Bob McDonald

9.5

Mid Lemon in colour. Primary aromas of toasty oak and riper fruit flavours. A full bodied Chardonnay with profound intensity. Cellar for 10 years if you wish. — 8 years ago

Matt Brock

9.3

I've had this bottle in the cellar for a LONG time (probably past peak)...waiting for the right occasion. Here is to ten eventful years of Builders Bargain. Jammy, delicate flavor. 13 years of aging has given this a very earthy quality. Decanted for 90 minutes but should get even more spectacular through the evening. Cheers! — 9 years ago

with Jennifer

Greg Gregory

9.7

This wine just gets better with more time in the bottle and some 120 minutes of air and a double decant. Ten more years and it should reach close to perfection. Intensity, not density, great structure and seamless tannins. Remarkable for the vintage. — 10 years ago

Mark Oldman

9.4

#DRC #Richebourg 1966: out of the gate its nose was as compelling as the accompanying La Romanée-Conti 1996, the former displaying an explosive and complex swirl of mature cherry, brown sugar, and leather. But ten minutes later that leathery aspect began dominating the others and the wine started a deep, unexpected decline, its sexy sweetness fading like a volume knob twisting to off. We marveled at this unusual shift, continuing on to our final glasses. Another surprise came at the end the Riche partially returned to the sweetness and succulence of its first moments. Can a palate experience whiplash? — 11 years ago

Mark Povey

9.4

Oh so yum!!! Very complex point Gris — 11 years ago

with Pip

M K

9.5

Sweet red! — 11 years ago

Bonnie Wilson

9.1

Drank on The World — 8 years ago

Benjamin Hickey

8.9

Still young, bit of malo. — 9 years ago

Neil Cornish

9.0

Chalky and intense. Floral finish. Fruit starts to show after being in the glass for ten minutes or so. If you can wait that long and not just glut it! — 10 years ago

with Jon and Michael

Julia Indik

9.0

Cherries come through with moderate acidity through the finish. Definitely needed at least ten minutes to open up and reveal the flavor — 10 years ago

Dave Kluz

9.2

Crazy. Eucalyptus leaves and blood orange. Light and delicate, yet amazing length and linearity. Red cherry and berry fruit. — 11 years ago

with Andrew, Clement and 2 others

Alan Weinberg

9.4

tart acids in front with no fruit--after ten minutes, the acidity melded into the background and gorgeous fruit and tertiary elements filled nose and palate, becoming a gorgeous bottle of red Burgundy--more finesse than expected from a Gevrey. Stunning wine. — 11 years ago

Adam Runka

9.1

On its way out. But still so good. — 12 years ago

Rosemary Liss

9.0

Damn I wish I'd waited another ten minutes. This bad boy opens up like a maniac. Tannic in all the right ways it takes the salvia right out of your mouth and pumps in the good stuff. One of those salacious wines that teases you on the nose and is much more drinkable than expected. I'd take this one to bed any night. — 9 years ago

Vijay Parikh

9.5

The1998 Clos De La Roche from Maison Roche De Bellene was a simply amazing wine! Opened and poured into wine glasses from wine bottle. Within ten minutes it was offering a great perfume of roses, cranbeerry, red berries and on the palate solid acidity, back be and complexity in flavor profile. The wine kept getting more complex for the first thirty or so minutes. We are so looking forward to our next bottle! — 10 years ago

Jordan Skinner

9.7

Upon opening: "holy $h17!! Is this Barolo!?" Five minutes later: "my wine... It's changing!" Ten minutes later: "there you are Gamay! It's good to see you again." — 10 years ago

Neil Cornish

9.0

Perfect summer wine. Salmon pink, totally dry. Elegant mineral infused strawberry. Takes about ten minutes to finish a bottle. Solo. — 10 years ago

Michael Mcdermott

9.5

Leather chicory nose, drinking ten minutes after decanting a 2005. Tannins soft. Wood and blueberry fruit. Nice! — 11 years ago

Phillip Robinson

8.9

More complexity than the 10 x — 11 years ago

Bruce Rudman

9.5

I liked it but thought it needed lots more time and/or a longer decant than a few minutes. Nicely balanced and lots of fruit. It was a lot like an'07 Sea Smoke Ten recently tasted blind and only popped and poured. I will bet it is a lot better after an hour or two of air. Kinda mono-note. — 12 years ago