Chris Morphy

9.8

As you swish the wine around and send your nose to the rim of your glass, a hint of smoke alongside a whiff of spice will tingle your olfactory. Now take that glass and touch the wine to your lips and take the smallest sip while breathing through your nose to be hit hard by 2 of your senses. Now your taste buds will get a rush of oak and black cherry that expands the tongue and moistens the cheeks. The wine will slide down your throat coating every inch with a smooth, buttery texture. The alcohol content hitting you in the deep throat resembling a higher than average alcohol content. This wine is extravagant, but if you have too much at once, the tannins will turn you red. This wine is marvellous and the price tag definitely will reflect that. — 5 years ago

BÅKÚ§ R

9.3

Very good wine in aromas and mouth round wine specia ruby color is a pleasure in all senses — 6 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.4

The cruise continues! Night eight aboard the Allure of the Seas and 50% off all wines. Opus was way too young so we grabbed this.

Deep purplish ruby red. Layered nose with notes of blue and black berries, cinnamon, vanilla, silky spices and cola. Love the explosion that just hammered my senses. Heavy and rounded tannins (7/10) with a medium plus to full body. Rich and voluptuous, literally fruit bomb with blue and black fruits and an undertone of silky dark spices. Long and lingering finish. Drink till 2032. — 7 years ago

with Sean and India

James Keneally

9.6

Is this the best to date? Since 2002 I am not sure I have seen a better Kalleske Greenock in its youth. 2012 was excellent with 2013 being a tad more elegant but in the end as excellent. As for this vintage, more on the darker fruit spectrum with spice influences. Appears at first like a full frontal assault that settles down as the senses become attuned. Love it...well done Troy and Tony and team. — 7 years ago

James thompson

9.6

Wonderful. Fruit jumps out and surrounds your entire senses. What a great wine drunk at the vineyard — 7 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.1

Pop and pour. Second wine of an epic Clos L'Eglise vintage. Cherries and vanilla fill your senses with a swift swirl of the glass. The wine is smooth but with enough tightness that shows the vintage and its length. The finish contains evident heat and its fruit lingers. This is a great wine for the money and for 100% merlot to boot. — 7 years ago

Charles Garrison

9.2

'08 sailing beautiful circles around all senses...enjoy now as anticipate Being over the horizon before long — 8 years ago

Eric Guido

9.4

Tonight, the '06 Lagier Meredith Syrah, is showing like a top-shelf Cote Rotie. The nose is displaying intense, rich dark fruits, soaring floral aromatics, sweet spice & herbs, moist earth and crushed stone. On the palate, a mix of crushed blackberries, raisins, licorice and plum saturated the senses complemented by sweet herbs, and hints of citrus. As intense a display as it is, the textures remain refined and fresh. The finish is long with bitter dark fruit and remnants of fine tannin. Although ripe, it shows tremendous depth and energy. — 8 years ago

Eric Guido

9.2

Showing an earthy and savory bouquet of tart cherry, saddle leather, raw meat, and dried flowers. The palate is youthfully firm but with a vibrancy that keeps it engaging. Dried red fruits, cedar and hints of herbs lingered on the senses. Very nice. — 9 years ago

with Jeremy

Greg Stobbe

9.2

This is a beauty already. Rich dark fruit, earthiness, and blackberry fill the senses. Lingering notes of leather, spice, black cherry. This is the new "E ticket" on Howell Mountain. But if you can find! — 10 years ago

Brian Brown

9.6

Young and sweet, in both senses. — 11 years ago

Carly

8.9

Bottle at Tapabento, also at Six Senses! — 6 years ago

Eric Guido

9.2

Paolo Bea never ceases to amaze me. The 2011 San Valentino is gorgeous, showing an Autumnal persona, with a bouquet of crushed cherry, plum, and blood orange, giving way to notes of sweet mint, licorice, crushed fall leaves and black tea. On the palate, I found a zesty expression, sporting light yet energetic textures, as citrus-kissed sour cherry, sweet herbal tones and spice filled the senses. The finish was medium-long and literally thirst quenching, with mouthwatering acidity accentuating it's red fruits and lingering inner floral tones which faded slowly. An amazing "entry level" wine. #paolobea #montefalco #sagrantino — 6 years ago

