Josh Morgenthau

9.3

Signature Margaux aroma. Leather bound book, musty cabernet pepper, purple flowers, hickory smoke, and spice. Some pyrazines. Very silky texture and great volume. Tree bark and cassis on the palate. Fruit emerging after an hour. — 4 years ago

Paul J

9.7

This absolutely rocked!!! Darkish gold color. Butter, cream, lemon, and oak on the nose and throughout the palate. Excellent texture and medium plus depth. Excellent QPR and I’ll be buying more!l as I only have one left. — 5 years ago

with Brooke

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Pontet Canet tasting and dinner with Alfred Tesseron.

The fruits are ripe, ruby. Blackberries, black raspberries, black plum skin, raspberries & strawberries. Dark rich soils, dark spice, crushed dry rocks, black licorice, tobacco, soft leather, graphite, Great balance fruit and earth. The body is velvety and statin. The structure, length, tension and balance are just coming around. The texture is gorgeous. The acidity is round and excellent. The finish delicious and persists nicely.

Photos of; our dinner group, The K&L Bordeaux Buyer-Ralph Sands and Alfred talking about the wines, Clyde Beffa Jr. -Owner of K&L Wine Merchants and Chateau Pontet Canet. — 7 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.4

Mid Gold in colour, looking way older than it actually is. Strong aromas of Apricot and to a lesser extent honeysuckle and White flowers. An unctuous flavoursome full bodied palate exhibiting great texture and intensity with the Apricot coming through. Finishes Dry. Delicious and different. Will purchase more. Muscat of Alexandria also known as Zibibbo in Sicily. — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

When it comes to my B-day, there is only one fit, an old Pichon Lalande with my Ribeye. As a lover of Bordeaux, these two are my favorite pairing. It’s a very slow walk to the finishline. A small bite of steak and a sip of 89 Pichon Lalande. Then, repeat until finished. I had some concerns about this bottle. A slightly slippery and crumbling cork. The first sip was not bad, but not what you want or are expecting. After some time in the decanter, it really started to shine. On the nose; ripe, ruby, floral cassis, blackberries, dark sweet & sour cherries, baked strawberries, blue fruit hues, dry cranberries, baked rhubarb, saddlewood, soft, used leather, bay leaf, touch of sage, hint of spearmint, eucalyptus, vanilla, cinnamon, crushed dry crushed rock powder, black turned earth, dry brown soil with clay, tobacco leaf and perfumed red florals with violets. The body is full, round and silky. Tannins are well resolved at around 80%. The texture, length, tension and length are in a sweet spot. The fruits are ripe, ruby & expressively floral. Blackberries, dark sweet & sour cherries, baked strawberries, blue fruit hues, dry cranberries, baked rhubarb, saddlewood, soft, used leather, bay leaf, touch of sage, hint of spearmint, eucalyptus, vanilla, cinnamon, crushed dry crushed rock powder, black turned earth, dry brown soil with clay, scorched earth, tobacco leaf and perfumed red florals with violets. The acidity is just a little off but still nice. The finish is divided nearly equally in fruit, earth, florals and herbaceous. It’s very enjoyable but falls just a little short in longer, lingering length. This bottle had good storage, not great. Even so, still has another three to five years ahead. A bottle with excellent storage has another five years beyond this one. Photos of; the backside of Pichon Lalande, angled terrace view of their vines right next to Latour, my steak & twice baked potato (so good) and CEO Nicolas Glumineau. — 9 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

Oh heck. I wish I had more. I don't know Aussie wine but don't think that would make a big diff in how to interpret this oner. It is an individual and a nice one at that.
It is smooth and merlot Berry then POW there are your Gewurtztraminer spices and whoa. Despite my hatred of the color of yellow I can dig it. Yowza. — 11 years ago

Martin Frowde

9.2

Drinking the 1991 in 2016 after over 2 hours of decanting. Wonderful light sherry type nose with a hint of pepper and quite brick red colour around the edges. Such a soft texture on the tongue though still a little astringency on the finish. Very good. — 11 years ago

with Georgina

Sergio Licea

10

Bright red cherry, dried meat, olives, white pepper, black pepper, white flowers. Soft silky texture with balanced acidity to smooth tannin feel. Long finish, slightly bitter kick towards the end. Awesome! — 12 years ago

Patrick Blondin Sommelier

9.8

Notes d'amande, de pâtisserie- vanille, pain grillé. En bouche notes iodé, fruits à chaire blanches - 2003

Le 1998 développe des notes de noix mélangés, minéral, encore du fruit. Texture enveloppante et longueur — 13 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.2

Love the texture & mouthfeel. — 5 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

