Liz Vicharelli

9.0

Delicious well balanced merlot with dark fruit and spices! Drink this and then tell me you’re not a merlot fan 😏 — 7 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.6

Extremely young but having tasted so many vintages of this wine I tell u the flavour The FLAVOUR!!!!!
Great freshness but also tickling with minerality
U can already tell complexity starting to build up
From camomile to violets or wisteria,
Smoked, mushroom and clay,
Orange peel;
Hazelnut and marzipan,
Ginger biscuit
Some how a bit of MoU caramel
Infinite substance ever changing.....
Thanks Antoine Gaita (I can still feel him in the wine)and family — 8 years ago

Bobby Gilbane

9.6

I could waste my time with a tasting note but I'd rather just tell you that you if you've ever really wanted to experience napa, you need to try Corison. — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.3

2017 Bravo - Imperial Brown Ale
Deep caramel brown with light brown head. Dark nose with caramelized brown sugar, molasses, and honey with a little heat. Can tell it's a a high alcohol level get drunk from just smelling it. A little creamy and syrupy too. Full bodied and long finish. Could easily go with some dessert. — 8 years ago

Josh Spurling

9.4

These guys know Gamay, that I can tell you. Yes, more amply fruited and evocative than many Morgon's, but sensible. Yum! — 9 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.1

I understand the underlying quality, but admit in having major difficulties enjoying their produce. At the highest level, and still that tell tale, nasty play dough character is present... — 9 years ago

Yoon Ha

Master Sommelier/Wine Director Benu

8.9

Old people tell the best stories. You have to lean in for the magic. — 9 years ago

Mark Lindzy

9.3

2009 was a ripe vintage for CdP, for sure. Sophie and Catherine couldn't escape the candied cherry yet still manage to convey their sense of place. Bright fruit, fine tannins, dusty sandalwood and vibrant acidity always tell me "this is Marcoux." A pleasure to have this with my wife's pot roast on a cool fall night. — 10 years ago

with Josefa

Ira Schwartz

9.0

Sssshhh don't tell any one — 11 years ago

Magnavita Cellars

9.5

Incredibly fragrant. Weird & captivating. Reminds me of a favorite uncle. You'll probably either love it or hate it. Me? I'll ask it to play a game of checkers & tell me about the old country. This is pretty out there. — 12 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.3

Wine takes a good two hours to open up but has everything from raspberry to herbal notes...just hasn't really settled down and seems to be more on the primary side right now. I am very impressed by this wine, and honestly the QPR on this wine is quite fantastic at $30/bottle. I would have paid $60 or more for this (don't tell Genevieve or TRB). Not a stunner, but definitely way better than your average $30 pinot. — 7 years ago

with Keith

JJ Lumia

9.4

Coping mechanism for a long week; or celebration for Memorial weekend.

Haven't had this in 2 yrs and it's even more awesome. Can tell it's older; turning an orange/brownish color. Still lots of fruit, and oozing with flavors of smoke, caramel, cola and wet earth. Sexy and seductive. — 8 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.1

To me, this wine of all the aged wines had the best entry without a doubt. This wine is made in a very old world and French style, and you can tell it from the start. I was a little worried about this wine, but the cork was in great shape and extracted by an ah-so with no problems. This wine had a very herbal nose, and herbal front. Raspberry front eventually emerged. The middle of this wine was actually quite full bodied. The finish was a little earthy, a little bit of mushroom, and tame oak. The wine was good, and still going after all these years. Look forward to the other bottle soon! — 8 years ago

Matthew Beninati

9.3

Extremely approachable young California cab. You can tell this was crafted for the impatient. I love duckhorn offerings. — 9 years ago

Greg Koslosky

9.5

Tell tail tobacco , cassis , violets, minerals , lead pencil , fig wonderful balance and power. A rich Haut Brion that shows a trace of alcohol on finish but a lovely bottle. — 9 years ago

