Severn Goodwin

9.6

The weekend upon us and we're hosting another dinner party for a couple of friends. Tonight's theme was Rhone wine, so good stuff on deck, with age.

Notes pending... (Entertaining guests first 😉)

Absolutely perfect, yet only coming into it's zone, decade to go here...

Notes from +24H open:
Nose has ripe cherry, dried cherry, dried blackberry, red velvet cake, ripe plum and dry, mineral-ly earth.

Palate has silky-sweet cherry, ripe red currant, (light) cigar wrapper, dried cherry, faint eucalyptus, faint wood notes, dry earth, faint iron notes on the long finish. Mild tannins persist today. Expect to enjoy this vintage another +10Y when held in proper storage.

This bottle was singing at the top of its register last night, slightly diminished today. Absolutely perfect cork, no Durand required for extraction. Acquired a mere two years ago, from a local retailer beginning to close down his shop. He purchased a case on release, stored in his cold cellar; when I got to hunting it only a single bottle remained.

I've had the 2000 vintage before, and it was a treat in a more youthful stage, but a delicacy with our meal last night. We baked a 3lb beef tenderloin (Kinderhook Farm; Valatie, NY) coated in an herb paste then an herbed panko crumb crust with parmesan. About a 50m cook, 30m rest yeilded a perfect 130° center. Served alongside smashed potatoes and roasted brussel sprouts with thick cut bacon. We had fantastic company, connecting again with a wine trade friend and his wife after a few years break in our dining schedules. — 4 years ago

Molly Matalon

9.0

fizzy weird cool strawberry — 5 years ago

Andy Strand

9.2

Always solid — 6 years ago

with stephanie

Mike Saviage

9.4

Tawny and almost opaque. Masculine heavy nose. Notes of black fruit, earth and iron. Rich and silky. Needed 4+ hours of air to open up. Light finish maybe representative of the vintage. Pretty good. No need to hurry on these. — 6 years ago

Randall Brater

9.1

Lots of bubbles. Very faint pink. Light raspberry and strawberry. Medium mousse. Really good. — 7 years ago

Michael Gallegos

Sales & Hospitality Red Car Winery

9.1

2003 is still 10+ years young. Plenty of tannins from both oak and fruit, and gobs of ripe black fruit. A "manly" wine and has some metalicism, iron, plums, blackberries, violets, and pepper. — 8 years ago

Craig Sedmak

9.0

#delicious @ironhorsevynds #impressive #weddingcuvee — 9 years ago

Patrick Kelly

9.3

Well done in what's supposed to be an off year. This is excellent — 10 years ago

Eileen Hallmark

9.2

1999 is the choice for the Iron Bowl. #WarEagle. Tons of black cherry, leather. I really like where it is drinking now. — 11 years ago

Brett Owens

9.0

Nice Chardonnay. — 4 years ago

Ben LaBolt

9.0

Beautiful winery that also produces bubbly. Medium bodied pinots that are well balanced w nice fruit. — 5 years ago

with Leo

Randall Brater

9.0

Citrus, lime and cream on the nose. Nice bubbles. Light, with medium tartness and balanced fruit. Very enjoyable. — 5 years ago

Bret Anderson

9.9

Dry, complex, dynamic food pairing — 5 years ago

Avery Plank

9.4

Bought this in 2014 from Lsat Bottle. Should have bought more, it was a steal at the time and it has gotten even better in the last 5 years. Not too acidic, good amount of yeast, and overall excellent sparkling wine. 69% Pinot Noir, 31% Chardonnay — 6 years ago

Keith Newton

9.8

After 10 years this is absolutely fabulous. Throw the French or English kings of cheese at it, and it will match them nobly — 7 years ago

Michael Sew Hoy

8.9

2014. Primary until day three. Picked up some iron and blood. — 7 years ago

Raj Harb

9.4

Found this more airy and lifted than my last bottle. Green pepper and vegetal notes rather than beefy iron etc. Showed well — 8 years ago

Sam Viklund

9.7

Truffles, iron, minerals, cassis. From the "dark queen" of châteauneuf! 👸🏻 — 9 years ago

Keith Whitener WSET Diploma, CSW

9.0

I like it. Bacchus and Venus wine club shipment — 10 years ago

Cory Stemshorn

9.4

Smith Madrone tasting — 10 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.5

Color - dark purple garnet. A bold expressive funky perfume fruit nose so classic of Cayuse with mineral-meat, smokey and mint notes lingering with a vanilla toast scent. Juicy and elegant; rich with dark plum-cherry flavors intertwined with a smokey soil bacon bitters taste—the mineral-iron characteristics follow with a tobacco long finish. Looking forward to seeing how the flavors change with different foods and as the wine opens up. Bionic Frog is favorite and definitely a wine to try and store in your cellar. Christophe Baron does it again! — 4 years ago

with Karin and Jill

Gregg Congleton

9.2

Said in my Homer Simpson voice: “mmmm Kistler Stone Flat Chardonnay....” - cloudy hue / canary yellow diamond in color; apple seeds to the nose, alcohol, barely noticeable oak; smooth and almost caramel candy taste. — 5 years ago

Donald Williams

9.6

Bonnie’s favorite Pinot Noir, with good reason. It’s just beautiful. — 5 years ago

with Bonnie

Jake Hajer

9.1

Aromatic, charred red bell pepper. Extracted, dark, serious. — 6 years ago

Jack Petras

9.1

1995 vintage. Still deep purple red, subtle earthy leather aromas with a burst of fresh red raspberries mid palate. Lots of herbal hints like anise and tarragon. Finished with graphite and iron. Changed with each sip. Very nice mature and fully approachable left bank beauty. — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.7

A broad sexy nose with a whiff of band aid. Sweet red fruit but great balancing acidity. Lovely animal, iron, tobacco, gnarly blue depth, iodine. Really lush and spectacular. And long. — 8 years ago

with Matt

Rochelle

9.3

For the price just amazing... Blackberry, black cherry, boysenberry flavor ... A huge flavorful palate .. Full bodied and a long finish! A smokey cedar nose and full of spice ❣ I am really happy with this❤️ — 9 years ago

Randy P

9.0

Loved it. Tiny beautiful bubbles. A bit sweet for me but the acidic backbone is still present which makes it drinkable. Empty bottle. — 9 years ago

Chris Vaszily

10

Very nice Cab! Had with Laurie at the Warehouse! Big and bold — 10 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.1

A Michel chapoutier wine imported direct by country vintners. A cool climate Syrah from Australia. — 12 years ago