Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2017 — 5 years ago

Carter White

9.0

Some of the best bubbles I’ve had, so fine and lively. The flavor is good, but a little one note, apple cider. I’ve had comparable bottles at half the price. — 5 years ago

Chris England

9.1

My favourite Cahors Chateau in a great year still only €28 for this finessed Malbec 😈 that’s in a lovely place now @ peak 👍

🏵 91 points

🍷 Deep ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Smokey violet infused burnt oak through back berry fruits & soggy rustic farm earth w/ prune & goats cheese!

👄 Med body of silky creamy dark berries & red fruit w/ an earthy date mocha backbone

🎯 Long earthy dark & red fruit date & mocha seduction — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.8

🎉 Carrying on celebrating with this £150 love juice - fine, silky, sex & sizzle 😍 Have a fab day friends 😘🥂

🍷 Liquid gold

👃 Caramelised apple & almond butter croissant w/ a light smoke

👄 Med bodied impeccably smooth fine delicate golden mousse oozing decadence & refinement of soft honey, sweet & sour apple & citrus bake - its incredibly gorgeous

🎯 Long delightful creamy smooth caramel honey, green & citrus fruits silky seduction — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.5

My first Silex 😁

Is a Pouilly Fumé worth £113-£171 🤔 I’d say no but it sure is a darn lovely wine & a beautiful treat 👍

🍷 Straw yellow

👃 Oily lemon curd, banana leaf, tropical mist, minerals, smoke, beeswax & herbs

👄 Med body super well balanced silky exotic oily extracted fruits swimming in crushed rock minerals - Hawaii in a glass w/ a lemon zest twist

🎯 Long mineral, citrus & peachy tropical mineral magnetising lemon seduction

Fab wine 😍 — 7 years ago

Byron C Mayes

9.0

Star bright gold in the glass. No mousse to speak of; bubbles are small and persistent. Yeasty, honeyed apple nose. Palate of dark honey, baked apple, and toast. Acidity is still quite firm and mouth-watering, despite its age. Finish is medium yielding a bit of floral honey on top of the rest. Wonderful example of a wonderful vintage that’s still showing well. — 8 years ago

Ebbe Bonde Soerensen

9.2

A pure bliss experience, very primary and delicious glass of seduction😇 — 5 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.9

I’ve had this wine maybe 12 times over the past 25 years. It remains the single best domestic wine I’ve ever encountered. Balance, power, and exquisite grace are the hallmarks. It bursts from the glass with pure notes of cassis and black fruit, but caresses and embraces your mouth. Pure, craven seduction that keeps you going back for more. This wine just keeps getting better and better. Perfect with rare tenderloin sliders and creamy horseradish sauce. — 5 years ago

Chris England

9.4

2nd wine of Vega Sicilia @ £110 which showed better than 06 for me as richer & deeper 😁

🍷 Deep ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Chocy cherry gooey gateaux w/ soft minerals, light oak, herbs, date & mint

👄 Med+ body of creamy gloopy smooth silky choc cream oozing through mashed dark cherry & raspberry liquorice

🎯 Long chocy filled rich chewy cherry & raspberry cake seduction — 7 years ago

Mark Oldman

9.1

solution to this brutal, bone-chilling spring snow ❄️? seek vinous VELVET 💃🏼 from smoky, blackcurranty '14 #RaymondVineyards #Napa Valley Cabernet, restrainedly rich and velvety 💃🏼 smooth with lovely notes of cedar, all on a bottle that literally has a striking velvet 💃🏼 label, blood red and ready for seduction 💋 — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.6

Incredibly alive 74 Berberana from when it used to be one of the best in Rioja 😉 & for £98 as an original bottle it’s fab, especially in a Zalto Burg glass 👍

🍷 Garnet ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Smokey charred oak, earthy mashed cherry, balsamic gloop, damp cellar & vanilla cream

👄 Med body of creamy silky lively vibrant cherry w/ strawberry in balsamic & cocoa

🎯 Long balsamic creamy earthy cherry & red berry fruit seduction

One for Mrs Es Birthday 😎🍷 — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.5

Incredibly underrated @ £69 & drinking just lovely now @ peak 😍 Fab buy 👍

🍷 Opaque garnet ruby w/ brick edge

👃 Gorgeous soggy earth & leaves, soaked smokey oak, flinty crushed rock minerals, leather, herbs, liquorice, mocha, blackcurrant & dark plum

👄 Med body of creamy smooth earthy blackcurrant & dark plum in liquorice infused mocha w/ minerals, all beautifully balanced

🎯 Long earthy mocha liquorice mineral dark fruit seduction

😍 My kind of wine 😎 — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.8

I ❤️ Solaia & @ £145 this 09 is a lip smacker cracker goddess palate puncher 👊💥 Superb!

🍇 75% Cab S, 20% Sangiovese & 5% Cab F

🍷 Deep opaque ruby

👃 Melted rich cocoa through ripe oozing stewed black fruits, plum & blueberry w/ subtle minerals, gravel, earth & leather

👄 Full bodied impeccably balanced silky punchy creamy blackcurrant, blueberry & cherry seduction

🎯 Long teeth staining power packed black & blue fruit touch dry wallop — 8 years ago

Edward Crail

9.5

Very enjoyable wine, complex flavors, notes of coffee, chocolate, cherry. Whenever I'm near this winery we're sure to drop in for a bottle. — 5 years ago

Thomas Brenner

9.0

Just the name itself beholds seduction and intrigue, yet in the rare instances where emotions and logic imperceivably align, then, and only then, has true pairing perfection been finally attained. — 7 years ago

L Bram

10

Bloody delicious. Could drink this every day and still be impressed. Smooth, silky seduction ❤️ — 7 years ago

Justin Hart

9.4

Big, extracted, fruit forward/jammy and boozy. That might sound somehow cheap or seductive and, well, one of those might be true (seduction!). But damn, this some good stuff. Mmmmmm... — 7 years ago

with Jen and Cherish

Chris England

9.5

My 28th/29th/30th & 31st bottles of the beautiful 04 & @ £40 & they are still superb value for a stunning old world Rioja 👍 & keep getting better & better 😁

🍷 Garnet w/ brick edge

👃 Old world Seduction of soft smokey oak, leather, plum, spiced cherry, vanilla, red berry & fig jam w/ a balsamic prune tone

👄 Med body of silky creamy red cherry/berry driven earthy & oaky mashed fruits with cocoa, fig & thick balsamic

🎯 Long soft smooth oaky rich cherry fruit linger with earthy cocoa & balsamic
— 7 years ago

Chris England

9.5

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Gorgeous old world Rioja @ £75

🍷 Garnet cherry w/ brick

👃 Smokey burnt oak, sweaty leather, ripe black cherry, caramel, sherry, herbs, earth, dusty cellar, potpourri, red currant & cocoa dust w/ liquorice & balsamic

👄 Med smooth body of slight tart & sweet bruised red & dark cherry soaked in earth, oak, sweet liquorice & cocoa

🎯 Long earthy oak cherry seduction — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.4

My wife is a kindergarten teacher, so we both understand the importance of a little alcohol at the end of the day! With it being Valentine's Day, we figured this bottle from O'Brien, a favorite of ours, fit the day well! They are a sight for sore eyes when surrounded by big Napa fruit bomb cabs. These are beautiful Bordeaux style wines that accentuate restrained fruit but also a great blend of funky earth and spice. (And JRae's cookies in town has the best sugar cookies around...we'll enjoy one or two before drinking as this wine needs at least an hour decant before it opens...not a pop'n'pour style). — 8 years ago