Jason Jones

9.2

Obviously too young but relatively open knit and in a pretty decent place now with a little air (1 hr slow ox). Rich without being over the top. — 8 years ago

with Erin

Eric Egan

9.4

What a beautifully graceful wine! A bit muted on the nose (slow ox for three hours - perhaps I should have decanted) but one of the most amazingly expressive palates I have experienced for a very long time. All the elements in perfect equilibrium; one of the rare times that I would actually apply the term 'smooth' to a wine. Tannins still lightly peppery, poised acidity, and an insanely long velvety finish that kept revealing hidden layers of complexity. Like a Burgundian peacock's tail that keeps expanding, adding new layers of graceful shades and patterns to the rolling tapestry of flavour. — 8 years ago

Jordan Gianelli

9.1

Really well made, beautifully balanced and slow to reveal its depth. Disclaimer: it's hard for me to get past hints of Brett so the nose was a bit of a turn off, but it was not enough to make it difficult to enjoy. Fancy lil wine! — 9 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.5

Tonight we are drinking Machete 2014 California red wine bottled by Orin Swift Cellars. The one with the naked lady on the front of the bottle standing beside her car with the door open. Hummmmm. Well the cork was well preserved. The color is dark and the legs are long and slow. The bouquet is blackberry cobbler. The initial palate is slamming with sweet black currant - whatever that is so Im guessing because I have never tasted a currant. However, I just ordered the juice! The flavor is blackberry and cherry! The finish is very dry with a short ending of vanilla and a tart cherry pie. Simply Devine! I want another sip! It is sweet but very dry! I love it! — 9 years ago

Los Olivos Wine Merchant & Cafe

9.9

Classic elegance. Ultimate tranquility in a bottle with strength and substance. — 9 years ago

Ryan Wineinger

8.9

Good mid price Pinot — 10 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

9.7

Ex-Chateau bottle. Testament to perfect storage. Light Amber edge with a darker core. Started off full of toast and just a whiff of brett. Slow ox for 2 hrs then poured. Amazing life for a 54yr old wine still in its stride. Light and dark fruit with seamless integrity and polish. Classic old BDX. After the initial funk blew off it kept developing in the glass. I could drink this all night long. Awesome — 10 years ago

Beth K

9.0

This is the time on Sprockets when we dance. — 10 years ago

Jay McInerney

Novelist, Wine Critic Town & Country, Expensive Wino & Gastronaut

9.3

Wow. Started slow and blossomed. — 10 years ago

Patrick Knöfler

8.9

Half-bottle. The wine was medium amber in colour and offered orange peel, apple, honeycomb, caramel, smoke, spices, sherry and a mouldy note on the nose. On the palate the wine showed orange, peach, apple, cane sugar, caramel, smoke, spices, creamy honey, some coffee, a hint of chocolate, sherry, mild black tea and a mouldy note, paired with medium-plus acidity, a creamy honey mouthfeel and very good length. Judged by this half-bottle the wine has just passed its plateau and started its slow journey on the downward slope. A good, medium-bodied Sauternes with lots of botrytis character. Drink now. 89 — 11 years ago

Chris England

9.4

Warning drunken review 😁

Sexy Tig @ £60 just lovely that will make any soul dance to get up & live life 😘

🍇 80% Sangiovese, 15% Cab S, & 5% Cab F

🍷 Opaque ruby

👃 Smokey oak in chomped chewed dark cherry & black berries oozing minerals, gravel, creamy cocoa butter, cherry choc gateaux, soggy earth & new leather - OMG 😍

👄 Med+ body of dark cherry & berries through creamy chocolate

🎯 Long lingering dark fruit mineral cocoa dance ... more baby more ❤️

🎶 Man in the Mirror & Dirty Diana MJ 👑 — 8 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.8

