plummy red sweet cherry fruit. Firm tannin structure , a powerful yet detailed Brunello — 9 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

9.4

My style with NY steak. Minty,
Plummy, sweet fruited, seamless, but also refreshing. I hogged the bottle a little, but at 12.5 it was as mild as mothers milk. It should have been a magnum. — 9 years ago

with Cleora

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

Seriously cool stuff here. South African old vine tinta barroca! Dense and plummy but with animal bacon fat quality to it. A tad pricy, but worth it just to see what it's all about. — 10 years ago

with Antonia and Elena

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.1

Project of Jean Claude Berrouet who made 40+ vintages of Petrus. Really lovely nose. Classic right bank. Plummy. Cocoa. Focused. Palate is ripe with terrific acidity out of the gates and lovely balance. Intense structure. A bit out of sorts out of the bottle but it is all there. Will be fun to track. — 10 years ago

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.4

Ooooohhhh! That's nice. Plummy, spicy, long and fine. Nice now and can go quite a while further. — 11 years ago