Anastassia Laskey

9.0

Vanilla ice cream (not French vanilla) with cherry compote vibes. Rich body thanks to the petit verdot. Quite a delight for our 6th anniversary dinner! — 10 months ago

Meredith B

9.2

Crisp and light! Exactly what I was looking for to compliment a homemade fish and chips night. — 4 years ago

Hailey McCarthy

9.0

Would be good for sangria-fruity and light — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.7

From a great old looking bottle with a mid shoulder fill. Cork is fully saturated and the crud under the capsule had formed a strong seal. Slow-ox’d for a few hours, then decanted for an hour or two before taken to L’Escargot in Carmel. Amber tawny rims with a reddish tawny core. Crazy nose right from the start. Notes of sweet black cherries, tobacco leaf, plums, black pepper, ash and crusty wood, pencil shavings, some just unwrapped cigar and some menthol. Silky in the mouth with firm structure and soft but present acidity. Long and memorable finish. Outstanding performance over several hours. — 5 years ago

Paul Robson

9.1

Slight scent from the chin, nice deep hearted aroma when brought to the nose. Not super dry but not sweet either. A bit in the middle. Pretty tanny but not so much to leave the mouth super dry. All around a solid choice. — 6 years ago

Renee

9.6

Fleming’s with Stacie , Jake and my sweetheart — 8 years ago

Paul Woolls

9.5

Performing way above my expectations. Brilliant color, strong fruit and fabulous balance. — 3 years ago

David Koenen

9.4

Sweet, ripe black fruit. Charcoal, fresh and elegant acidity, brilliant balance. Starts very strong, then perhaps lacks a little length (in comparison to the Pichon Longueville ‘08). Powerful, but truly beautifully balanced, gorgeous exotic sweetness in the nose. — 3 years ago

Jeik Sohn

9.5

Dried fruit, dark and medium berries, still fresh, bit of spice, balanced but strong tannins, smooth and long finish. — 5 years ago

Lina Freitas

9.0

Fruity, deep and complex. Light enough to drink on its own, but strong enough to go with a lamb dinner — 5 years ago

Mindy Woytasczyk

9.1

Smooth and dry. Delicious and good for the price! Sampled at H-E-B. — 6 years ago

with Jared

Jeffrey Lew

9.6

Wow.. Shocking how good these wines can be when they are on. Wonderful nose of dark fruit, old glove leather and graphite. This was still kicking after 3hrs and shows how strong the vintage was to keep going so strong after 50+ years. — 7 years ago

Mark S.

9.0

Elegant and fruity with vintage taste. Still have a bit strong acid. @4500, Evax-XGanbei, 170821 — 8 years ago

Phoebe Li

9.2

A bit disappointing when first opened, guess it needs more time to ‘warm up’. 4 hours on, still going strong! Not bad at all — 3 years ago

Shealynn Neve

9.4

Very drinkable 👌🏻 — 4 years ago

with Zach

Michael Patrone

9.8

Surprisingly strong tannins for how old it is, but,improved with an extra hour of decanting. — 5 years ago

with Meghana, Carolyn and 1 other

Neal Ferry

9.0

This is real good like real good like very good like exceptionally good..,, — 6 years ago

with Tom

Jeffrey Carvalho

9.0

Strawberry aroma, medium body, nice acidity that doesn’t linger... crisp — 6 years ago

GaryWEdwards

9.3

Classic Bordeaux tannin and strong return from this 1986 vintage, but the best of the year was @Logan Edwards — 7 years ago

James Isom

9.3

Enjoyed at The French Laundry. I thought that the tannins were still fairly strong, but the berry notes were discernible. Excellent. — 9 years ago