Doctor No

9.1

Lovely, mineral, barely off-dry, a bit round. Nose with a touch of lime zest, apple skin, candy sugar. For my tastes it lacks a bit of acidic zing but I like it overall. — 7 years ago

Michael Sinowitz

9.1

Great value on this wine. Good acidity, bright fruit,. Though not bone dry this is not particularly sweet and really the residual sugar only shows against certain foods. — 8 years ago

with Robin, Marion and 1 other

Corey Zamora, CSW

9.1

Love this houses style so much. Just the right amount of sugar, great balance — 9 years ago

George Chen

9.0

Love Le Haut Lieu! Have the legendary 47 vintage in my cellar and still lively and frankly the most unique white one can drink ever. This was expressive lively acidity and balanced. Says Demi-Sec but tastes little of residual sugar...reminds me to get more! — 10 years ago

Scott Taddeo

9.2

Apricot nectar, marmalade, Italian honey and bread. Beautiful balancing act between acid and sugar with effortless depth and length. You pay for it though — 10 years ago

Molly

9.2

Nose- steamed spinach, salted caramel, hay, grainy, burnt sugar... Taste- very sweet, creme brûlée... Have it with blue cheese — 10 years ago

Liz Babb

9.1

Very delicious blend! Smooth. Berry. — 10 years ago

Blaine Brown

9.0

Super oxidized, almonds, burnt sugar, creme brûlée — 11 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 Eldridge

9.6

A bit of sugar, but still delicious. — 12 years ago

Rolf Bigler

9.5

Preis: CHF 69.- — 7 years ago

Danny Vigneault

10

Sur glace un delice... — 8 years ago

Brandon Luedeker

9.5

Excellent run full of flavor. Smooth finish! — 9 years ago

Marc Vacossin

9.6

Fresh noze abricot papaye dried fruits low sugar. Faboulous ! — 9 years ago

with Gilles

Tim Herrmann

9.1

A Chardonnay of unusual and almost Riesling-like character, this was full of aromatic pineapple and mango tropical fruits, melon, botrytis honey, pithy citrus, grippy acid, and phenolic character--bitterness and quite detectable tannin. Plus there's a small dollop of sugar. If this sounds good, drink now--after an hour decant, which softened the wine considerably--but I think this has the mineral energy to improve and integrate for 10 or so years. — 10 years ago

Alex Shaw

9.3

Beautiful deep golden color. Orange peel, apricot and hints of almond. Perfect sugar/acid bakance. Fantastic. — 10 years ago

Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.3

1959 Demi-Sec: very lemon peel nose, very delicate with light mineral Flint notes. Lovely harmonised palate with beautiful grace of deft sugar, and clean juicy acidity. All citrus with a hint of honey, and only very light nut and savoury on the finish. Sublime and in perfect harmony. On re sniff there were very distinct fennel and dill notes after 30minutes in glass — 10 years ago

Chris Krueger

9.1

More of a sorbet as stickies go - great apricot perfumed nose. More citrus than sugar — 10 years ago

Austin Blackwell

9.4

This was poured through a Zazzol aerator and just spilled out Cassis, black olive, cigar box and vanilla/brown sugar from the glass. Should she well for another 8-10 years. Delicious! — 11 years ago

Wei Liu

8.9

Amazing sugar and acid balance plus flavor complexity that lingers on the palate. — 11 years ago

Justin Curtis Koch

9.0

Very well balanced! Good acid, lingering sugar. — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Tawny amber color. Translucent with a heavy weight in the glass. Has a hotness in the nose and almost seems a bit fortified in the mouth. Notes of brown sugar, mocha, some pepper and sherry. You can definitely feel the power and weight of this wine, but we suspect this has turned a bit to become a little bit madeirized. Still a memorable experience. — 8 years ago

Richard Portes

8.9

17.5 2005. rich, off-dry but not high residual sugar, 14.5. Long. Perfect with artichoke (not easy to match, in my experience) — 9 years ago

Dawn Eastridge

10

Fell in love with the dark rum, Havana Club Aged 7 Years, back in 2003. Received this bottle and the other as a birthday gift earlier this year... Both are smooth and clean with great flavors. — 9 years ago

LM Segal

9.5

Outstanding. Ethereal. Sugar plumb fairies dance in the season floating across my palate with arms full of toasted brioche, citrus zest. So light. Must drink at temp, as the fairies start falling if they warm up. That's not a pleasant experience. — 10 years ago

Lindsey Arata

10

Favorite rum, perfect in a dark and stormy (ice, rum, ginger beer and dash of lime if you like) — 10 years ago

Christine Havens

9.5

From the famed Prichard Hill estate vineyard, this 100% Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a cult wine, rubbing shoulders with Screaming Eagle, Harlan and Colgin. The nose is typical of Napa Cab, with rich aromas of steeped blackberries, cassis, saddle leather, spice box and carmelized brown sugar. On the palate, it's silky, sexy and nicely balanced. There is a lovely, polished interplay of fine tannins and glycerol, along with darker notes of saddle leather, cedar, and espresso beans. Medium plus finish. — 10 years ago

Paul Smalera

9.4

Tasted next to a 2007. Incredible experience. Still so great. Burned sugar. — 11 years ago

Jason Kissane

9.2

Very pretty nose. sugar is slightly out of balance but has great future. would like to revisit this wine in 10 years time — 11 years ago

Kir Beardy

9.7

Very unusual rum. Cherry casks made their job very well - smell of cherry is awesome! — 11 years ago