Joey Kee

9.2

Ha! The comments on this wine are amazingly varied. I found it very overt on a chocolate tip, and more robust on the fruit side than your usual PINOT...but I really enjoyed it, would buy again.... — 7 years ago

Haylee Gardiner

9.3

Hayl really loves it. Tab- not bad. Varietal blend. Perfect for picnics, BBQ, sipping around with friends pool side. — 8 years ago

Katherine Buckner

9.8

With Collin. Nice finish. Creamy, full body. — 8 years ago

Karla Alfred

9.6

2014 Dark Side. Slightly peppery nose. Earthy, spicy, full-bodied fruit. Signature Clos Pepe. — 9 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.8

Poured side by side with the clos des Papes. It was equally as stunning. 2003 vintage. — 10 years ago

Christopher Guerrero

9.3

This wine is awesome. The end! Deep color, rich and lush mid-palate, nice acidity, soft silky tannins. Get in my belly! — 10 years ago

Rejeana Scarpello

9.5

Night in with Biag — 10 years ago

Bret Thompson

9.3

At the lake with Jaice — 11 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

On the ripe side, but showing very well. Good vintage for early term drinking. — 11 years ago

Ryan McCreay

9.2

Very good — 11 years ago

Angelo

9.0

Very nice! — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.5

WNH event number two. Rhône varietal wines with TX BBQ...a match made in Heaven!

Enjoyed this towards the end of lunch as it seemed to be on he heavier side. If I tasted blind, I may have gone with WA state Syrah...there was a richness to this that translates to bacon, ripe black and blue fruit. Less red fruit and spice but more fig, bayleaf and blackberry. Not herbal or funky (olive like) but the concentration and power here is impressive. Youthful. Will be dreamy stuff in the next few years! Well done @Bill Bender . — 7 years ago

with Mike, David and 4 others

Katie Conor

10

Doing a side by side comparison with a WA Cab ... — 9 years ago

David Goldfinger

9.5

Side by side '87 and '99. What can I say in addition to Wow! Truly a treat that will be remembered. Cheers! — 9 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

10

Such beautiful expressions of aged Chablis, tried the 86/88's side by side, definite aged cumquat on the '86, with a little botrytis, the '88 was a little leaner, but needed time to open up. Amazing wines. — 10 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

8.9

14.5% alc.
A bit too "artificial", jammy and sweet for me to make it really interesting but I can see this having its fans.
In fairness this should probably have been consumed on the earlier side and is a nice QPR at $15+ — 10 years ago

Eric L.

8.9

I usually really enjoy this Sonona Coast bottling, but when drank side by side with the single vineyard wines, it pales in comparison. — 10 years ago

Keiko Okubo

9.0

2009 vintage... Beautiful color! Smooth! — 11 years ago

with Sheri

Mark Andrew

9.0

Nice wine at a nice price point. — 11 years ago

Paul Giovenco

9.5

Really nice drop — 11 years ago

Chris England

9.5

An extremely generous Secret Santa gift from @badphotographer29 aka Mami - this Lynch Bages is nearing peak drinking I’d say & in a lovely spot 😍 but will live 10-15 more years easy 👍 Thanks Mami 😘 🤗

📍 Lynch Bages 1996

🏵 95 points

🍇 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 6% Cabernet Franc & 2% Petit Verdot

🍷 Slight garnet ruby w/ a brick edge (⏩ scroll for pic)

👃 Earthy smokey charred oak infused blackcurrant, berry & spiced dark plum through mineral rock, pencil lead & gravel w/ soot embers, mint/herbs, old leather, leaves, prune, date & mocha grounds - an imperial nasal entanglement from the dark side 😍

👄 Med body of smooth earthy black currant & dark plum bathed in minerals w/ blackberry, mocha & liquorice

🎯 Long char-grilled deep dark fruits in slight dry minerals with a touch bitter ground mocha liquorice herby wallop
— 7 years ago

Eric

9.4

Meaty peppery dense and intense. — 8 years ago

Raul Puga

9.2

Ok. Ok. Not a normal post. Side by side '14 &'15. The '15 is more approachable and has fruit coming through in bunches. However, it's clear the '14 will get better with time. Final tally was 9.5 for the '15. 9.3 for the '14 — 9 years ago

Cody White

9.0

Rich, ripe nose. Light on the palate. Not the longest finish. Maybe going down the other side of the hill. Nice wine, nonetheless. — 9 years ago

Justin Hart

9.1

Wonderfully structured, sultry tannins and store fruit notes. Slightly peppery and just luscious, yum! — 10 years ago

with Cherish

Jason Gallo-Gaffner

9.3

So much better than the 07. Like eating spam then filet mignon side by side — 10 years ago

Roel van der Burg

Sommelier at Restaurant Entrepot

9.2

On the rustic side. Whole clusters and stems fermentation. Fun at village level. Can go on for a couple more years! Thanks @Alessandro da Fies — 11 years ago

with Niek

Rich Bluth

8.9

Fine Sauv Blanc, definitely a food wine. — 11 years ago

Ron

9.0

It's on the sweeter side. It's great for aperitif or tapas. I think it will also work with desserts. — 11 years ago

Jonathan Patch

8.9

Cyril Zang Cider! Taking me back to my Mormon Martinelli drinking youth. — 13 years ago