J Levenson

9.8

Welcoming in 2019 with our dear friends The Millers and this almost perfect Port. We paired this with a magnificent Blue and biscotti, Mandlebread, and almond cookies...all not too sweet to enable the Port to strut its stuff and boy did it! — 5 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.5

This was an awesome powerful wine that needed a ton of air to strut its stuff. — 6 years ago

Cody Short

9.3

Really starting to open up and strut it's stuff. Great now but patience will be rewarded — 7 years ago

Paul Masson

9.0

An interesting companion piece to Ruscum, as both show surprising tannic muscle and lees weight. Attractively smoky, and the fruit, while present, is secondary to the complexity of this wine. This requires some aeration to really strut, perhaps a function of the long lees-aging. Provides gravitas to a simple preparation of spaghetti bottarga. — 7 years ago

with Saman

Jeffrey Lew

9.5

Last bottle in Oct was so amazing I had to get more. Equal parts here, but still coiled up and a touch hot. Give this 4+ hours decant to really strut. Dark fruit, tar, some leather and great nose. Another few years this will be a 100pt wine. — 7 years ago

Justin Brilman

9.1

In a good spot right now but still needs air to strut it's stuff. Hot year and still has a slightly hot finish. — 8 years ago

Jessica Craddock

9.0

Tasty wine. Worst label ever. — 8 years ago

Ross Tefteller

9.2

This beauty is starting to strut its stuff. Still some gritty tannin but man o man the aromatics this one is popping are off the chain — 9 years ago

Anthony Lynch

9.1

Interesting style: vinous with an oxydative note. Dried fruit and faded flowers. Needs to warm up to almost room temp then it's got some neat stuff to strut. — 9 years ago

Doug Sayed

9.0

Deep dark and dried fruits. Lots of structure, even on day two. Needs time in decanter or cellar to strut its stuff. Classic Toro Tempranillo. — 9 years ago

Nicole Devereaux

9.6

Yummy rosé! — 10 years ago

Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.5

Tasted blind out of a decanter, this was not budging initially and felt lean, maybe stilted, and angular next to a plush 2015 Voge St. Jo. After an hour or two, the wine started to expand, and impress. Of course, after revealing, we were all present to the majesty of Thierry’s touch. This was not as brooding and dense as I remember it, rather, it felt like the wine was reluctant to strut its stuff until we required it to. Forget about the 2010’s for awhile. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.4

Easily one of the best merlots coming out of Napa. Interestingly enough, I think the ‘11 vintage probably benefitted this wine as it has gorgeous restraint. Black cherry, cassis, little bit of blueberry, toasted oak. Needed almost 2hrs in the decanter to really strut its stuff. — 6 years ago

with Dan and Mark

Rob Moose

9.2

This one fared better than a few of my 2012s. Tastes like what I hope for when I open one of these- a briny swim with a slice of underripe melon. At one point, it hit me with a suggestion of pine nuts. Showing more stone fruit with air. This seems very ready to strut its stuff. — 7 years ago

Bill Bender

9.2

Dazzling mountain fruit aromatics of pencil lead, cinnamon and cedar shavings. Very dense and tannic but sweet blackberry fruit and chocolate covered expresso beans shine through. I absolutely love these wines but I highly recommend you give them 10+ years in the bottle so they can strut. — 7 years ago

Neal Dessouky

9.5

Really really good bottle. I love 1993 Burgundy and this was no slouch. Showed very expressive fruit upon pourings, closed up a bit in glass with air. To me, this is about to really strut it's stuff but showing nicely now. — 8 years ago

Doug Sayed

9.2

The 2012 vintage keeps delivering. Darker fruit profile with a stout structure. Needs a decant or time in the glass to strut its potential. Tasty deep dark fruits and a nice finish. — 8 years ago

Doug Sayed

9.4

2007 vintage. Just now starting to enter its drinking widow, it still needs a good decant to strut its stuff. Cassis, deep dark fruits and black tea, coupled with a solid structure and leading to a lengthy finish. Great juice! — 9 years ago

Beau Carufel

Winemaker/Owner Random Wine Company

9.1

1983. Reductive at first, with air it began to strut the aged Syrah beef-blood/leather/dry herb thing that I love. — 9 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.1

From a female producer whose other teredalgo I love, this I liked but caveat this one is more refined & needs time to strut. — 9 years ago

with Owen and Paul

JohnQ Boxler

Sales Berkeley Wine Company

9.2

Finally starting to strut its stuff after a sullen, dumbed down adolescence. Ripe but not fleshy as befits vintage. Tertiary notes swelling up. Definitely rebuy. — 11 years ago

Joe Lucca

9.7

One of the sexiest wines I’ve had in a while, and that’s saying something. Velvet smoking jacket cool. The nose is campfire, pen ink, toasty oak, briary berries, cherry cordial, freshly turned soil. The palate is a cacophony of flavors; rich and reduced red berries, blueberry pie, leather, warm spices, cedar, red and black currants, beef jerky, menthol, earthy minerals, charcoal smoke, river stones, fresh tobacco leaf, black plum skin. Says goodbye with a very firm handshake. Finish lasts for a solid 2 minutes. Took about a 4 hour decant to really strut its stuff. A relative baby; she’ll continue to evolve for another decade or two. Not quite ready for marriage; but right now is a great time to go for a spin with this fun, racy young woman. Thank you @David L for gifting this beauty. Wishing you and Kristen a very Happy Holiday Season. — 5 years ago

with Diana

Vijay Parikh

9.4

An enormous wine, two hours of decant showed promising primary flavors with a hint of secondary after some time in the glass. Will need another 10 years to strut its stuff — 7 years ago

Cody Short

9.7

Had it not been for the 1982 Trotanoy this would have been WOTN. Absolutely incredible and the best showing I've experienced with this incredible wine. Another one that really needed some air to strut its stuff but when it busted out we were all blown away. Maybe my favorite Palmer and as good as it is now I imagine another 5 years and this might be a prefect wine — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.3

Took a little while to strut but once it did, the crab, and butter, and Epi baguette were a marriage. — 7 years ago

with Tyson

Doug Sayed

9.2

Stout red fruits with earthy elements and a substantial structure. Tasty now, but it needs more time and/or air to strut its stuff. High potential here. — 8 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

Double trouble. Short decant, tight and reluctant first 30 minutes with not much depth, then opened beautifully and put on weight and complexity. A front load of cassis, then bruised plum and warm wet earth. Suggest 3 hour decant to let it strut. — 8 years ago

with Sammie

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.1

Fantastic skin-contact Italian white - this wine is totally my jam. Needed a bit of air to strut its stuff but then the dried stone fruit comes out in full force along with the rich oily texture and subtle oxidative earthy notes. Awesome. — 9 years ago

Doug Sayed

9.2

Starting to enter it's drinking window. A red-fruit dominated wine with sappy raspberry and kirsh. Needs a few hours of air to strut its stuff. — 9 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.7

I would revisit in another 10 years as this is showing a lot of tannins with some Black fruits along with cedar, smoke, mineral and green tea notes. Just needs more time to strut it's stuff! — 10 years ago