Right Bank

Langmeil

Orphan Bank Barossa Shiraz 2017

Decantered for 2 hours, low tanins, not too acidic. Big, bold, smooth. — 4 years ago

Château Cantemerle

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

1990 left bank tasting Le Vineur. Alive, bit green, cigar, tobacco, silky, lacks bit of depth but still very enjoyable. Rather prefer the 89... — 5 years ago

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Château Calon-Ségur

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1928

Stunning. Right from the start this was singing. I do wish I encounter this wine again. — 6 years ago

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Château Lynch-Bages

Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Cabernet Sauvignon Blend

1995 vintage. Still deep purple red, subtle earthy leather aromas with a burst of fresh red raspberries mid palate. Lots of herbal hints like anise and tarragon. Finished with graphite and iron. Changed with each sip. Very nice mature and fully approachable left bank beauty. — 7 years ago

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Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2004

Drinking perfectly right now. — 8 years ago

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Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

Tailgating the right way. Go hawks! — 9 years ago

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Tailgating done to perfection. God bless America!!! 🇺🇸
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That is well done.... quite unexpected from a Hawkeyes fan 😉

R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2002

I love how in Spain you can go to a restaurant order a half bottle of Rioja and a 14 year old wine comes out aged perfectly. This is drinking great right now and can't imagine it's going to get any better. — 9 years ago

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Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Insignia Estate Grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1998

Bordeaux in style, but apparently my wife disagrees so not sure if I had the right wine. Didn't pick up on much fruit on this one but heck maybe i grabbed one of the Bordeauxs. — 10 years ago

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Jorge Carabelli

Jorge Carabelli

Very good wine, well balanced but starting to fade.

Taittinger

Comtes de Champagne Grand Crus Brut Blanc de Blancs 1981

Nutty, sherry-esque, youthful. Dosed to 11-14g. Just guessing. Flipping out right now! — 11 years ago

Marcel Lapierre

Morgon Gamay 2009

'09 shed most of its baby fat and is at a good place right now. Pure Joy! — 11 years ago

Victor, Cristiano and 3 others liked this

Caymus Vineyards

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Seemed like the right time to open this. The candy like flavor that I see people complain about had blown off this wine and it just had this incredible purple inky color and rim to it. Very enjoyable. Still had good fruit and sweetness without losing too much luster. Caymus used to age forever but I would drink these up by 10th bday. — 5 years ago

Tenuta San Guido

Bolgheri Sassicaia Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 1999

From a mag and what a offering. I think drinking at it apex right now. Excellent. — 6 years ago

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This was ready to go. Crowd pleaser for sure.
9.4

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Classic Left Bank Bordeaux. Black fruit and leather with long finish — 7 years ago

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon

This wine amazed me, I’ve had it before and it’s never shown this well, maybe just hitting it’s stride? Beautiful perfumed floral nose ( never thought I would say that about a Dunn), exquisite balance, the fruit is slightly sweet, the tannins are fully integrated and refined, with just the right amount of acid in the finish. I would never guess mountain fruit or let alone Dunn if tasted blind. Can’t wait to try it again in a couple of years. — 7 years ago

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@Mike Davila -Great Vintage for Napa! Dunn normally takes bottle age to show it’s stuff with mellowed tannins. Kudos on waiting! Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻

Château Sociando-Mallet

Haut-Médoc Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

It needs air - lots of it right now, minimum 4 hours — 8 years ago

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Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2002

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9.3

This was such a treat to enjoy. Excellent representation of the vintage and region. Lovely left bank style with very restrained mid-dark fruits, cassis, clove. — 9 years ago

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A favorite wine I enjoy rarely. Your a lucky duck
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@Hugh O'Riordan : I definitely feel lucky to have enjoyed it. I mostly enjoy new world/west coast wines but this was a revelation.

Far Niente Winery

Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Right in its sweet spot. Gonna try and get a few more of these. Drinking really well right now. — 10 years ago

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Olga Raffault

Les Picasses Chinon Cabernet Franc 2010

Always built for the long haul. But discipline isn't necessarily needed; it's open and expressive right now. — 11 years ago

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Southern Right

Hemel-en-Aarde Valley Pinotage

Pinotage. 2013. Great. Great value. — 11 years ago

Barrel 27 Wine Company

Right Hand Man Central Coast Syrah 2011

Surprise surprise balanced Syrah from Cali — 12 years ago

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Paul Jaboulet Aîné

La Chapelle Hermitage Syrah

Had an op to re-buy at $115 and wanted to check in on the 2006. What a nice rendition. Perhaps not the best vintage overall, but in really great shape right now with the typical tobacco aromas. Needless to say, I am buying more — 5 years ago

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Domaine du Pegau

Cuvée Réservé Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend

1996 is drinking perfectly right now, pure perfection. Alive and acidic, with smooth tannins. — 5 years ago

Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

Shay A
9.4

Monthly WTF guys blind tasting group. This month was our annual, and famed, Left Bank vs Right Bank theme. All wines served blind as usual. Started off with a Rosé and a champagne. Great night.

This was one of my favorites of the night. One of the best young Bordeaux’s I’ve tasted. Ripe and modern nose (fruit forward) with smoked meat and baked blackberry pie. The palate revealed cocoa/dark chocolate, baking spices and a hint of blue fruit wrapped by black fruit. Big. Will obviously get better, but was shocked how good this was now. I called this ‘12-14 Left Bank.
— 7 years ago

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So young! Just a new born.
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@David T : Couldn’t believe how good it was! 4hr decant certainly helped.
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Very nice!

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2002

Outstanding cherry nose and deep, rich red body. Medium high acidity and fabulously balanced tannins. Drinking exceptionally well right now. — 8 years ago

Neyers

Left Bank Red Napa Valley Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon

Very solid Bordeaux blend with lots of fruit flavors and balanced oak influence. Still very young and well reward cellar time over the next 5/8 years. Top rate Napa Cab at a fair price.. Nice job Bruce.... — 9 years ago

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Marchesi Antinori

Tignanello Toscana Super Tuscan Blend 1983

In a good place right now — 10 years ago

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Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1983

Actually I don't like to evaluate the old guy, however they Through the time hung on until we read it. Isn't quite hard all right? — 11 years ago

Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1961

I have tasted many 1961 over the years, this continues to be one of my favorite wines...The strange thing is that this bottle with its high necklinewas the youngest 1961 that I had ever tried, wine had an great Providence - One owner and one incredible cellar.

1961 was a magical year on the right bank; now over 50 years of age it has lost some weight but picked up elegance on the nose - wet clay, graphite/lead pencil, umami/truffle - nose candy for sure.
— 11 years ago

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Château de Beaucastel

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend

2007 Beaucastel. So good right now, as yet so much more potential. Love to retaste in 2025 — 11 years ago