Matti Jokelainen

9.0

Great Torre in the making. Still very primary and upon opening shy nose with acidity and tannins dominating. After 30min slow-ox and getting up to temp the nose opens revealing hints of whats coming with florals, red berries, some forest floor. Similarly fruit picks up in intensity, tannins soften and wine turns to nice young nebbiolo balance. This is very much red fruited with gread mid palate intensity and additional depth still lurking in need of bit more bottle age. After 2h the wine begins to shut down confirming it's still work in progress. If you like excellent young barbaresco and empty your bottle withing 2h feel free and pop. However I'll store my remaining ones for 2-3 more years to get bit more complexity and developed notes I adore in Produttoris bottlings — 7 years ago

Robert Rothfield

9.3

Red and blue fruit....very primary. — 8 years ago

with Warren

Jay Kline

9.3

From the other night. Popped and poured. Consumed over three hours. Compared to the 2014 Marcoux we had before, this is a ride to funky town. Super concentrated dark cherries and garrigue on the nose. Tart cherries and spices on the palate. Nice concentration but quite primary at this stage and much stiffer tannins than the Marcoux. In typical Pegau fashion, this should age quite nicely. Drink now with patience; good through 2024 at least. — 8 years ago

Craig Haserot

Founder and Proprietor Sojourn Cellars

9.2

This one needs a ridiculous amount of time, it is almost primary for a 1989. See you in 25 years — 9 years ago

Nathaniel DiMaggio

9.0

Beautiful wine here! Sooooo young and primary but not a jagged edge on it. Be kind snd give this 5 years before visiting. — 9 years ago

Jason Heller

Master Sommelier

9.3

One of the better Chevillon wines I've had in awhile. Balanced, nice mix between primary and tertiary. — 9 years ago

with Stacey and Bob

Rick K

9.3

1999. Another fantastic bottle of Chave. Still primary but hard to complain. Try again in 3-5 years. — 10 years ago

with George

Alex Barty

Winemaker Blood Moon Wines, Senior Retail Assistant Blackhearts & Sparrows Wine Purveyors, Cellarhand Stonier Wines

9.3

Some good primary fruit and reasonable acidity giving good length. Some developing complexity. Intriguing wine that went well with our gyros! — 10 years ago

John Wight

Sommelier/Wine Director Luce Restaurant

9.7

So tightly wound, still lots of oak and primary fruits! — 11 years ago

Chip Stryker

9.5

Wonderfully enjoyable wine. Seemed very well advanced for such a young pup. Round and balanced with all the right primary fruit aromas layered with developed earth and coffee notes. — 11 years ago

Jordan Wardlaw

9.5

More mature, defined and complex than the 2006 today. More red fruit character, graphite and herbs on the nose. Palate is still very youthful and primary but there’s great energy and lift and a powerful mineral streak running all the way through. — 7 years ago

Doctor No

9.5

An evening of Lynch-Bages with Stephen Bolger. Included 04 Dom Rose and a 95 Heidsieck Millenaires, ‘16 LB Blanc and the. A beautiful cascade of wines including 1961, 1970, 1975, 1986, 1989, 1996, 2000 and 2005. I would say the 1989 was surprisingly closed and primary and everything after, while still having a beautiful perfume, needed much time. Everything showed beautifully and my personal favorite was actually the 1975 because it was such a tough-as-nails vintage and yet showed a beautiful delicacy. Splitting hairs to pick a favorite. One of my favorite estates just jumped even higher in my estimation! — 7 years ago

Vijay Parikh

9.5

A brilliant bottle! Beautifully balanced with great internal structure and superb primary and secondary flavors! — 8 years ago

Manny Abascal

9.2

Fresh, vibrant, citrus, sweet, primary flavors. Hard to believe 21 years on this baby. — 9 years ago

Eric Egan

9.0

This was lovely; full of primary fruit and lovely a point tannins but starting to loose its flesh. A very good easy drinking wine, though unfortunately that's all it was. As expected. — 9 years ago

Richard Steinberg

9.1

Opened up nicely after an hour. Great primary fruit and great balance. Always a reliable wine list order. — 9 years ago

Todd W

9.3

Double-decanted 3 hours prior to drinking. Dark purple-red color; still very primary aromas and flavors; a juicy and fruity wine. Long life ahead. For my taste, I'd wait another 5 years for the wine to acquire some secondary characteristics. Did pair well with rich pot roast dinner. — 10 years ago

David Pearson

9.4

Very beautiful wine: bright acid and fresh forward primary aromas; youthful, elegant and complex — 10 years ago

Christine Havens

9.2

The 1990 Léoville Las Cases opens with primary aromas of Iodine, blood, minerals, graphite and black cherry. After sitting open for 2-3 hours it exhibits perceptibly sweet tertiary notes of orange peel, roses and baking spice. This is a dark, powerful Saint-Julien with impressive concentration and grip on the attack followed by notes pencil lead, cedar and cinnamon. Still in possession of a lot vibrancy, it could age for another decade or more, easily. The finish is not as lengthy as I might have expected. — 11 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.1

So much potential but already delicious if primary. — 11 years ago

with Jeremiah, Michael and 1 other

Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.4

Quite elegantly red fruited, a bit of musk and savory notes, but surprisingly primary. Compared to the ‘89, this is lighter in structure, almost airy, but with years of life left. — 7 years ago

with Abiel

Bryan Thomas

9.7

2002 - at 16yr old this is still very much a baby. Still primary but with incredible balance on a finish that just doesn’t quit. You can see the potential here as there are easily 20-30 years of further development. I hope I can keep my hands off the rest of the bottles to one day see it at it’s peek - it’s easy to see why these go for the prices they do. World class! — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Beautifully concentrated dark blue fruit. Lovely salinity and a blueberry intensity. Gorgeously savory palate. Primary, young and brooding. Excellent — 8 years ago

with Brad, Howard and 5 others

Pooneet K

9.3

Just a fantastic wine. Deep fruit with both primary and secondary characteristics. Intense nose. Long finish with just enough structure / acid to hold it together. Really singing - no need to wait longer. Can't imagine a better pairing with a mutton chop at Keens, it was perfect. — 8 years ago

LM Segal

9.6

Evokes an 80's Mike Tyson, powerful, primary, possibly destined for greatness but creating a fear that unnerves. Appropriately, it socks the nose, cloves, kirsch, leather. Assaults the palate, huge extraction that manages to float, coffee, dark chocolate. Compote left out for a day. Would love to taste this next to any SQN Grenache of similar age...Group was confounded but, like 80s Iron Mike, agreed that it's destined for fame or despair, but will always be interesting. — 9 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.3

Lt gold. Heavy in the glass. Nose of sweet citrus, honeysuckle and garden stone. Very rich and glycerol in the mouth. Still primary. Nice fruit, structure and acidity balance. Great finish. Drink now or cross your fingers that with more age it remains this good. — 9 years ago

Matthew Denci

9.4

Flashed chocolate, and some primary fruits before subsiding into a meaty mushroom earthy cloud of deliciousness with that lovely combo of integrated oak and dark prune minerality. Great time to drink this. — 10 years ago

Casey Curbow

Sales Associate Windsor Wine Merchants

9.2

Ripe red fruit. Healthy showing of spice and tobacco. Silky mouthfeel, lifted weight. Clean acid. Drinking well, however still primary with glimpses of depth and age. Excited to watch this go for the long haul. — 11 years ago

Akshay Venkitasubramanian

9.3

Nice drinking table red — 11 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.2

So good w/ a great future ahead. Still primary fruit for the first couple of hours and then it all comes into place after that. Will be fantastic when fully mature. — 12 years ago

with Max