Kai Wright

9.2

We had the 2018 version of this a few days ago, and what a difference 23 years makes. “This one tastes like it’s already wine and cheese.” -@Jedd Flanscha 🤣

Dark, dried fruit wrapped in leather. Fruit’s waning, but still nice. — 5 years ago

with Jedd and Derek

Ely Cohn

9.1

Bianco Antico sees a ridiculous 180 days on the skins of Malvasia di Candia Aromatica (different from plain Malvasia). It’s a grippy fully hopped juicy East Coast IPA. Copper tone. Bitter citrus and green tea and grapefruit.

Must love orange wine. Must love bitter dry. — 5 years ago

Muralee Murugesu

9.6

For a 20 year old St Estephe this Cos d’Estournel is sublime. Perfectly aged but shows a lot of youth throughout the hour opening with red fruit mixed in with leather and chalk. A good 35 sec finish. A classic Bordeaux that rocks! Kept from my Phd days ( Rodolphe this is the last one buddy) is surprisingly vibrant. happy birthday 🥳 Philippa. — 7 years ago

Justin Hart

9.4

Ah, the Rocks at Milton-Freewater produce such remarkable and distinctive fruit. Morgan Lee’s take on the Stoney Vine Syrah is outstanding. Earthy, gamey, succulent, dark and full stone fruit (plum) that just keeps going. This is good for another 5 years I think. — 8 years ago

with Cherish and Jen

dan boedeker

9.4

Best surprise in a long time, had a bottle sent to me from my college roommate half a country away. Very floral, well hopped balanced with a good malt backbone. A balanced beer more IPA than traditional pale ale. Only 10 days old. Would definitely buy if they ever distributed to CO. — 9 years ago

Vijay Vaidy

9.8

Hard to find a better ambassador for 2001 Napa style. I'm not sure these wine makers ever surpassed this era ... Unfortunately a bit premium priced these days, but worth dropping some $$$ for, more than the average peer — 9 years ago

Bryan Thomas

9.4

2008 - so much Chablis character. Length for days! Hard not to guess this as grand cru — 10 years ago

with Paul

Jon Ruyle

9.2

Rhone garrigue + California fruit = Rigde zin. Ching took the trip to Little Star as a throwing down of the gauntlet and pulled out the semolina flour and cornmeal for a deep dish pie. She even managed to acquire some little gems for salad. Ridge provided the finishing touch. — 11 years ago

Beth Feather

10

Three days and still vibrant wine. Smooth and a bit of oak. Lovely wine — 11 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.2

From Russell From of Herman Story. Love his wines. This is one we probably should have had a year or two ago. Still really good, but a lot of the vibrancy that makes grenache so spectacular has largely fallen away. — 5 years ago

with Vanessa

John Riddick

9.1

I’ve had many Beaujolais this year and this has impressed me the most. Drank over 2 days. — 5 years ago

Andrew S

9.2

A lot of power, plenty of fruit and acidity for days. This is in a nice spot, but still on the way up. There’s a nice dusty/tar note, fennel, a touch of leather, maybe even a hint of violets. Best with a big rich meal. — 6 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.2

Deep, dark tart cherry drenched in the Silver Oak characteristic notes of .... oak! Lingering on the mid palette and finish. Actually pared surprising well with the Asian hazelnut salad Tammy made. — 7 years ago

with Tammy

Adam Wills

10

Both me and the girl enter our 40th year in 2018, so we are celebrating a couple of days early with the oldest champagne we've ever had. Special is an understatement. Tastes like I'm butt naked, face down in a seafood tower on the top of the Empire State Building, waiting on a helicopter to come take us to Waffle House to sober up before we get in a Ferrari to see a 35mm print of E.T. Endless thanks to @Christian Moses for this bottle. Will remember it for a long time to come. ❤🥂 Happy New Years Friends — 8 years ago

with Christian

Erik Bader

9.2

One of the weirdest, most intense wines I've ever had. Decanted literally for days. Day three was the best! — 9 years ago

Ciara Thomas

9.2

Half bottle only but was fantastic with fresh beat salad at C-salt on Cape Cod — 9 years ago

Katherine Fetters

9.0

Great fruit, silky tannins. Had it with venison and rocket salad — 10 years ago

Mardelle Kleven

8.9

Acid, lemon peel and white nectarine. This white is great on a hot day or with a nice goat cheese salad! — 10 years ago

Nicole Hakli

Sommelier The NoMad Restaurant

10

Great depth and polish. Structure for days. 05 and 96 are my tops out of the 08/98/96/95/90 flight. — 11 years ago

Austin Ferrari

Wine Director Hillside Supper Club

9.6

Real wine! Lapierre takes me back to the chez days! — 11 years ago

with Aran

K derby

8.9

Wasn’t too impressed when bottle was newly opened, but after a few days in the fridge, the leftovers were pretty tasty. Not as tasty as the Raymond Inaugural Cab, but definitely drinkable. — 5 years ago

Young Bock Lee

10

Aroma came up very easily, showing extreme floral and feminine aromas with silky texture of shiraz. It is rich but never too full. Maybe the most elegant shiraz that I've ever tasted in these days. — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

The start of watching NFL Football 🏈 in the backyard for the dog days of summer. Reason enough to break out the BSR. Still my favorite N/V Rosé Champagne. Really refreshing on a hot day for our neck of the woods, 83 degrees and 90 plus in the sun.

Happy Friday & weekend all! Cheers 🍾🥂! — 6 years ago

Hayley McCord

9.2

What a great benchmark for my first White Rioja. This special wine has notes of fleshy ripe cantaloupe, jasmine and anise. Balanced with the yeasty and oxidative almost sherry like quality. I could drink this on a cold winter evening or a bright summer days. It is balanced, elegant and the finish is long and complex. — 8 years ago

with Jamie

Joe Davant

9.1

I wish I could remember everything we said about this when we had it a few days ago. It's got plums and red fruit plus a deliciously long finish. I definitely remember thinking that I was a fool not to order my full allocation. Excellent "entry level" wine from Jamie Kutch. — 9 years ago

with brent

Glenn Chance

10

Unassuming color, flavor that will blow your mind. Rich velvety fruity nose and a finish that lasts days. — 9 years ago

Vic Goel

9.2

Cherries, dates and an aged color that nicely straddles dark cherry and burnt umber. This is probably not as good as the 2002 vintage I had a few days ago, but it's still kick ass. — 10 years ago

John Berghoff

9.4

Absolutely amazing after 5 days open. Yea I said 5 days open. — 10 years ago

Erin Sullivan Di Costanzo

9.7

I'm drinking for 2 these days, so the sips have to be worth it. So, so good. Has another 15 years to go, minimum. — 11 years ago

with Jessica

Steve Matthiasson

Owner/Winemaker Matthiasson Wines

9.8

Has all the big dark napa cab character with poise and balance, lots of life left, great after 2 days open — 12 years ago