Brendan Baker

9.4

Rich and layered... love Krug MV ⚡️😋 — 7 years ago

Aaron Hernandez

10

It is complex. Sweet at times. Robust at times. I love it. — 8 years ago

Peter Lutz

9.0

Easy to drink fun California cab. Love the glow in the dark label. — 8 years ago

Nadia Kralovic

9.4

🤤 big, juicy, coats your mouth. Exactly what I love — 9 years ago

with Hanif and Joe

Annette Humes

9.2

Very very nice, easy and light! Definite repeat — 9 years ago

William Goldsmith

8.9

Love this normally but this bottle was a little funky. — 10 years ago

Nathaniel DiMaggio

9.0

Love what he does with Cab. With a 90 minute decant this thing sang! — 11 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.4

2012. Vintage after vintage- just delivering great wine every year. So many things to love here. Enjoyed at a maximum with the Aussie band the Twerps. — 11 years ago

Filipe Botton

9.3

Just love it. Quite elegant and aromatic, perfect integrated tannins and great lenght — 11 years ago

James G

9.2

2007 Beaucastel. So good right now, as yet so much more potential. Love to retaste in 2025 — 12 years ago

Jeff Murray

9.3

Wasn’t sure how this would turn out as it was a recent purchase and couldn’t vouch for prior storage. It was excellent. Would love to compare this vintage with a more recent one in the future. — 7 years ago

Michael Seely

9.3

Consistent. Love this Sav Blanc — 8 years ago

with Jeff and Joe

Jordan Kaufman

9.0

Good anise, forest floor, spices to round out the dark fruit. Love the rose petal notes. Tannins are elegant but would love to taste this again in a few years. — 8 years ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.1

Is there a better wine for roast chicken than Loire cabernet franc? Rhetorical question, of course. 2011 so tight, even after two hour decant. It slowly unveils its charms, like Jo Fiennes unwinds Gwen Paltrow in the otherwise forgettable "Shakespeare in Love". Unlike that film, this has staying power. Stash away a case, it will develop beautifully over the next three decades. — 9 years ago

with Alsu

Jacqueline Cochrane

9.5

Fantastic Chardonnay. Just the right amount of oak & extra dry. Love it. — 9 years ago

Natalie Wassum

9.0

#pinotnoir #oregonwine #winesister — 10 years ago

Pam Leonte

9.5

Love for Love — 11 years ago

Kim Ley

9.9

I love this wine. For some reason it is very easy on my digestive system unlike many others. It has a nice price point as well. — 11 years ago

Pascaline Lepeltier, MS

Master Sommelier, Wine Director Rouge Tomate New York

9.4

The greatness of aligote - and with another dimension with some bottle aging — 12 years ago

Natalie Pearce

9.8

Love this one!! — 13 years ago

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9.7

The 1990 Cristal is remarkable. Polished, nuanced and light on its feet, the 1990 is all class. Citrus, orchard fruit and floral notes are wonderfully lifted throughout. A slight reductive note adds character on the finely knit finish. I can’t think of a better way to start this tasting. Simply put, the 1990 is a total rock star. Moreover, it is much more delicate than most wines from this ripe vintage. Amazingly, the 1990 tastes like it is still not ready! “Nineteen ninety was my second vintage here,” says Chef de Caves Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon. “It was ideal. The fruit was just perfect. We blocked the malolactic fermentation completely and only fermented 6-7% of our lots in oak, as opposed to the more typical 20%, in order to preserve as much freshness as possible. The wine was made by my predecessor, Michel Pansu, but I was learning. This was the first year I started working with oxygen by reducing sulfites in vinification to pre-oxidize the Chardonnay musts, as I do know, which allows me to get rid of all the unstable, oxidative compounds. With Pinot, on the other hand, you need a little bit of sulfur at crush or you lose the brilliant fruit. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2018) — 7 years ago

Jason Auger

9.5

Dry and full! Love it!! — 8 years ago

Fred Kindle

9.3

Sweetness indicates California, delicacy and structure points to Monte Bello. Gorgeous wine, love it. — 8 years ago

Rick K

9.5

Funky barnyard aromas blowing off to reveal beautiful Napa benchland fruit -- cherry preserve, leather. Such a nice mouth feel. Delicious. Love the style, passion and execution by @Cathy Corison — 9 years ago

Kevin Daigle

9.6

Love this wine. — 10 years ago

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.3

2011. Dammit Kermit...get your name off the front of the bottle! You can read your name more clearly than Foillard - and they actually MAKE the wine. Your back label is plenty and I still love the wines you represent. But seriously, this has gone too far for long enough. PS...Foillard rules! — 11 years ago

Marshall Parrish

9.0

Love is blind tasting. A much better showing than the 89. Pleasant and smooth. Pleasant for $169 is just not worth the special occasion price. — 11 years ago

Jason Mancebo

10

Thinking you'd love this one, Steve Matthiasson — 12 years ago

P H

9.7

Absolutely love Orin Swift- vintage 2006 — 12 years ago