Ryan Guy

9.4

Leather, vanilla bean, tobacco, green pepper, slightly candied blackberry fruit. Integrated tannins. Delicious slightly tar forest fruit. Wrapped with leather and forest floor feel. Feels like classic Bordeaux. Drinking great right now. Medium weight. Cabernet, Merlot, and PV. Drink now or hold. — 5 years ago

Thijs Hendriks

9.3

68% CS. 22% M 7% CF 3% PV — 6 years ago

Narun P

9.3

65 % CS, 28 % M, 7 % PV

Bricked garnet, widened rim, but still a lot of youthful sign left.

Superb bouquet of classic mature Bordeaux claret. Complex expression of savory infused cassis, blueberry, dark cherry framed by notes of seabreeze, antique leather, violet, sage, and thyme.

Completely integrated. Smooth and silky mouthfeel. With just a touch of new oak still, this wine is really a result of perfect evolution. Balanced midpalate and finish very long on that enticing savory black fruit note.

Stored in Chateau's cellar for 21 years, removed, uncorked on site. Drank at a mille-pates party at the chateau prior to the marathon. 93. — 7 years ago

Ron from VA

9.1

Apart from the concern over the winemaking techniques of Ashton… This is a rather complete and delightful PV. Big, round, sweet, juicy, and long! How did they get to this completeness? I would like to think it was from a really optimal ripening season that brought that amazing Brix to the magic 24...or was it some added sugar ;) — 7 years ago

Madeleine Ray

9.1

Lush, aggressively full bodied, deep complex ripe black fruits, earthy undertones, cocoa and vanilla French oak signature flavors, clumsy on the palate, classically Virginia PV. — 7 years ago

Reinhard Wall

9.4

Lastima que no tengo capacidad para describir aromas. Este vino es distinto. Potente, fino, redondo. En fin, me encantan los vinos de Navarra — 8 years ago

David L

9.3

08' Jonata El Desafio has 84% CB 10% PV the rest CF & Merlot. All the fruit is from their estate.
At this stage no need to really decant it... 30 minutes wouldn't hurt it. Very much a fruit forward driven wine. Notes of ripened plum, tobacco, chocolate, leather are pronounced in the wine. Very few wineries this far south are producing high quality left/right bank wines. Drink them up in the next 4/6 years. — 8 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.2

Cab, CF, Merlot and PV. Deep,layered flavors. — 9 years ago

Dante Mondavi

Vintner R A E N Winery

9.9

Showing amazing ! 75 cab, 11 cf, 12 pv 2 merlot.. 100% great — 9 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.4

Double decanted & served with dinner . Explosive nose showing black currant & mocha powder. Rich, deep palate with waves of black fruit & textured oaky spice. Plenty of youthful tannins which resolve with each bite of steak & as the wine breathes. Despite the showy fruit & tannins, this has a freshness & drinkability which is fantastic.

This has a healthy dose of Merlot blended in & a dollop of PV. From an excellent mix of top vineyards around the CV including one of Abeja's estate sources. Excellent vintage after vintage. — 10 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.3

red graves 100 pts parker... great value an estate never looking for points first introduced horse ploughing sgain to their bio dynamic vineyards 15 years blend 60 cab 35 merlot 5 cf 1 pv — 11 years ago

David Shaw

9.0

Dense highly extracted purple. Plum, black currant, cola and barnyard notes in nose with a hint of eucalyptus and spice. Blueberry, black currant flavors, coffee in the finish. Some lightly chewy fine-grained tannins (later expresses as moderate skin astringency) and seed bitterness in finish as well. This is probably my favorite red from Isenhower. The 2014 is tasting different and arguably less complex than their 2013 and 2014 PV, but still tasty in my book. The barnyard may be too persistent for some, however. — 6 years ago

David L

9.3

05' Realm Bard. 62% Cab 28% Merlot 10% PV . All new oak.
A bit different then recent vintages of the Bard.
Mocha laced, raspberries, cedar, toach of vanilla. Well balanced. 5/7 great years in it. — 7 years ago

LM Segal

9.2

Sorry for the challenging angle, but this was easy drinking. Great Sangiovese in a smooth as silk package, deep woodsy notes, sour cherry and vanilla. Will age. Seek out, great PV. — 7 years ago

Eric

9.6

Last glass before a 2 day back packer with the boy. Awesome shit. 45 Cab 44 PV 11 Merlot. Still dense with tight black fruit. Eons left. — 7 years ago

Matt

9.2

Dense and weighty especially on the mid-palate. Lots of plush concentration. Sexy. Dark and plummy with great mineral and savory notes. 79% merlot, 19%CS, 5%PV. — 8 years ago

David L

9.7

06' Barnard Magrez Cabernet. 83% CB 12% CF 5%PV. WOW... A rare bottle indeed. This was sourced from the famous Vineyard Thorevilos (Abreu). Aaron Pott was its winemaker in 2006.

