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. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.1

Intense fruit, and next to the Cheval this is thicker, almost granular. Ripe and still quite primary. Blocky but tasty — 8 years ago

with Matt

Gil Krakowsky

9.7

Can't say enough about a wine this serious at this price point. Absolutely stunning, elegant, and even (in a chinon way) powerful. Floral aromatic dominate - lavender and a bit of rose. Graphite, dusty chalk, red pepper, some raspberry. Fresh yet not primary. Hints of savory notes as well. Incredible spine of minerality runs through the palate. Great acidity and structure. Coiler and energetic. Finishes long and bright with refreshing pyrazines for days. In an incredible place now, so no fault in drinking but has a long, long life ahead. One of the best values in the wine world. Just exceptional — 9 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Still young and primary. Lovely deep intense fruit. This will be great for years. Great, but if I had some I'd leave for a while — 9 years ago

with Gregg

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

Eric Egan

9.0

Every time I open a bottle of this (and I've kept my eye on it for a decade now) I think it's flawed. It just retains this dumb tannic hold for the first day after opening it. So I sucked the air out of it and kept it in the cabinet for 72 hours. Now it tastes great! Not a lot of primary fruit left but a seriously delicious musty blackcurrent compote. If the secondary berries that seem to be poking their buds through the soil now develop as I hope they will over the next two decades, this will be a very nicely integrated, balanced, and textured wine. It'll be fun to find out! — 10 years ago

David Pearson

9.4

Very beautiful wine: bright acid and fresh forward primary aromas; youthful, elegant and complex — 11 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! — 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. — 12 years ago

Sameer Singh

9.2

Primary but delicious. Hard to hold but need to see what this is like in 5yrs — 7 years ago

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! — 8 years ago

Bryan Thomas

9.7

1999 - starting to hit its stride. Still primary but with excellent texture and balance. The great wines show power but so light on its feet - Seuperb! — 9 years ago

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. — 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. — 10 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. — 10 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. — 10 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! — 11 years ago

Martin Beally

9.4

1999. Ripe cherry, oak well integrated and nice balance of primary and secondary. — 11 years ago

Akshay Venkitasubramanian

9.3

Nice drinking table red — 12 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

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! — 8 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This was fuller bodied & more primary than the LM with dark red cherry, plum, dusty leather & tobacco. — 9 years ago

Jon Fine

9.5

this year's birthday wine, from 1999. almost completely primary, still, ripe red fruit and lots of loveliness. — 9 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

Jason Heller

Master Sommelier

9.3

One of the better Chevillon wines I've had in awhile. Balanced, nice mix between primary and tertiary. — 10 years ago

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Brendan Perrett

9.2

Big and broad, fruit still quite primary; rich black cherry and roasted pan juices. Drinking very well now but probably has another 5 years to keep maturing. Wish I had more 😞 — 10 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

James Leahy

10

2005 and 2010 Harlan. C'est magnifique! 2005 was slightly more shallow from the last tasting, suggesting the wine is evolving yet again. Still primary, with a bit more earth. The 2010 - spectacular. Need more of this, particularly in large formats. Built for the ages. Really love these wines in moderate to cool years so the terroir gets a chance to shine. Bravo — 11 years ago

Tim O'Rourke

9.1

So much potential but already delicious if primary. — 12 years ago

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