Scott Taddeo

9.2

Looking lovey with a breadth of character with still some primary fruit, but evidenced of secondary and tertiary at play. Still some florals and lush dark fruit, but that gravel and earthy vibe in tow with some touches of warm cedar oak. — 6 years ago

Robert Rothfield

9.3

Red and blue fruit....very primary. — 7 years ago

with Warren

Ron Siegel

9.3

This was fuller bodied & more primary than the LM with dark red cherry, plum, dusty leather & tobacco. — 8 years ago

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

Manny Abascal

9.2

Fresh, vibrant, citrus, sweet, primary flavors. Hard to believe 21 years on this baby. — 8 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. — 8 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

Jonas Mendoza

9.2

Dark cherry, "sweet" dirt, black raisin, dried mushroom, dried jerky, hoisin. Admittedly, the flavors were all over the place, but regardless a very complex wine where the primary fruit flavors are evolving into secondary and tertiary ones. — 9 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. — 10 years ago

Akshay Venkitasubramanian

9.3

Nice drinking table red — 10 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. — 11 years ago

with Max

Sameer Singh

9.2

Primary but delicious. Hard to hold but need to see what this is like in 5yrs — 6 years ago

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

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. — 7 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.7

2010 vintage. At Les Crayeres in Reims. A wow wine in a wow line up. Classic Rousseau. Bright medium ruby hue. Crushed rock minerality, fresh primary berry fruits, overlayed with savoury aromas and a sweet note from the wood. On the palate, linear acidity creates a very precise laser like wine, medium body and high concentration that is ever so balanced. The tannins are already very well integrated and the wine is fresh but complex and super interesting. A wine that craves to be drunk. Too young? Like the Cathiard Malconsorts 2010 the answer is a resounding no! This wine is great now and although it might be greater in the future, I wouldn't hesitate to try it again soon. Drink now or drink in the long future. Superb. — 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. — 8 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

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. — 9 years ago

Josh Luhn

Luhn Wine Consulting Owner, Luhn Family Wines

9.3

Classic Bordeaux, from an overlooked vintage. Great primary cassis and red currant fruits are now accompanying secondary bouquet notes of graphite, leather, and earth. Apologize for the filter on the image, I was drinking! — 10 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.1

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

with Jeremiah, Michael and 1 other

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

Conrad Green

9.6

Beautifully concentrated dark blue fruit. Lovely salinity and a blueberry intensity. Gorgeously savory palate. Primary, young and brooding. Excellent — 7 years ago

with Brad, Howard and 5 others

Conrad Green

9.4

Quite primary, fleshy, bloody. Lovely and lean. Bright — 8 years ago

with Matt and Paul

Mike Saviage

9.4

Ridge Wine Dinner. Almost opaque. Flamboyant nose with notes of black cherry, blueberry, light smoke and walnuts. Still primary. Great finish with perfect balance of fruit, structure and acidity. For me this was the best of the 95/05/12 MB lineup. Needs time. — 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 — 8 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

8.9

Tried côte à côte with the Gruaud Larose 375ml, this was a little one dimensional, primary fruit, showing more oak, think it needs another 5 years. — 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

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! — 10 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. — 10 years ago