Pooneet K

9.1

Very nice but perhaps a bit over the hill - from half bottle. Truly classic as expected with lots of deep leather, dusty dark red fruit, cassis, and refined tannins. Good acid that does hold things together nicely. Nothing like a good Bordeaux to ring in proper wine season. — 8 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.7

This was a slow leaker. Amazingly it was fresh with years left. Truly beautiful and not a bit cloying which is my usual pan on Yquem. Guess I just have to wait 50 years! — 9 years ago

Edmond Bordelon

9.0

A great time at The Capital Grille deserves some great wines. We had a few and ran the Napa gamut. The Insignia was up first and it did not disappoint. They always have a nice complexity of flavors battling it out for attention. One moment it is an early blackberry and the next it is a bright plum. Truly enjoyable. — 10 years ago

with Katherine and Lauren

Aske Munck

9.6

Hot diggidy. Nady Foucault is truly a wine wiz! Subtle and yet with a full bodied depth. — 10 years ago

with Christina and jams

Spinning_spins

9.5

Gorgeous, complex nose and palate of balsamic and black cherry, with 🍄 and tobacco, licorice, spice and oak. Speaking of oak, it is very well-integrated, supporting the fruit instead of eclipsing it. Perfect weight on the palate, with all of the physiochemical aspects of the wine translating seamlessly into the metaphysical. A truly great wine, and a testament to the 2005 vintage. The only reason I didn't score it higher is because it is still young, with more potential to develop. — 10 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.9

Now we're talking! A vintage lost by following the monumental 1971. This was truly spectacular and one of the most complete wines, not just Burgundy, I've had in awhile. Amazing length, gobs of wet earth and crushed ripe raspberries and black cherries, and that wonderful hint of salinity you get as you swirl the wine across your tongue. — 11 years ago

Denise Collins

9.5

My love for Krug knows no bounds. Bready, yeasty notes jump out of the glass towards you but quickly soften into those of honey butter. Ginger and spice notes. Lees driven but well integrated with medium high acid. This champagne is so complex that it's almost impossible to truly detect where one note of flavor ends and the other begins. — 11 years ago

Rgayton@lakesidevfo.com

9.8

This 56 year old gem is showing no signs of old age. Truly a sublime experience with a balance of power and grace. — 11 years ago

Christanna Honer

9.9

This wine is damn near perfect. So many layers of spice, florals, herbs, soil, dark fruit, red fruit-- so soft and truly velvety on the palate, it's actually soothing to drink. Bravo. — 11 years ago

Doug Banks

Sales & Marketing Terroir Selections

9.7

It was truly beautiful. — 13 years ago

Ludovic Anacleto

9.6

Wasn’t expecting “much” of 88 Margaux but 😳 , it was a killer ! Plush, sexy, multilayered, everlasting finish, great oak integration and vivid acidity. Love the cedar-camphor- dry eucalyptus nose. This wine got it all right and had a truly great evolution. — 8 years ago

Gokhan Hotamisligil

9.6

This is a truly wonderful wine. One of the best bottles that I had. — 9 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.6

simply stunning wine that led the field in a packed and stacked night. Vosne spice and a great finish that truly fanned out like a peacock's tail--all the DRC superlatives are appropriate with this bottle. Blew the 85 away, as it was surprisingly closed compared to 78. — 10 years ago

Jen Woodford

9.4

Thanks Sam for ending our dinner with a fabulous rose champagne! You are truly a rising star sommelier! Nashville is lucky to have you! We enjoyed being with you! — 10 years ago

with Scott

Scorewine

Wine writer http://www.israelwines.co.il

9.1

This wine is showing beautifully at the age of 21, deep gold color, lovely nose full dry apricot, honey, orange peels, dates and a touch of flowers scent, full creamy body, not very sweet with lovely supporting acidity, long finish. A truly delicious dessert wine from a reasonable Sauternes vintage. My score 91, drink to 2021 — 10 years ago