Steven Tweddell

9.0

Drank this way too early, even with decanting. Pleasant but still half asleep. Cherry and cedar aromas, a bit of that brick or chalk. Doesn't settle in the mouth as much as one might hope. Kind of glosses over the tongue. Good for sure but time will tell how good. — 9 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.5

Let's gather around and listen to the tales grandpa will tell you! The story the wine! Holy holy holy! This is Napa
— 10 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.6

Med gold in the glass. Viscous and heavy. Rich stone fruits in the nose. Tell tale mint that says Ramonet. In the mouth the fruit is powerful. Let it under your tongue and your face goes flush. Lemon, honeysuckle, crushed stone, mint in the mouth. Great finish. This is in a great window. — 10 years ago

C Urganci

9.3

One of very few bottles made apparently, awkward plummy to start with but converging into utter deliciousness over 1 hour. Lacking the tell tale red burgundy fruit but it has another story/terroir to tell. — 10 years ago

Kashi Lee

9.6

Very interesting. Can't say i could tell this was a chard blind. Still is bright. Pretty cool — 11 years ago

Christina Turley

Sales & Marketing Turley Wine Cellars

9.3

Showed beautifully--and YOUNG! Only tell on age was color. Grandpa Jack called it 07! — 12 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

Birthday dinner for a '77 and '90 tonight. Celebrated at Addison and indulged in the chef's choice menu. I'm not sure how many courses we had--12, 13, 14??--but it was the single most foundation shaking culinary experience I've ever experienced. If you are ever in Del Mar do yourself a favor and dive in mouth and feet first! The Martha's was full of sumptuous fruit, dusty tannins and fun funk. None of the tell tale eucalyptus or menthol but a very fun treat. — 8 years ago

Mike R

9.4

What a deal what a deal what a deal - I will put this napa cab up against wines twice it's price - 2 hour decant and it's sings -

Taste is incredible fruit - dark blue and red fruit - highly structured tannins with density and complexity galore - smell works but it will get more aromatic in 2-3 years - If drinking now as I did then please decant

This comes from Tench vineyards - same as the acclaimed bevan - well I say drink this at half the price then you tell me the difference

This is big bold beautiful and I am smiling
— 8 years ago

Kevin Arndt

Specialist Grand Vin Colorado

9.1

Just hanging on- you can tell this was a remarkable wine — 8 years ago

David Langstaff

9.8

I feel I have found a treasure for which I have been searching for years. My second Chateau Rayas - first a 2000, now a 2006. It is a perfect wine with a delicacy that reminds me of a beautiful burgundy. Perfect balance of fruit and earth, but restrained so that flowers emerge on both the nose and in the mouth. Just magnificent. Should I tell all of you when my birthday is...? — 9 years ago

Erik Nordman

9.4

Midweek wine! Classic and tradional Barbaresco nebbiolo. Bright, fresh red cherry and rose, dried cranberry, anise, a bit of leather, cola, menthol freshness, and just a tad of that tar and baked clay starting to develop. Already quite aromatic, yet I can tell that it has so much room to open up still, and would age beautifully. High acid, moderate body and firm tannic structure, but the the tannins are quite fine and velvety. Elegance with power. Opened spontaneously after kind of a rough day and it's honestly just what we needed. Amazing how treating yourself with a surprisingly good bottle of wine can change your spirits! — 9 years ago

Simon Weston

9.0

Can definitely tell it was aged in rum casks, has a spice finish. — 9 years ago

Chris Bordeaux

9.0

Is there an 'S' or 'N' on the back label? I'll never tell. — 10 years ago

Rodolphe Péters

Winemaker Champagne Pierre Péters

9.8

#1978 #Magnum Top Domaine great Terroir Classic vintage. What more to tell, just loved it !! — 10 years ago

Christy Frank

9.5

Someone came in about a month ago asking about Armenian wine. I said I didn't know of any but if there was one imported, it would find me. Well, today it found me. And it is lovely. High toned, elegant, fruit and earth and stories to tell. — 11 years ago