Shuji Yanada

9.6

素晴らしい、あと数年寝かせてもよい。まずはスパイシーな香りブラックペッパー、クローヴ、そしてブラックチェリー、なめし革、タバコ、コーヒー香りが複雑で豊か。
味わいは大きなバランスで、深め。
シルキーよりも少し粒がたつような舌触り。
美味しい — 10 days ago

Mark S.

9.1

Black currant, berry and cherry. Concentration. Deep. Slight earthy. Traditional Pomrol. OK to drink. Château Gazin 20 @, , 250716 — 2 months ago

John Malcolm

9.1

A bit past its prime. Was more enthusiastic when I had this wine three years ago. Still enjoyable, though. — 19 days ago

RustyR

9.2

Easy to drink very soft coffee, slight tobacco with pleasant prune. Most excellent — a month ago

Monique Gillioen

9.0

€ 200 in Den Droeschaert — 2 months ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.1

Lovely deep garnet, red fruit, opened up over the evening — 2 months ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.3

Nice and round.

93 points — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.8

Blend of 60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc, deep Ruby purple color with aromas of ripe berry fruits, cedar, floral and earthy spice notes. On the palate flavors of blueberry, plums and blackberry with vanilla, licorice, tobacco, espresso and toasty oak notes. Long rich finish on fine ripe tannins, will age very well, can start to drink now, but should wait a decade or more. Very Nice! — a month ago

Keith Keeling

9.4

2020 great !! But the 2009 had today even better 🔥 — 10 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.3

Wingeeks chih — a month ago

Louis Martin

9.2

Ruby red, cherry aroma, medium tannins, paired well with duck croquettes. — 2 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Comida amigos CUU DOS AGUAS — 2 months ago

rob kro

9.5

Little spice flavor
Good. 40 coatco though — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Red & black fruits with savory spice, graphite & tobacco. — a month ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.3

Minerals... Aged red fruit. Beautiful bouquet. This wine has come together nicely and it paired nicely with the beef tenderloin.

93 points — 25 days ago

Thijs Hendriks

9.5

Magnum, last part of the decanted bottelen — 9 days ago

Rana Sahni

9.2

Delicious wine in Magnum — 25 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Drinking well showing red & black fruit, graphite, spice, leather, mineral & tobacco — 2 months ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.4

Big and bold, in the positive way! — 2 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Presented to me double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core and rust colored rim; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some signs of light sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and drying fruits: lightly stewed blackberries, black cherry, plums, tobacco, dried green herbs, old fine wood, vanilla and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long.

Initial conclusions: this could be Tempranillo, Malbec, Merlot (or based blend), or Zinfandel-based blend from Spain, Argentina, France or the United States. However, the staining was a bit much unless there was a lot of PS in the blend so I eliminated Zinfandel. I also didn’t think this was purple enough for Malbec. This left me with Tempranillo or Merlot and I felt that this leaned more towards its structure than fruit so I was leaning Spain or France with 15-20 years of age and from a solar vintage. Ultimately, I chose Tempranillo, from Spain, Rioja, Gran Reserva from 2006…from a quality producer like C.V.N.E. Yeah, I can see Pomerol. Shoot. This is stuff and ready to drink now and will drink well through 2032+. — 3 months ago