Sugar Plum

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1959

From mag. meaty with dark plum and beautiful fresh balanced fruit. So bright and intense, with iodine, deep plum, salinity. Gorgeous stuff and an immaculate bottle. — 7 hours ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
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Ceccherini, Bob and 4 others liked this

Château Angélus

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2005

+2 hour decant(decent chunky/fine sediment). A prodigious purplish dark ruby red color. On the nose: intoxicating nose of dark fruit, musty forest floor, cigar wrapper, smoke, worn leather. Taste: Wow! Juicy, structured, layered, silky, mouthcoating wine with plum, blackberry, vanilla oak, cocoa, earth, and a baking spiced iron dark chocolate long finish with a slight tannic kick. YUM! A wonderful wine early in its drinking window. — 5 days ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
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Tom Casagrande

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Definitely sounds “YUM”!
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One of my Favorite’s!
Tom Garland

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@Tom Casagrandet@Rick Phillips Yep, fantastic producer. Cheers!

Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2004

At over 20 years old, the 2004 Opus One is showing beautifully, striking a balance between maturity and vibrancy. On the nose, it opens with an inviting bouquet of ripe blackberries, cassis, and dark cherries, layered with subtle notes of violet, tobacco, and espresso.
On the palate, the wine is smooth and full-bodied, with fine-grained tannins and a silky texture that coats the mouth without being heavy. The core is rich with dark fruit—black plum, currant, and a touch of blueberry—balanced by earthy undertones and a whisper of leather. Definitely one of my favorites.
— 17 days ago

Michael Cammarata
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Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1962

Slightly medicinal notes. Dark fruit, leather, cedar, plum and bitter cherry. Soft and long. — 7 hours ago

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Jan, Ceccherini and 5 others liked this

Heitz Cellar

Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1985

From mag. Dark plum and deep black cherry. Dried herbs and a bloody intensity. Something a touch off in the nose… A hint of tca? If so, very minor and not getting wise with time. Some Green notes. Pure but and intense and complex but there is that slight flaw with the nose. — 10 hours ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
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Ira, Jeroen and 8 others liked this

Masi

Costasera Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend

Plum, prune notes with molasses lingering notes. Very smooth. — 16 days ago

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Ridge Vineyards

Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2005

1 hour decant(some chunky/fine sediment). A splendid dark medium garnet with little bricking. On the nose: expressive perfumed nose with dark plum/cherry, currants,milk chocolate, baking spice, floral, wet forest floor, touch of roasted meat. Taste: silky, balanced, elegant wine that is singing at 20 years with dried red fruit, earth, chocolate, cedar, minerals, saline, and a spiced-tobacco-green bell pepper long finish. YUM! — a month ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
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Deborah M

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Nice!

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1962

From mag. Gorgeous soft plum and red cherry. Floral notes, hints of iodine and violets. Excellent. In great shape. — 7 hours ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
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Jan, Ceccherini and 4 others liked this

Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1982

A gorgeous entrancing nose. Roses and plum, floral notes. Quite subtle and polished. Glossy. Really delicious. Classy stuff. — 20 days ago

Walker StrangisDavid Schachter
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Ceccherini, Tom and 14 others liked this
Alan Weinberg

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I remember buying 3 bottles of this in 1985 after tasting at Dennis Overstreet. I had to steady my writing hand with my other hand as I had never paid $42.50 for a bottle of wine!
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Those were the days! A superb wine
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@Alan Weinberg scary that the sales tax today exceeds your cost of purchase in 1985

Silver Oak

Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Ron R
8.9

I can’t remember the last time I tasted this brand, and while it’s very approachable, it’s a total construction site. Vanilla and over-sweet brown sugar with resolved tannins. Not my cup-of-tea, but will be enjoyed by others. — a month ago

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🇺🇸 🪵 💣
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@Jay Kline, I have older vintages of Napa and Alexander Valley, and they are nothing like what I tasted here. Just so you know, the 94 Silver Oak Napa cab was the wine that actually helped to create my current, measly credit score… Silver Oak has certainly sh!t the bed (in my opinion) since the late 90’s.
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@Ron R I agree. I’ve had some vintages from the early 80’s that were really good but man…the oak has been overbearing for probably 20 years