Conrad Green

9.3

Very pretty. Faded with a touch of balsamic. Poised and pretty. Very light but complete. Pristine for a 50 year old cab — 7 months ago

with Naoko and Paul

Conrad Green

9.5

Pretty and floral. Raspberry and a delicate precision. Drinking really well now. Oak perfectly integrated. — 7 months ago

with Paul and Ara

Lawrence Bernstein

9.2

2005. Gorgeous wine. Hit all the high notes. 92 — 6 years ago

Kirk F

8.9

Very nice, perfumed nose and a delicate, seductive palate. All in balance. — 7 years ago

Jack Petras

9.8

Fortunate enough to have tasted this along with 6 other stunning wines last night during a cellar tasting. This 36 year old 2nd growth was nearly perfect, unusual but very pleasant mint, camphor, crushed sage and rosemary aromas with the same cooling delicate herbal initial palate. Dried but expressive red fruits mid- palate with a great structural graphite element throughout. Whiff of new leather. Changed in the glass showing different mellow facets. Pretty much intercepted at the exact right time. A real privilege to taste such a renowned vintage with folks who appreciates what was in front of them. — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.9

Unbelievable. Bricking in the edges with a soft rose, red fruit and a blurry, haunting, delicate nose. This is genuinely spectacular. Long, pretty, complex and profound. Wine doesn't get much better than this. Genuinely beautiful — 9 years ago

with Matt and Paul

Sommsergio

9.3

Fantastic Sommelier Vintage! Drinking perfectly! Smooth tannins. Gorgeous and seductive! Another great wine day at Amangiri — 10 years ago

Paul Luce

9.5

Pure, Blackberry & black cherry. Absolutely gorgeous. A master class in preparation to drink, Dr Cassetta has skillz — 11 years ago

Andrea Mullineux

9.7

Cinnamon and cloves and pretty tight for a wine made during the Clinton administration... or rather Chirac. — 11 years ago

Bradley P. Friedman

9.5

Baking spice and tart black cherry. Too young but it's showing pretty well - 2007 — 12 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.5

Pretty red cherry fruit with exotic spices minty truffle notes and black tar. Very smooth and silky textures with exotic truffle spice and a long fresh finish very most excellent+ — 13 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Fruit is brighter, more brilliant than many other 21’s I’ve had. Texturally & fruit-wise senses more like the 23’s I’ve had. It’s gorgeous. Again, needs a decade or more in the cellar.

Round, lush, creamy blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries, both plums, poached strawberries, dry, crushed rocks, limestone powder, nice balling spices, caramel, mocha, dry herbs, dry tobacco, lead pencil, dry river stone, leather, melted, dark chocolate, dark spice, fresh & withering dark flowers, red roses, nice round acidity, well balanced, bigger tension & structure, excellent round, excellent finish that last minutes and lands on spice, wet clay and Christmas cake. — 7 months ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Bristol intense fruit. Dark fruit, licorice, glossy texture. Gorgeous. At the very start of drinking but lovely — 9 months ago

with Bex

Eric L.

9.3

Very pretty wine that is drinking beautifully right now. — 6 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

An awesome Christmas gift a couple years ago from @Joe Lucca and this had me jolly. As with many old wines from Piemonte the nose was wonky on pop. Wet cardboard, dirty socks, potential TCA, but it all blew off pretty quickly. Instead of fading it ascended as the night went on. It settled in to a classic mature well stored Barbaresco. It still possesses ample sweet red fruit, tobacco leaf, balsamic and mushroom. Reports from @romo are that it was even better on day 2. — 7 years ago

Fred Kindle

9.3

Sweetness indicates California, delicacy and structure points to Monte Bello. Gorgeous wine, love it. — 9 years ago

Jason Chang

Proprietor NINE SUNS Winery, HOUYI Vineyard

9.3

I feel as if this would be amazing if not following the Rayas. Great nose but pretty wound up and tight still. Didn't open up much after being in glass an hour. Need to revisit. — 10 years ago

with Wai, Chris and 2 others

Kai Schubert

Winemaker at Schubert

8.9

Pretty big!! — 11 years ago

Rafael Landestoy

9.6

Gorgeous! Still has many years left. Great structure and an awesome example of why Bordeaux is the shisnick! — 12 years ago

with Ilida

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.3

This is fantastic. Ripe but balanced, tannic but that works. I would call this classically styled, Old Napa. Just gorgeous. — 12 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Pretty deep ruby garnet , medium wide garnet rim . Aromatic and really classic with a mix or red and dark fruits , tobacco , grafite and cedar . On the palate this is quite linear , again with the red and dark fruits from the nose, cedar and grafite and quite rounded resolved tannins . Fresh acidity , good cedar with grafite length , very classic in style . Enough density and fruit to cover the rest of the structure. In a perfect place now at least in this format , and probably will be over the next 10 years . This was from an Imperial , at BBR in London . — 7 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.3

1L. Not my style. Ok over all. Juicy and big, chocolate overtures. Dark berries, mostly sweet blackberries, tastes pretty stemy but i assume this has no stems. Chassis. 14.2%. — 8 months ago

Will Stanley

9.5

Decanted for around an hour, the recently released 2013 Grand Vin from Chateau Musar is an enormous wine at present in its youth. Gradually, it opened into a gorgeous, exotic and utterly unique product of this unlikely corner of the wine world. There’s plenty of Bordeaux-like character in the form of dark fruit and cigar box, but there are notes too of cranberry, liquorice, clove, mandarin and five spice. The mouthfeel, as a whole, has a quasi Brunello quality to it, with its bright cherry fruit and mouthwatering acidity. But woe is anyone to compare this wine to any other, for it is incomparable. One of Serge Hochar’s last vintages before his passing in 2014, and one that will doubtless have a long life. — 5 years ago

Dick Amundson

9.3

Absolutely gorgeous! Perfect aged Bordeaux. From a magmun. — 8 years ago

Mark Francone

9.0

Just a taste, pretty nose that didn’t deliver on the palate — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

A touch sweet, pretty and floral. Rounded and generous with soft minerality. Delicious. — 10 years ago

with Naoko and Larry

Conrad Green

9.4

Gentle and focused. Soft fruit. A hint of roses. Very pretty. Totally resolved. — 10 years ago

with Matt and Paul

Mark Freund

9.3

Pretty meaty for a Morgon. Medium to full bodied. Serious. Great acidity with big weight. So fun, youthful, vibrant. Irresistible now but will age wonderfully for years. — 11 years ago

with Ned

Brett Horwitz

9.7

1995.... Elegant, gorgeous- one of my favorites!
— 11 years ago

Alex in NYC

8.9

Barnyard, mulch on nose, pretty funky, sour cherry, blackberry, raisin, some spice, good, long, grippy finish — 12 years ago