One of my favorite Producers of Barolo. The Monvigliero with its elegance, floral, silky texture along with its whole cluster is youthful, structured showing lots of cherry, strawberry fruits, savory spice, herbs, rose petal & tobacco. Consistent with my many prior notes. — 5 years ago

Sean Herriott

9.2

First Class. So young, but the plush texture is Amazeballs! — 8 years ago

Josh Raynolds

9.6

1995 just hitting it's stride - smoky earth, pipe tobacco, cherry and cassis in abundance, velvety texture and amazing length. Probably even more interesting in another five to ten years but why wait if you've got a couple or more? — 8 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Dark purple plum skin color from center to the rim’s edge where some scarlet also appears. Opaque. Great fruit forward nose that grabs your attention. Notes of blackberries, ripe plums, violets, tobacco, forest floor and some crushed walnuts. Rich and silky in the mouth. Great balance and texture. Tannins perfectly integrated. Long finish. If a Cal Cab can be seductive, this is it. Still youthful but in a great zone tonight. — 8 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.2

Medium ruby color and a pronounced nose of raspberry, violet and a spice note reminiscent of sandalwood incense. Lovely medium body with silky texture. Good acid balance for food pairing and a long lovely finish. Wonderful evocation of serious Beaujolais — 9 years ago

Alex Xu

9.8

Sublime depth and complexity, mushroom, leather, black pepper, charcuterie, intergrated with beautiful red and black fruit. Beautiful texture and weight - rounded but with good heft. Lots of oomph — 10 years ago

John Kanellopoulos

9.6

Did not decant on purpose and enjoyed almost 5 different wines from 1 bottle the finesse, body, aromas texture color and purity of left bank Bordeaux in a 750cc bottle we were lucky with the cork on this one...
— 10 years ago

Zach Rhodes

9.2

Powerful and velvety texture. Plum, blueberry, currant, boysenberry. — 11 years ago

with Daniel

Criso Santiago

10

Very great vintage with a dry sweet texture wonderful with a nice home cooked meal, and the right person to enjoy it with :) — 12 years ago

Pooneet K

9.2

Wonderful Mathiasson with a bit of age. I’m loving their whites in this 5-10 year range. Excellent white fruit, honeysuckle, great texture, nice acid. Quite complete. Delicious. — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale lemon with aromas of stone and tropical fruits. Made from 40-year old vines, aged in 100% stainless steel. On the palate flavors of bright lemon citrus with crisp apple and peach notes. This medium-body wine has crisp acidity, good balance and nice mouthfeel, smooth long finish ending with creamy mineral texture. Very Nice! — 5 years ago

Dennis Gastineau

9.6

2001 in Nov 2019 with old friends. Lovely full, deep texture, had it before a salmon dinner and really served as an appetizer, so complete and satisfying. Slight cinnamon with absolutely no edge. — 7 years ago

Paul J

9.4

1hr+ decant and could use more. Drinking nicely but has age left in it. Cherry and oak on the nose, with more subdued French tones than most of the Bordeaux’s I’ve had. It has a great texture that makes it consumable over a long time frame. Wine is very fruit forward with massive cherry. I’ve never had a wine that smoothers and encapsulates the palate like this one. Small sips are like full mouthfuls. Long finish. — 8 years ago

with Brooke

Jake Hajer

9.2

Legit. Old world. Texture and depth, yet lean. Pomegranate. Grapefruit. — 8 years ago

Adam Kincaid

9.1

Showing gorgeously. Tons of stone fruit round out this gentle friend, but it all starts with a white flower bouquet that keeps luring you in for sip after sip. Apricot and peach are the dominant fruits. Nice oily texture, a little hot. This grape is the actual love child of riesling and gewurztraminer, and there is no doubt about that. — 8 years ago

with Jillian

Doug Kahn

9.0

Not my favorite vintage of opus. Too lean and faded at points. Not much power and texture as I would like at this age — 9 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.3

Damn good, layers of lemon, white peach, some honeydew notes has enough of everything, body and a texture that's light and playful but has the weight to roll around. Made me rethink why I don't go for white blends more often and the answer is few do it right! This is so right! v.2015 — 10 years ago

Brad Hemmer

9.1

Silky, creamy mashed banana, honey, nutty, apples. Great texture, nice acidity, fun wine. — 11 years ago

with Jenny

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.4

A blend of 60/40 Pinot noir and Chardonnay almost all grand cru but everything is mid slope and chalky soils a perfect balance between power and elegance minimum 25 years. A very creamy texture on the nose. A very long finish with a good amount of richness 80% biodynamic. The aim is to convert all has a bit of a nutty almond character. — 11 years ago

Charles Schneider

9.3

In a bit of a reductive stage, but beautiful texture. I had a schistgasm. — 12 years ago