@Mike R @David L @Joe Lucca @Ron R @Paul T The WOTN was a beauty so generously given to me by my Bud Paul Treadway! Thanks Paul!!! The tasting notes between the Beau Vigne Estate and Morlet's Coeur de Vallee are eerily similar. The true differentiation between the 2 is Morlet's seem less integration at this time. My buddy Kirk @Kirk Alexander always says "The test of a great wine is when nothing jumps out at you". This particular bottle did just that. Every person this evening commented on the fact that it was such a superbly balanced wine. It was dialed back ever so slightly in all the right spots for it to dance on your palate effortlessly.
Thank you Paul for a stellar bottle!!
It was enjoyed by friends outdoors on this beautiful S FL cool night. What else could one ask for?
— 8 years ago

with Christine and Gina

Craig Thompson

8.9

Bright Crimson, attractive nose of cherry, touch of earth. Delicious, fresh and clean in the mouth. No substance at the back end. Happily drink this ...not complex but quaffable. — 9 years ago

Kyo Jin

9.2

Inviting nose of cream and citrus and dried orange peel...,refreshing yet hefty tripel comes through. Great! — 9 years ago

John Rubino

8.9

Light oak, nice fruit, pear and tropical fruit on the nose. Nice Oscar kick-off! — 9 years ago

with Brian and Doug

Peter Scudamore-Smith MW

9.1

A fine wine for 2002; very closed on nose and palate; slow to evolve and a very delicate style; camphor- cedar oak; acidity currently a primary taste; 13%; tasted in Brisbane — 10 years ago

Marc Erck

9.3

What a great chateau9! Super texture, wonderful dance partner for all kinds of cheese and meats. Lamb, beef, Comte, bleu. Great! — 10 years ago

Ninon Lecru-Chalon

9.2

Opening slow but after very nice with exotic fruits — 10 years ago

Leon Ridge-Cooke

10

Orange & honey infused straight eye whiskey — 11 years ago

Deborah Lyman

9.1

Opening the bottle to breathe the subtle oakiness hits you with some spiciness and a hint of dark fruit. Tasting it made my mouth dance. It is smooth with very little tannins. Mind you, merlots are my last choice, however this one sat around long enough to be very good. — 8 years ago

Isabelle Parenti

9.1

Lovely wine, has a little salinity to it in my opinion — 8 years ago

Mike Leapley Jr.

8.9

Legs for days. I let it breathe for two hours very nice drinking wine.
— 8 years ago

Xavier Valero

9.6

Great wine. Deep purple. Great fruit. Oak on the nose, slow to open. But once it does it's amazing. — 9 years ago

Paul H

9.3

This has beautiful aromas of plums , dark cherries and pepper plus maybe a little cedar. All of that exploded in your mouth with touches of tobacco, leather, ripe dark fruits and a bit of licorice that mix with wonderful tannins and dance a ballet in your mouth. Smooth and sexy finish. I can't wait to revisit the 2010 in five to seven years to see how it develops. — 9 years ago

with Kim

WC Fields

9.2

Loamy earth, dusty cherries with mushrooms, spiced tobacco, underripe strawberries, smoked wood and cassis. That was just the nose. Palate is a little more unforgiving with more wood, tobacco and spice wrapped in acid and tannins. 8h slow ox and 2h decant and this barely unfurled by last glass. Either 8h decant or 10 more years in the cellar? Whose that patient when life is so short? — 9 years ago

Chris LoRusso

9.1

We love all of Harford Courts wines. Very textured, fruit & smooth finish! — 10 years ago

James Gordon

9.0

Like these two older versions better than the young one. — 10 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.4

Crazy good paired with dipping into gamba al ajillo (emphasis added), at Napa's groovy/real Zuzu, catching a classic deeply dirty nose while still sporting sun-drenched fruit that initially reworks one's first blush front mouth with an iodine edge that morfs into red and black fruit edgy with acid/tannin slow dancing to the depths and begging for another pinch of broth soaked chewy freshly baked bread and the associated next swig of this sweet juice...rhythmically stellar by day or by night😎🌌👣🍷🌀🎼

PS hit Zuzu (friendly, delicious and real...

— 10 years ago

Patrick Carr

9.0

This was a sweat and smooth wine. Enjoyed this a lot — 11 years ago

Kristen Murphy Caldecutt

Community Manager SevenFifty

9.8

This is a happy dance wine, of which Hardy and I did a few today! — 11 years ago

with Hardy