Keith Levenberg

9.4

This is showing very impressively, all the more so considering the very unimpressive 2001 I had recently after loving both vintages on release. It is in the heavyweight class no doubt and has only budged a little bit since release, with the structure more assertive and some of the baby fat gone and showing its bones. Visually it still has the deep, dark inky color of a wine barely past release so I was actually surprised not to find it more obviously fruit-gobbed on the palate. It's a packed and stacked wine to be sure, but the stuffing isn't about fruit so much as tarry Graves asphalt and gravel. The fruit it does show is red-complexioned, which is surprising since these are all blueberry and blackberry on release. Time in the decanter fills in a lot of the empty spaces and makes it positively voluptuous - still with a thick coat of tannin but soft and refined in texture. Not quite cashmere but not rough either. This is vastly richer, denser, and fresher than the 2001 was. It is at a point where it's probably fair to put to rest any doubts about ageability - it's stuffed but in proportion and fresh without being primary. But this and the 2001 were also the last SHLs I enjoyed on release - by 2005 the style seemed to have gone over the top. If the 2005 tastes like this in 5 years I'll have to eat some crow. That said, there's no doubt this is sort of a slutty style of Graves, not a wine for those looking for elegance or subtlety, although if it can keep developing at this rate the old "tour de force" cliche may actually fit just fine. — 10 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.4

If you've not had a Salon with 20 + years on it then it is difficult to assess what this infant will grow up to be. Packed and stacked. At this stage of life it makes no sense for me to buy new vintages. — 10 years ago

Robert Scholl

9.6

2010- Decanted 90 minutes. Inky dark purple, dark as night. Viscous. Gorgeous aromatics with pungent dark red and blue fruits; smelled like a barrel sample. So amazingly textured and stacked like crazy with awesome bracing acidity. Wow. Alban just never disappoints, even a young'in like this one! — 11 years ago

Paul Diamond

9.6

Incredible. Complexity plus.. Juicy, round and stacked with spice, Rhone-like red fruits, earth and minerals. I wish I had more... — 11 years ago

Rob Lateiner

9.7

Real dark and a bit bitter. Stacked, needs a lot of time but is open tonight for a bit. — 12 years ago

Natalie Madden

9.7

Starting Third week in November. This wine is made from the grapes stacked on top of each other and ferment on its own. It is said not to last past Easter. — 13 years ago

TJ Maxwell

9.3

Bright, pure expression of Syrah. Really enjoyable even when stacked against terroir of higher pedigree. Loved it — 10 years ago

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.5

2008. It's all autolytic and chalky-citrus character today. But there is so much more complexity in this wine that will only to be uncovered with time. This wine is stacked and built for the long haul. — 10 years ago

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.1

2012. Dense and stacked now...but with a few years of bottle age it's gonna be great. — 10 years ago

Tony Ehinger

9.4

Left bank blend. Cedar and currants on the nose. Concentrated flavour w tannins upfront but in balance. Full bodied, packed and stacked Cabernet. Enjoy this cellerable number. — 10 years ago

Grant Coulter

9.0

Stacked! wet granite, pencil lead...tightly drawn and nervy. — 11 years ago

Gareth Tilley

9.1

Only just entering its drinking window - still stacked with glossy Pauillac black currant fruit. Decant. — 11 years ago

Rob Lateiner

9.8

@DIG Wine SF. Pergole Torte 2010 So good. Stacks the best of the 08 and 09 together. I would drink the 08 while this integrates—hmmm, or maybe I'll just drink the 10 forever like every other 10. Ripeness with tension. Evergreen, moss. This is stacked yet feminine. This is going to be really good in a few years when the tannins and the wine settle a bit. Snails, earth. Concentration and finesse. — 12 years ago

Olivia Mason

9.1

Reminiscent of walking through a cold, wet cellar stacked with new French oak barrels. Cacao nibs, black coffee, dusty soil, and dark red and black fruits are followed by a long dry finish — 10 years ago

Brandy Barnes

9.5

Realized that I'm posting an empty bottle to my delectable profile at 9 am. I swear this is not how my day began. Evidence, however, is stacked against me. Drank the whole bottle while watching The Tudors in my snuggie and being like 'Noooooooo!' That being said, this wine is drinkable and fun, allowing for great gesticulating. — 10 years ago

Steve Nellessen

9.3

Packed and stacked currently. High-quality fruit. Buy 6-12, drink one every 2-3 yrs.
— 10 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.4

Well well well, it's the famous 1990 Beausejour Duffau. Perfect wine? Not a chance but still pretty stacked. Very full and fleshy with a structure that's still rough and rugged; combined with an intense gravelly personality this had me figuring it was a Left Banker. Long life ahead for sure. — 10 years ago

Jim Yonkus

8.9

2007 Vintage, stacked at #keifeandco...carbonic attack, mellow freshness to follow — 11 years ago

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Rob Lateiner

9.8

Pulverized flowers, rocks, acid, red fruits, brilliance. Shocked that it took 3 hours in a decanter just to open up! Very stacked and just incredible. — 12 years ago

Doug Bedre

9.8

Cases stacked in the corner to the ceiling. — 12 years ago