Ron R

9.3

This is exceptional! A tropical explosion on the nose and mid-palette. Pineapples, honeydew melon and honeysuckle almost overwhelm the senses - so enjoyable. Lovely minerality too. I think I paid $15 for this, so I'm going back to the well. This vintage goes toe-to-toe with Bevan. Wifey and I are aligned with our score. — 7 years ago

with Anne-marie

Kristie Bryan

10

My favorite wine 🍷 — 7 years ago

Eric Guido

9.5

It’s not often that I open a note with a resolute, Wow, but the 2013 Gourt de Mautens deserves such praise. The bouquet opened with an intense display of white pepper, crush mint (or is that basil), rosemary, moist earth and hints of sweet brown spice. On the palate, it was impossibly soft and enveloping to all of the senses, yet vibrant with a display crushed violets, black fruit, and savory olive. Tannins mounted toward the finish as the wine resonated on peppery spices and a resounding note of black olive. I can't wait to see where this wine is going over time. — 7 years ago

Ron R

9.8

Birthday celebration for Anne-Marie. Wonderful gift from my friend @David A Lentine - thanks so much, David.
We have read good things about this wine, and finally we are able to experience it, during a life event.
A wonderful panoply of flowers, vanilla, cinnamon and sweetness excite the senses. On the palette, the wine is prodigious. It has a royal structure, and depth. The palette profile is restrained, yet powerful. Beautiful dark fruits, combine with a sweetness that my wife (and I) loves. A hint of cloves, sweet tobacco and maple finish an outstanding Napa example. 15.5% abv, while relatively high, does not raise its head. This is a benchmark Napa cab. — 8 years ago

Brent Mayeaux

Production Burn Cottage Vineyard

9.2

Drank on day 2 and showing really well. Nuanced. Fruit shows restraint and allows flower, spice, and earth to play for your senses. Vibrant acid energizes your palate. — 8 years ago

Mitzi Inglis

Marketing/Public Relations, Joseph Phelps Vineyards

9.0

#senseswine — 9 years ago

Scott Simmons

10

Wow! One of the few whites I drink, bleed red. Absolutely nirvana, I am at peace with this wine. Great nose, just enough tartness for balance and wonderful mouth feel. My go to for anything needing a great white. Can't do the bouquet Justice. Spend hours on a bottle Love it. — 9 years ago

John Kemper

9.0

The 2012 vintage wines lacked a little power the previous year's vintage displayed. Still, the '12 Cambria Pinot Noir 'Clone 115' had rich dark cherry and spice aromas that pleased the senses. Firm tannins on the spicy finish will undoubtably soften with a little more bottle age. — 10 years ago

Shay A

9.3

@Delectable Wine : This is the Terra De Promissio Pinot Noir, not the current identified wine.

As you can see, there were a lot of TRB wines on the table last night. This is one of their single vineyard pinots and it was very juicy...bay leaf, chamomile, fresh squeezed blackberries and cherries jubilee. Very cool. — 6 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.6

