Joey Kee

9.2

Ha! The comments on this wine are amazingly varied. I found it very overt on a chocolate tip, and more robust on the fruit side than your usual PINOT...but I really enjoyed it, would buy again.... — 7 years ago

Raul Puga

9.2

Ok. Ok. Not a normal post. Side by side '14 &'15. The '15 is more approachable and has fruit coming through in bunches. However, it's clear the '14 will get better with time. Final tally was 9.5 for the '15. 9.3 for the '14 — 9 years ago

Kevin Ortzman

9.0

Full bodied w/ leathery tannins. Cherries w/ mild hint of cassis. Tasted along side of the '98 Araujo and '97 Dalla Valle. Insignia came in third. What a fun dinner!! — 9 years ago

with ADAM, Joe and 2 others

Greg Merrell

9.1

It's a 2000 that I'm drinking on the other side of peak. Decanted like I've not decanted before. It got there, though. Delicious. — 10 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

8.9

14.5% alc.
A bit too "artificial", jammy and sweet for me to make it really interesting but I can see this having its fans.
In fairness this should probably have been consumed on the earlier side and is a nice QPR at $15+ — 10 years ago

Terence Hsu

9.0

1996 Favorite of the evening, side by side with Lalande, a bit of tobacco, fine tannin, med body. — 11 years ago

Bret Thompson

9.3

At the lake with Jaice — 11 years ago

Rich Bluth

8.9

Fine Sauv Blanc, definitely a food wine. — 11 years ago

Mark Andrew

9.0

Nice wine at a nice price point. — 11 years ago

Ryan McCreay

9.2

Very good — 12 years ago

Angelo

9.0

Very nice! — 8 years ago

Steven Comfort

8.9

As much as I hoped that this classic-year, classic-producer bottling would hold up to 22 years of cellaring - it didn’t.
It was still wine, but on the flat side of the spectrum and losing its balance, — 8 years ago

Karla Alfred

9.6

2014 Dark Side. Slightly peppery nose. Earthy, spicy, full-bodied fruit. Signature Clos Pepe. — 9 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.8

Poured side by side with the clos des Papes. It was equally as stunning. 2003 vintage. — 10 years ago

Justin Hart

9.1

Wonderfully structured, sultry tannins and store fruit notes. Slightly peppery and just luscious, yum! — 10 years ago

with Cherish

Rejeana Scarpello

9.5

Night in with Biag — 11 years ago

Roel van der Burg

Sommelier at Restaurant Entrepot

9.2

On the rustic side. Whole clusters and stems fermentation. Fun at village level. Can go on for a couple more years! Thanks @Alessandro da Fies — 11 years ago

with Niek

Keiko Okubo

9.0

2009 vintage... Beautiful color! Smooth! — 11 years ago

with Sheri

Anthony Lombardi

9.0

On the ripe side, but showing very well. Good vintage for early term drinking. — 11 years ago

Jonathan Patch

8.9

Cyril Zang Cider! Taking me back to my Mormon Martinelli drinking youth. — 14 years ago

Katherine Buckner

9.8

With Collin. Nice finish. Creamy, full body. — 8 years ago

Alan Viader

8.9

Good fruit while still having an olive and herbal edge. Nice freshness, smooth on the palate. Actually a bit on the lighter side than expected. Not the best vintage or showing from a great house but still a good wine overall. I have had better vintages. — 8 years ago

Tim Edge

9.1

Less depth than the 2000 I had side by side but a wonderful wine right now — 9 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

10

Such beautiful expressions of aged Chablis, tried the 86/88's side by side, definite aged cumquat on the '86, with a little botrytis, the '88 was a little leaner, but needed time to open up. Amazing wines. — 10 years ago

Christopher Guerrero

9.3

This wine is awesome. The end! Deep color, rich and lush mid-palate, nice acidity, soft silky tannins. Get in my belly! — 10 years ago

Eric L.

8.9

I usually really enjoy this Sonona Coast bottling, but when drank side by side with the single vineyard wines, it pales in comparison. — 11 years ago

Devin Bray

9.2

A nose almost like a stout, saturated with vanilla and chocolate and just a touch of ripe blackberry fruit. The palate is still a little blousy and flabby, with huge sweet fruit and mounds of residual sugar meeting the usual suspects of tobacco and tar on the terroir side of things. A little acid balances things out. Unbelievable that this much fruit remains after so many years. — 11 years ago

Flavio Menezes

9.2

Earthy and still a bit tannic, a darker side of Lalande. I think it will shine in another 5-10 years. — 11 years ago

Ron

9.0

It's on the sweeter side. It's great for aperitif or tapas. I think it will also work with desserts. — 11 years ago

Paul Giovenco

9.5

Really nice drop — 12 years ago