Jonathan Wall

9.1

Starts with a touch of funk. And rolls into very peppery charred cherry. Still bright and sharp. Would love to see what happens in 5 years but we couldn't resist our only two bottles. — 6 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.2

Paired with 96 and 85 LB for fun. Dark, opaque and purple. Over the top with its fruit and teeth chattering tannins. Great to see what these start like and where they go in 20-40 years. — 7 years ago

Derek Hearst

9.1

Bring on fall! This one was singing tonight. Strawberry with black pepper and kirsch, all laid on top of some elegant mineralogy. I probably won't sit on my other bottles too long since I don't see this one having much long term aging potential, but it sure was a treat for the first weekend of fall! — 8 years ago

Pablo

9.1

Dark color, earthy, dark cherries and a bit of licorice (??). Silky smooth. Would drink again in several years to see how it continues to develop. — 8 years ago

Lehshel Kolter

9.0

Oak dominates with hints of blackberry, black plum, and violet. I would like try the 2011 vintage again in a few years to see how the tertiary flavors develop. — 9 years ago

Eric Egan

9.5

From magnum; slow-oxed for three hours.

Lovely deep colour, with healthy (not flabby) bricking, though slightly shaken up from the car journey (despite having held it tightly all the way); enchanting nose, like standing in the depths of a cedar forest! Also hints of peppery leather, sweet liquorice, and pencil shavings. Lovely depth to the nose, permeating into the room as the meal progressed. Wonderful length (40s or more) and great balance, with well integrated but still firmish tannins and fantastically poised acidity.

I inspected the dregs the following morning (see picture) and the bottle still smelled amazing - even stronger than the night before, though the wine itself had started to flag a bit. Nonetheless an amazing drop! — 9 years ago

Adam Froehlich

9.2

Closed at first. It's a little young but great potential for aging. Loved the barn aromas - hay, saw dust, leather. Earthy notes, grape vine tomatoes, mushrooms, red fruits, spicy notes and nutmeg. High acidity. Well balance and elegant. Pairs with Italian foods (tomato and cream based). — 9 years ago

with Claire

Yianni Stone

9.0

Picked this up at Fatted Calf. Love to see 12.8%. Perhaps a little RS but very tasty. At $30 I'll take a case. — 10 years ago

with Haley

Ben Rainey

9.5

Really good stuff. Got better and better. 2 hours in we were done but wish we had another bottle to see how it tasted in another hour or more. Smooth. Rich. Held up extremely well. — 10 years ago

with Ed

Jeff Totoritis

9.3

Gamay. I would love to see more of you. Such a bright girl.

Dare some Dutch Gouda for contrast of nut and berry.

— 11 years ago

Wouter Aalst

9.0

Past it’s best for a few years now, but still very interesting to taste and absolutely not completely gone.
Garnet colour. On the nose as expected a lot of tertiary aroma’s like tobacco, coffee, ceder, chocolate, meaty, smoke, leather, mushrooms, earth, caramel and balsamic. On the palate it is confirmed that the fruit has faded and so have the tanins. This make the wine a bit thin and structureless, like you see often with wines if this age. Great experience! — 7 years ago

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

Conrad Green

9.6

Very intense. Powerful gunpowder, flint, lime. A dazzling and broad midpalate. Really juicy and focused with none of the over-ripeness you sometimes see in 05. Killer. No signs of premox and will probably kick ass in 20 years on this showing. — 8 years ago

with Naoko and Larry

Gordon Kramer

9.3

Drinking amazingly now - excited to lay a bottle down and see where it's at 10 years from now. — 9 years ago

Roman Sukley

9.8

2000 vintage. Smoky, meaty, mushrooms, forest floor. Very Burgundian in character. Black currants, a little sassafras and a hint of mint. Look up complex in the dictionary and you'll probably see a photo of this wine. I was a little worried that this wine might have been over the hill, but now I'm a little sorry I opened it as this was my last 2000, and it has years to go. — 9 years ago

Ming L

9.0

Vanilla, cured meat, cherries, smoky, plum.... a bit of everything on the nose but in a very restrained and harmonized way. On the palate it tastes much like a Burgundy with earthy freshness and fine balance between acidity and alcohol. Medium finish with mellow tannins. For a 15 year old Grand Reserva Rioja, the price is unreal. I can certainly see why it's wine of the year in 2013 for Decanter. — 9 years ago

Phyllis Skene-stimac

9.5

Fabulous wine! For the price point this drinks like a much more expensive wine. Fresh fruity perfectly balanced. — 10 years ago

Matthew Plympton

Founder/Partner Revel Wine

9.0

Lots of flesh on this one but plenty of acid to keep it lively. I plan to hold on to the rest for at least six months to see how they evolve. — 10 years ago

with Kristen and Olga

Lewis Chester

9.4

2004 vintage. 86% Cabernet Sauvignon on the '04. Very good complexity, huge concentration and some very expensive carpentry applied on new French oak barrels. Bright acidity and fine grained tannins. Lovely aromas of black berry and black currant, plush oak, sweet spices and layers of complexity. Still very young. The structure should see this improve in bottle for many years to come. Outstanding. — 10 years ago

Rathapol Limthongchai

9.5

Cant remember. But will definitelybuy one next time i see one. — 12 years ago

jesus g

Hospitality Schramsberg Vineyards

9.6

I’m really beginning to see this transition where the 2013s-16s of Rhône and Burgundy are already so drinkable and showing ripe fruit. Like they are making them to drink now, this winemaking style is showing a little more fruit extraction and from what I’ve seen here in Napa, you’re sacrificing the ability to age there for the early drinkability. Hopefully I’m wrong and these are all just warmer vintages. I just wanna see these wines reach their potential 10/20 years out — 7 years ago

Samuel Albert Camacho

8.9

2016 vintage on Dec 17, 2017 ($18 at Vinopolis). Made from 3 hectares of vines planted in the 1930s. Brisk, sharp and a bit austere. Not as much minerality as expected. Great effort in a difficult vintage. Will be interesting to see how it evolves. — 8 years ago

Rob Mayes

9.0

Showing the best of this tasting so far. Lots of green vine though. I'd like to see riper, less-green fruit. — 8 years ago

Diane Demetrioff

9.3

Such an awesome wine! Loved it. — 9 years ago

Colin Nuckolls

9.7

I see what all the buzz is about with this vintage. Holy crap this amazing. Bacon fat and animal fur! Out of this world — 9 years ago

Aaron Duke

10

When you see Vietti, from $10 to $200, buy it and drink it — 9 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.2

Always a reliable taste profile. They seem to never score really high. They definitely craft to a particular style and not to illustrate what the fruit did that year. I haven't had the 12 or 13 it will be neat to see if they step it up a notch.
It's very good but I can't say it's great. However., for some reason it's still my wife's favorite!! Lol — 9 years ago

with Christine

Bryan A

9.8

Had the challenge of turning a room-full of rosé virgins into rosé fans. There was no other choice but to start them up with the best in class. Glad to see happy new rosénatics. — 10 years ago

Marcus L

9.1

Very tasty. Can't wait to see how it develops. — 10 years ago

Michael Lobaza

9.7

Excellent offering from ifyouseekaywine.com. — 12 years ago