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.. — 5 years ago

with Gregory

Mark Flesher

9.2

D6. Young. Very young. Even though it was decanted and frequently agitated, this one didn't come out to play until almost 2 hr after opening. Nose of Bing cherry and mint. Some red clay must. The entry is very acidic. Black cherry hint but Bing cherry backbone. Herbal middle. Started to show terroir-driven notes to the finish. Youthful and tight tannin. LOTS of life ahead. Be in NO HURRY to drink this one. I'd say optimal drinking time 5 to 10 years. — 6 years ago

Douglas Tan

9.0

Very disappointing for a 1st growth!
Not much to show,nothing special about this vintage! — 7 years ago

Bryan Glanzberg

9.5

About two hours in the decanter before drinking. Really started to open up and show its true self. Light rose petals, tar and whole lots of earth. Definitely fading but a nice surprise — 7 years ago

Phil Stice

8.9

Dark cola. Viscous. Alcohol doesn't show though. Raisiny — 8 years ago

with Josh, Jim and 3 others

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 — 8 years ago

Matt Duncan

9.9

A real show stopper out of 1.5. A true pleasure to share it with great wine makers in Toronto... — 10 years ago

Ken Kasner

9.2

Post Auto Show dinner with Steve, Kevin and Lauren. — 10 years ago

Scott Barber

Wine Educator Meadowood Napa Valley

9.0

Ok, now I get sparkling Shiraz. — 10 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 — 10 years ago

MJ Thompson

10

The Show

Hefty bold delight with a nice smooth irresistible finish. — 11 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Joseph Phelps Party and the 83 Insignia from magnum.

The nose reveals; floral liqueur notes, more mid red fruits; strawberries, cherries & dark cherries. Blackberries, black raspberries, rhubarb, soft, volcanic minerals, limestone, steeped fruit tea, cedar, old leather & tobacco, dry crushed rocks, dark spices, dry herbal notes, eucalyptus, dry stems with dry & withering dark, red florals.

The body is medium full with a fair amount of tannins in a wine with this age. The structure, tension, length and balance are still quite sound with harmony. Floral liqueur notes, more mid red fruits, strawberries, cherries & dark cherries. Blackberries, black raspberries, rhubarb, soft, volcanic minerals, limestone, steeped fruit tea, dark spice with some heat, cedar, old leather & tobacco, cedar, dry crushed rocks, dark spices, dry herbal notes, eucalyptus, dry stems with some funkiness. withering dark, red florals. The acidity is nice. The long finish still show ripeness, good balance but, has leaned and shows nice persistence. — 6 years ago

Kevin Rogers

Owner/Winemaker Nico Wines

9.1

Damn delicious Gville. Needs time to really show its greatness. — 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. — 7 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.0

Fan of oakville fruit. Big, round, dry. Well made, but think it needs some time in the bottle for real character to show. — 7 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.6

This could be the best Dominus ever surpassing the great 91 & 94 vintages. Dominus always needs time in the cellar to develop and show its Bordeaux style character but this was surprisingly approachable after a 2 hr decant showing layers of dark fruits, cassis, violets, earth, mocha and spices, densely structured with great balance and length. — 8 years ago

Nathaniel DiMaggio

9.0

Just starting to show secondary notes of bacon and smoked meats but still very primary. — 9 years ago

with David

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. — 10 years ago

David Skurnik

10

The star of an extremely consistent and incredible show. #corison #25 — 10 years ago

with Skurnik and Sanjuana

Christopher Sprague

9.3

Great start to the night! Starting to show some age still focused and Balanced — 10 years ago

Paul Taylor

9.4

Smooth and extremely drinkable.
Great find on clearance at LCBO — 11 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

Pontet Canet tasting and dinner with Alfred Tesseron.

The 13 was a brutal tannin vintage when I tasted it at En Premier. The tannins are still bitty but, nothing like they were out of barrel.

The fruit in the 13 shows the difficulty in the vintage. They are duller and it’s really stands out from other vintages and not in a good way.

It’s lean and there is nothing that really draws you in. Fruits are; dark cherries, rhubarb, blackberries, some blueberries@and the strawberries show some ripeness the other do not. Lots of dry earth, dry stones, some herbs, dark withering florals, decent acidity and a uneventful dry finish.

Photos of; Clyde and Alfred at the bar, their Amphora style cement tanks they ferment part of each vintage now, road signs of the good neighbors they keep and Chateau Pontet Canet. — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.5

It was between this and the 1987 Spottswoode. Glad I chose this one. This is a black fruit dominated wine that actually had a rather sweet nose even after 2 hours of popping the cork. There is still so much youth here, but the middle shows an extremely mature integration that only time I can give these wines. Some herbs showing here in the middle. Super impressed, and this one is drinking extremely well. It is not showing the aged black fruit profile that lots of wines of this year are starting to show. If served blind, I would have guessed this was a 2005. Finishes soft, with excellent tanic integration. I still think this bottle would appreciate over the next couple of years, and then it will be at peak for who-knows-how-long. Wow. — 6 years ago

with Dan and Shay

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 — 8 years ago

with Eli and Laura

Bill Bishop

9.3

We drank the 1980 Chateau Montalena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon with the 1980 Carneros Creek Turnbull/Fay Cab & Truchard Cabs. All three showing very well. All three acquired at release. The Montalena is very nice. It needed 15-20+ minutes to show its best. Great cherry, raspberry fruit. Perfectly mature now. Will hold for a couple years but peaking now. Enjoy if you have any of the wine. — 8 years ago

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. — 9 years ago

Linh Tran

9.5

It's a very smooth drink! Fantastic! — 10 years ago

Mark Oldman

10

1937 Lafaurie-Peyraguey: seventy-eight years had nothing on this still-fresh show-stopper. Lucid amber color, tangy marmalade-tinged flavor, medium-weight that is not tiring to drink at all. Threads the needle with perfect balance of honeyed intensity and bright acidity. One of the best ‪#‎Sauternes‬ ever to grace these lips. The perfect ‪#‎wine‬ when the wolves of life are howling outside your door. — 10 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.1

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

with Tom

David Beckwith

Partner/Wine Advisor Grand Cru Wine Consulting

9.0

Starting to show it's stuff, but still needs a lot more time to truly show it's roots. — 12 years ago