Bob McDonald

9.1

Tuesday the 26th of January was Australia Day and a public holiday. What better way to celebrate than Australia’s best fizz Arras Grand Vintage from Tasmania. Quite light lemon in colour. Very citrussy and mineral on the nose. 7 years on Lees showing in the complexity of the palate which still shows tension and refreshment. See previous notes for the 2007 which was slightly better and Champion Wine of the Royal Brisbane Show. — 3 years ago

Douglas Tan

9.0

Very disappointing for a 1st growth!
Not much to show,nothing special about this vintage! — 6 years ago

Michael Greene

9.2

Fantastic. Super floral nose. Cherries and leather in the palate. Super balance, but needs a long decant and good for the tannins to settle down for it to really show its stuff. Immensely satisfying with a bowl of truffled gnocchi. — 6 years ago

speedy duncan

9.1

So much potential just beginning to show up, the weight alone is worth the ticket fruit, mineral and acid all compacted and balanced-wish the meal lived up to it — 7 years ago

with Eli and Laura

Phil Stice

8.9

Dark cola. Viscous. Alcohol doesn't show though. Raisiny — 7 years ago

with Josh, Jim and 3 others

Nathaniel DiMaggio

9.0

Just starting to show secondary notes of bacon and smoked meats but still very primary. — 8 years ago

with David

Paul Albright

9.1

Impressive depth and complexity - starting to show secondary flavors — 8 years ago

Robert Bodack

9.0

Compelling Rhone, beginning to show its age, but exceedingly nuanced. Previous bottles were bold with earthy fruit, undeniably, old school French. It could be said, that God himself, made this wine, to go with the Lamb Chops we grilled! 89, maybe 90, at this point. — 9 years ago

David Skurnik

10

The star of an extremely consistent and incredible show. #corison #25 — 9 years ago

with Skurnik and Sanjuana

Ryan Flinn

10

Amazing wine. Starting to show secondary flavors of truffles and stewed fruit, yet still retains bright, tart youthful red fruits too. Getting so many layers of flavors - maple syrup, cherry jolly ranchers, red currants, on and on. — 10 years ago

Chris McClellan

9.1

Ripe blueberry, baking spices and slight leather...took some time to open...then the cab frank started to show itself and integrated beautifully.. — 4 years ago

with Gregory

Mark Flesher

9.3

En Magnum. This wine just seemed very different. Not sure this is what I was really expecting from an 83 Montelena even from Magnum. I don't think I was expecting it to taste like a 2010 Spottswoode. Had almost a Bordeaux character to it, which I guess I'm really not surprised at all about that. At first, this wine was FUN-KY!!!! Was itching to get down to business though. Nose was mushroom, fig, cedar, anise. Palate was eventually consistent with the nose but the middle and finish is where this gained a substantial amount of aged blackberry and toasted oak. I really can't say that this wine was a show stopper, but it definitely got my attention in a slightly different way than I was expecting. If you have any of these in 750 or mag, I'd say it's time to start drinking them!! — 5 years ago

with Dan, Shay and 1 other

Henrik Poulsen

9.3

Having this (and the '90) in my own cellar I've always had high hopes but have honestly not been impressed over the last decade, thinking they were starting to show the "hollowness" (caramelized/drying out/tannic version) of Sauternes in a not ideal vintage.
However this bottle tonight shared by a friend have my hopes back up.
This was singing...
— 7 years ago

with Jeff, WineMascot and 3 others

Jean-Francois Pelletier

9.1

Good color. Muted nose at first but with a short decant, it started to show the dark fruit and leather notes that are typical of a good aged Bordeaux blend. Full body with a great balance. Long finish. — 8 years ago

with Frankie

Jeffrey Winick

9.2

Tight as a drum but got better as the night wore on. Definitely didn't show the ripeness of 2006. Would have guessed 2001 if asked. But still textbook Roumier. — 8 years ago

Thomas Monroe

Winemaker Division Winemaking Company, Owner/Winemaker SE Wine Collective

9.4

#gd50 pre show Chablis is redic — 9 years ago

Ken Kasner

9.2

Post Auto Show dinner with Steve, Kevin and Lauren. — 9 years ago

Rachid Djilali

9.7

This is one of the best one I have never had to drink....stored very well and show amazing after 45 minutes — 9 years ago

Paul Taylor

9.4

Smooth and extremely drinkable.
Great find on clearance at LCBO — 10 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.6

Beautifully dark and rich. So typically pontet canet and to that extent, typically pauillac in style. Beautiful example of the pontet style and the ripe 2003 vintage. I personally love where the 03s are right now. Very hedonistic but starting to show some secondary aromas and flavors. The 03s never seem to shut down and just continue to get better and better — 4 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.5

On a normal night this would be the star of any show. — 6 years ago

with Max

Doug Kahn

9.5

🔥🔥🔥smoke show🔥🔥🔥 — 7 years ago

Markus Alexander

9.1

Decanted an hour+ and consumed slowly over the course of a meal. Paired with curry fries and lamb shank at Black Sheep. Solid rioja but I'm still a Lopez guy. A little less going on, pretty tight still. Dill and eucalyptus and blood upon opening, more refined with air. Probably could have used more air to show at its best, but I still think the touch of funk in the Lopez equivalents just does it for me. Glad to have finally tried this! — 7 years ago

E & K G

9.2

Take your time here and you might want to decant this for 1hr or so. Structure and focus start to show the longer you give it. Didn't quite meet the RP 99 score but a great bottle. #hawaii #wheninamerica #homesweethome — 7 years ago

Cason Love

9.2

Starting to show secondaries. Crushed rock, lemon and a hint of floral. Very impressive — 8 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.5

Stood out in a vertical along with 96' still quite youthful overall, nose has wonderful mix of blackcurrant, cassis, sous Bois, smoke, graphite. Deep, rich and giving, this is in a wonderful place at the mo. Powerful, youthful sweet black fruit with spice laden tannins that though are starting to soften show great power and class. Wonderful! — 9 years ago

Linh Tran

9.5

It's a very smooth drink! Fantastic! — 9 years ago

Scott Barber

Wine Educator Meadowood Napa Valley

9.0

Ok, now I get sparkling Shiraz. — 9 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.1

Always Good these guys..... — 10 years ago

with Tom

MJ Thompson

10

The Show

Hefty bold delight with a nice smooth irresistible finish. — 10 years ago