Daron Watson

9.3

rich dark & red fruits, initially green herbaceous but quickly turns to leather & licorice w tobacco ~ fruits continue rich & sweet w mocha & dark chocolate ~ more forward to mid palate but resonates w good temporal length — a year ago

Apocalypse Rex

9.1

This wine has a very nice fruity body with a bit of a dry finish. Currants come to mind. This is a wine best paired with a mind ready to transcend beyond this temporal realm, through the veil, and into the Void of Distortion! This wine is the palatable equivalent of a saw wave oscillating through the plenum cabling and into your grey matter. One day we will all be consumed by the cubular harbingers. But until that day consider Lodi’s plunger-head wine. On a Tuesday evening it is quite nice. — 5 years ago

Raphael Houdmont

9.3

Rich Chardonnay with great temporal length, high in alcohol (13.5%) and powerful flavours of honey and passion fruit. — 10 years ago

Bob Boyle

9.1

Nose somewhat closed but as it opened exhibited red fruits, body of blackberry/strawberry with fine tannins providing structure. Could benefit from more bottle time but an aggressive decant can yield temporal benefits fir more immediate gratification. Good long finish — 5 years ago

Chris Krueger

9.2

Needs a lot of air - different wine on Day 2 — 6 years ago

James Forsyth

9.4

It's 1945 in Pauillac... the First Growth Mouton Rothschild celebrates the victory year with an innovative label, drawn by the artist Philippe Jullian, setting into motion a tradition synonymous with the famous estate. The vintage is considered one of the best on record and this Pauillac wine perhaps the pick of the year. Seventy years later a large format of the 1945 Mouton Rothschild becomes one of the most expensive bottles ever sold. It is stuff of legend, "immortal" no less. Down the road Château Croizet-Bages was doing its thing, making tasty wines without fanfare. A bottle of their 1945 found its way into my hands via Darren Scott of Red Room, Austin's excellent speakeasy/wine bar. The fill was almost into the belly. Not a good sign. I was expecting a dud for sure but that's part of the fun with these wines. You roll the dice, winning is an upside not to be expected. The sommelier approached the bottle with caution. (As an aside, all restaurants should have Durands on hand for older bottles.) My heart was in my mouth as the cork was prized from the bottle with a normal waiter's corkscrew. It came out in one piece, a stained but solid cylinder of promise. I tried it. Certainly a little dusty but with underlying freshness and even a hint of ripe, dark fruit. Tobacco, Earl Gray tea and coffee were present. The finish was long. The wine retained vibrancy even at its grand age. The 1945 Croizet-Bages was a gem, in part because of the low expectations, in part because of its proximity (temporal and geographical) to a legend, but mostly because it was just plain delicious. — 7 years ago

Seth Pelletier

9.3

The 1998 Clarendon Hills Grenache presents on the nose with the gravity of a notable moment in history. It’s a vintage you would rather experience on the nose for hours. Bramble and blackberries are prominent on the nose.

This vintage isn’t past it’s prime but it’s best to drink soon. I sense this wine will begin to decline over the next several years.

At first this vintage offers a fantastic array of plum notes and leather bound novels on the palate. Well-structured tannins target the gums and complement the dark fruits. The experience on the back palate is temporal but magnificent with gravel and soil characterizing the texture — 5 years ago

Robert Moss

9.4

With a hint of eucalyptus and a robust spicy fruit flavor this wine truly encompasses all that Mondavi can be. It truly sustains all temporal bounds. — 7 years ago

Mike Dombrow

Buyer Sunfish Cellars

10

Given that true intellectual and emotional compatibility are, at the very least, difficult, if not impossible, to come by We could always opt for the more temporal gratification of sheer physical attraction. That wouldn't make you a shallow person would it? — 10 years ago