This is absolutely one of my top three favorite producers from Barossa. Dan Standish marches to his own drum when it comes to his Winemaking. He doesn’t follow trends or fashion in winemaking. Before he started his own Winery, he was the Winemaker for Torbreck and also traveled to other world wine regions before settling back in Barossa. I had the privilege of spending a couple of hours last April with him. What a joy to listen, learn and laugh with him. This wine comes from 100 year old vines. While it is excellent, keeps getting better and puts on weight in the glass, its just a notch under his “Relic.” He has no US importer as he sells out to his mailing list. He’ll ship it to you, but shipping charges from Australia are simply stupid. You’ll find some of his wines on the secondary market. On the nose; smoldering ambers, black plum, black raspberries, dark cherries, olallieberries, huckleberries, blueberries, loamy dry soils, crushed rocks, spice, sour dark liqueur notes, dry stones, light baking spices, dark turned earth, well done toast, dry lavender, lilacs and fresh violets. The body is rich, lush and beautiful. The tannins are about a year or two farther along than I’m used to tasting, 80% resolved. The palate is simply and flat out amazing. The fruits are; juicy, ruby, ripe and stun the senses. Black plum, plum, black raspberries, raspberries, dark cherries, olallieberries, huckleberries, boysenberries, blueberries with a mid red fruit mix haunting the background of the palate here & there. The dark medium spices are more refined than the “Relic” and have a perfect heat lifting intensifying quality off the palate. Loamy soils, black licorice, anise, cracked pepper, crushed rocks, dark turned earth, tarry notes, dry stems, an amazing blend of baking spices-clove, nutmeg & a whiff of vanilla, dry herbaceous quality, dry lavender & lilacs and fresh violets for days. Perfect round acidity, excellent; structure, length, tension and balance. Long beautiful finish that doesn’t end. This is First Growth Shiraz! Photos of his Winery and those 100 year old vines. @Paul Treadway Huntington Beacher — 6 years ago

Daniel P. Drake

9.5

I am pleasantly surprised with the wine I have opened tonight, the 2014 Chateau Kirwan. The wine is a blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Petit Verdot.

The aromas are plentiful and made me want to get into the joy of letting its complexity roll over my palate. We have blackberry, black cherry, black currant, blueberry, mint, mocha, vanilla and lilac. So enjoyable it excites the senses.

Upon first sip its complexity continues the flavor train waking up every inch of my palate. There is blackberry, black cherry, blueberry, black currant, cassis, black pepper, green bell pepper, iodine, mint, herbal notes, clove, violets and gravel.

The wine is medium to + body with medium + acidity and medium + tannins with a fine sandpaper feel that leads to a finish that is long and leaving me wanting more.

Chateau Kirwan has over achieved and has brought me to a real happy and comfortable place. The QPR on this is of the charts. For the price that you can get this for it is right in line with the higher end wines I have had. I hope you have a continued enjoyable weekend and please stay safe. Nostrovia! 🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 7 years ago

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9.7

Long-time Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon has produced yet another in a string of superb Champagnes with the 2007 Cristal. Rich, powerful and enveloping, the 2007 takes hold of all the senses and never lets up... (Antonio Galloni, Vinous) — 7 years ago

Ron R

9.3

We are very impressed with this tonight.
Bright exotic fruits on the nose. Pineapples and passion fruit overwhelm the senses. Palette is consistent, with citrus fruits coming along for the ride. Superb tension on the mid palette between the acid and minerals. This just keeps evolving and becomes more vibrant every time we go back to the well - we are officially converted! — 8 years ago

with Anne-marie

Charlie Abbott

Sommelier Casa Mono

9.1

so yum. Plush red fruit, tapenade, mouth filling but graceful, appealing directly to pleasure senses ✨ — 8 years ago

with Ian

Jesus Figueroa

9.2

Jumillas Land has its own earthy characteristic. And this wine collects in perfect harmony all these senses from the earth. Good tannic balance , mineral taste with sparkling notes of wild fruits. I recommend it. — 9 years ago

Mitzi Inglis

Marketing/Public Relations, Joseph Phelps Vineyards

9.0

Nice jammy fruit. #senseswine #wowchicago — 9 years ago

with Senses

John Kemper

9.7

Our absolute favorite at the tasting was the brooding '11 Cambria Pinot Noir 'Barbara's Clone 667'. The intensity of the sweet dark fruit and candied black cherry aromas nearly overwhelmed the senses. Long juicy finish. This one had us joining the Wine Club. Bravo! — 10 years ago