Richard Steinberg

10

My wine of the year. Pure bliss. Amazing experience. The Grenache fruit was soft and silky. Truly a special wine. — 11 years ago

with Mitchell, Howard and 2 others

Brian Thompson

Sales & Marketing Krupp Brothers Winery, Stagecoach Vineyard

9.0

Yes it's a big name but it never truly disappoints. Opened a bit on the young side. Golden delicious apple and fresh brioche notes. — 11 years ago

Greg Gregory

9.7

Amazing! Finishing the bottle after 36 hours after opening. Truly remarkable. — 11 years ago

Susan Lin

Business Development Belmont Wine Exchange, WSET Diploma candidate

9.1

1959 and still with strong fruit, a powerful, finessed body, and beautiful structure - great acidity to balance the strong body. Smooth with a vibrant kick, but definitely some expected musty earth with this age. Fruit is a bit raisinated but present and persistent. Don't dally once it's open - enjoy! Truly a well made wine. Tasting this was a wonderful reward after sweating through getting the cork out safely! — 11 years ago

with Steven

Sarah Doyle

9.1

Truly one of the best Sauvignon Blancs I've ever had. — 12 years ago

Jay Ciccarelli

10

Ethereal. Outstanding balance, body, length. Truly the greatest wine I've ever had. It's the pinnacle of a classic Bordeaux that has evolved into liquid perfection. The nose hits you with dried rose petals , leather, tobacco , black wet soil and dried cherries. The body is so full and complex with layer upon layer. It's become light bodied but in its youth it must have been a powerhouse . For me it was the the length. Quite long and full of wonderful notes and as it faded it just kept giving and giving So much to admire. Truly impressive I can not see a fault. Impeccably held and stored no doubt. — 9 years ago

David Goldfinger

9.4

Love this aged bdx blend. Fierce competition at this table. Truly a wonderful wine. — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

The nose on this wine is stunning baring the alcohol heat. Perfumed red florals and candied dark and lighter red fruits. While the wine is truly elegant, the alcohol is seriously burning the back of my throat. The bottle reads 14.1 but I think over 15 degrees. Maybe, they wanted to save on the higher alcohol tax. The wine starts so beautifully only to burn the back of my throat. The fruits are ripe, elegant and beautifully soft. Blackberries, dark cherries, black raspberries, raspberries, faint back palate of strawberries, sweet/soft leather, black licorice, violets & roses, rich delicate & sweet wet black earth, soft light baking spices, caramel, milk chocolate, figs & dates, amazingly sweet dark minerals, touch of black tar, touch of spice and a rich long elegant dark fruit liqueur finish. I would score this wine higher if it didn't punish my palate and throat with the burning alcohol finish. — 10 years ago

GFM

10

This truly is one of the finest red wines ever made. Such heritage, such patience and resilience of a winery in a dire hostile environment . 1995 a classic vintage, tasted 6-28-16. Just thrilling, balanced and sexy. — 10 years ago

Stuart Paynter

9.9

Truly delicious. Smooth as can be. — 10 years ago

Desmond Echavarrie

Master Sommelier, Senior Wine Advisor Soutirage

9.9

One of the most complex bottles of Unico I've ever tasted. Incredible layers of tobacco, tea, jamon, smoke - etc. truly amazing wine! — 11 years ago

with Juan

Cody Short

9.8

Everything great Bordeaux should be. Cork crumbled in the Durand but first sniff and I knew it was on. Waves of saddle leather, tobacco, cedar, forrest floor and cherries. The wine was intense but more feminine than I expected, a great balance. Truly one of the best and most memorable bottles I've had the last few years. This is what drinking wine is all about, experiences that shake you to your core. — 11 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.4

2001 vintage. Quite fresh and youthful despite the age. Honey and nuts, apricots and cream. On the palate, medium plus acidity and medium alcohol, medium body. Great depth to this wine. Still has a good decade ahead of it. No oxidation whatsoever on this bottle. A truly great example of hermitage Blanc. — 11 years ago

Erik Norton

9.6

A beautiful infant! Truly gorgeous - yet still entirely primary. Thanks, Ed! — 11 years ago

with Michael

Alex Fishman

9.8

Truly amazing wine, earthy nose and perfect tannins. From a mag :) — 13 years ago

with rachel and Stewart