A 2 hour + on the decanting. All the elegant black fruit you can imagine in this glass. A 30+ finish. It's certainly in the discussion of one of the finest 2006's I've had out of Napa. Drinking well now & has another 20+ great years in it.

Barnard Magrez is now sourcing there fruit from Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyards. If you didn't get enough Realm Dr. Crane 12/13's. Hell… just want to add another great wine! This certainly could be a viable option(wish list). Benoit Touquette is "NOW" the winemaker😉👍!!

I'm not saying the 12 & 13's are another Realm Dr. Crane. They're the same winemaker & sourcing🤔. Just a thought... — 8 years ago

Leighanne Rogalla

9.3

Big tannin on the front followed by beautifully balanced fruit. A long, luxurious, complex, oaky finish that will hang on until tomorrow. 93% PV 7%Cab. Sauv. — 9 years ago

Mia Nichetti-Bustamante

10

Stupid. Couldn't remember last time I had a 100% PV. Much less this amazing. Seriously stupid. — 10 years ago

Gregg Snyder

9.4

Very nice and the best of the 4 wines tonight with our HH BBQ in PV! — 10 years ago

with Luciane

David Shaw

9.2

57/27/15/1 blend CS, Syrah, PV, Merlot. 349 cases made. Moderately extracted purple, brick red in color. Anise, olive, red fruit notes in nose. Cherry flavor with herbal, black pepper finish. Lovely nose, light astringency on finish — 6 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.6

🏅 Rating 96/100 (4,6🌟)

Super Vintages of SuperSeconds🍷

Classic Margaux with graphite of pencil shavings, rich in fruits, black tea. Fragrant and graceful. Pure elegance.

3eme GC Classé, but considered as SuperSecond. 47% CS, 47% M, 6% PV. Fermented in steel cone-shaped vats. 21mo aging in 45% new oak. Fining, no filtration.

'89 was a super vintage for Palmer.

The only true competitor to Ch.Margaux.

Significant cellar rennovations in late 90s make even better wines now. — 6 years ago

Narun P

9.0

Tasted at Chateau
CS 47% M 47% CF 4% PV 2%

Deep almost inky with slight sign of development on the rim, some bricking but still youthful.

Classic Bordeaux bouquet of savory infused black fruit. Complex nose of enticing barnyard funk, seabreeze, new leather, cooking spice.

On the palate, still very structured. Mouth stainingly full tannin, med body, dry. Cassis, blackberry, dark cherry commingling with mature signs of development. Sage, thyme, cattle range, forest floor, mushroom, smoky, and nutty new oak.

Impressively classic. Will need at least 10 years more to not be accused of committing infanticide. 90++ — 7 years ago

Narun P

9.0

58% CS, 33% M, 6% PV, 3% CF
Slightly bricked garnet red, compact rim, more red than purple.

Pretty bouquet - red cherry, dried herbal aromas, leather, tobacco, mineral.

The palate is harmonious. Integrated tannin, med plus acidity, dry, medium bodied. Showing a lot of red fruit character, animalistic, floral. Very classic Margaux-esque character.

This wine is at the perfect drinking spot. No need at all to wait. After a solid month of full bodied, extracted Napa Cab, this is a welcome reprieve! 90. — 7 years ago

Eric

9.2

Super solid pop n pour. Cab, Merlot, CF, PV. Nice balance and acidity. Minerality from nose to finish. Bright blue fruits and slate. Cinnamon tingle on the nose. Drinking perfectly now, but can hang out for awhile too. — 7 years ago

Lenard Henson

9.5

Lenard had this 8 years ago

with Somer

Matt Sterr

9.2

Velvety and dark. Long finish. C,CF, M, PV. Multi-vineyard sourcing. — 9 years ago

Erika Speelman

9.8

This wine was deep and masculine in it's character. Amazing depth and complexity. I will certainly be purchasing this on a regular basis. One of the best wines I've tasted in a long while. — 9 years ago

Westray Tackett

10

Lovely blend. Reminiscent of a warm shadow. Flower tipped rifles with a touch of generosity. If this wine were a lake id buy a speedboat — 10 years ago

Gilles de Chambure

Master Sommelier & Educator

9.4

2010 excellent vintage 30 me 60 cs 7 cf 3 pv drinking superbe today at the chateau with gm mr glumineau who came from Montrose and is adding more st etephe structure to the finesse of comtesse — 11 years ago