Jess

8.9

Medium ruby color.
Aromas of black plum, vanilla.
Dry. Flavors of plum, vanilla, cinnamon, peppercorn. Medium-rich, velvety tannins.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 3 months ago

Alan Hyde

9.1

Some deep mountain notes. Could use more time in the bottle. — 4 months ago

Keith Sangster

9.1

Smells amazing, tastes great, takes me back for some reason. — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.5

Vintage 2018 | purple red colour, dark colour. Distinguished smell with tones of tobacco, morellocherries. Charming wine with creaminess, character, powerfull taste and nice bitters in aftertaste. — 6 months ago

"Odedi"

9.4

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Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish/ brick rim.

Beautiful nose of black fruits, cedar, chocolates, herbs, tobacco leaf and cola.

Full-bodied and elegant with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, cedar, mint, vanilla, spices, licorice, espresso, cola, light herbs, eucalyptus, light earth, tobacco leaf, dark chocolates and peppercorn.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 20 year old Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley is drinking beautifully now. Showing a gorgeous nose, that I kept on smelling for a while.

Feels much younger than it actually is, complex and well balanced.

Good right out of the bottle with grippy tannins, and better after a couple of hours in the decanter.

Peaking now and good by itself or with food. Will continue to drink nicely in the next 5 years.

A gorgeous wine. I love these older Napa Bordeaux blends.

A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 8% Cabernet Franc. Aged in new American oak barrels for 22 months. Unfiltered and unfined.

13.8% alcohol by volume.

94 points.

$225. — 7 months ago

Michelle M

9.4

Blackberry bramble, baked black cherry and plum, hints of maraschino, mint and menthol, bell pepper and geranium, cedar, tobacco, and bakers vanilla with whiffs of aged leather jacket on the nose. Blackberry, cherry, juicy raspberry, vanilla extract and weak black tea on the palate with a medium heavy body but a medium short finish. Overall a great wine for pumpkin pie brunch on Christmas morning (no it’s not too early). Merry Christmas! — 2 years ago

Jess

8.9

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of lime, floral, mineral.
Dry. Flavors of lime, pear, peach, ginger, honeysuckle.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 3 months ago

Rob DeShane

8.9

Dark purple, earthy and brambly…chalky tannins…reasonably balanced acid/tannin relationship. Reminds on southern Rhône. Very good. — 4 months ago

Kevin Dale

9.4

Chateau Smith Havt Lafitte Grand Cru Classe from Pessac-Leognan. The Cathiard family makes great wine. — 5 months ago

Joe DAscoli

9.4

Wow. If this was blind - I would’ve guessed 20 year old Bordeaux. Super complex and combo of tannins, fruit, meat, and some tobacco. Crazy. Nothing like I remember it from last bottle we had 10 years ago — 6 months ago

GV

9.4

One of the nicest chocolate stouts I have had. A great brew from those traditional and skilled chaps at Samuel Smiths. — 7 months ago

Joe Lyons

9.1

Really great tart fruit, some good spice, little early to drink but the case came home to the house… lovely wine!!!! — 9 months ago

with Michelle

Billy L.

9.3

PNP, excellent as always @Mike Smith ; Great
Winemaker! Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 — 4 years ago

Jan de Weerd

9.8

The best of the best. Nuanced, precise and so delicately delicious. Fresh and bright with precisely served portions of dark cherry and cassis, leather drenched in cuban tobacco and edged in uplifting minerality. Needless to say to say, this bottle went way too fast. — 3 months ago

with Tammy

Russ Kujan

9.1

2009 vintage. Delicious Late vintage port with Dried cherry, blackberry jam, dark chocolate, raisin and date. Duoro region of Portugal specifically Vila Nova de Gaia. — 5 months ago

Rufus King

9.4

Very smooth Lafitte Bordeaux with ripe tannins and a little spice with rack of lamb at Dowling’s Restaurant in the Carlyle Hotel, NYC — 5 months ago

Kevin Dale

9.2

80% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Semilllon from the young vines — 6 months ago

Jim O’Gorman

10

This 13 year old Cabernet Sauvignon was amazing. Full body with plenty of fruit and so amazingly soft. We decanted this bottle about an hour before serving it with a nicely seasoned and grilled sirloin steak with a little soy sauce. Former V Madrone wine club member that is so glad to have waited many years to open this bottle. — 8 months ago

Rob Brobst III

9.7

WOTN for me anyway!🤷🏽‍♂️🍷🥰🤪👍🏽🎉🎉🎊🎊 — 2 years ago

Karen Tripson

9.2

Saving this for a big juicy steak night soon. March 5, 2021 found the moment to open with s dear friend and a lamb leek mushroom cottage pie. Fabulous. — 4 years ago