Chris England

9.0

Just past prime @ £125, enjoyable but not worth 💵 buy 09 & 10 today 😉 drink up 00 😁

🍷 Opaque ruby

👃 Sooty London Underground, charred oak, bitter mocha, dark plum, mushroom in damp cellar, herbs, truffle & soggy earth

👄 Med body of silky fine dark plum & muted blackcurrant w/ earthy chocy mocha liquorice burnt tones

🎯 Med faded dark fruits in chocy mocha liquorice — 6 years ago

Erica U

9.2

Drank with Margaret while packing up apartment. Brought back from Seattle on Pacific Northwest Roadtrip — 7 years ago

Mic Ban

9.1

Fresh, beautiful balance. Double mineral expression. One from the chalky underground and the other from the flint soil 👌🏻 — 8 years ago

Angela Semenchenko

9.8

Fruit-forward, detailed floral notes with a mineral, underground long finish. Dry, tight, fine bubbles. — 8 years ago

L.J. Hollins

9.0

The wine exhibits a similar timbre to a hi-hat in a mid-tempo jazz quartet performance. Brassy-gold in the glass, it shines as if polished. Velvet smoth mouthfeel drenched with ripe jonagold apple is sporadically interrupted by a sizzle of acidity laced with notes of lemon miringue. Pair with Thelonious Monk's "Underground". — 9 years ago

Justin Manni

9.0

Pleasantly surprised by the boldness! This is my new underground favorite. — 9 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.6

Very apple lead nose with white flowers, delicate palate, elegant with a nutty finish and great acidity. Aged underground to this end. — 10 years ago

Deborah Heath

9.5

In Tbilisi @ Vino Underground! Georgian native white grape/qvevri skin contact. Herbaceous, earthy, yeasty. — 10 years ago

Doug Cook

9.4

Earthy, with a hint of eucalypt. Magliocco wins the award for underground variety of the day. — 10 years ago

Paul Masson

8.9

The winery is the equivalent of 18 stories tall. Underground, in a mountain. — 11 years ago

Tripp Owings

8.9

Very balanced. Very easy to drink. Let it sit awhile for it to open up. — 6 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

This is an elegant, feminine beauty. It's a back to back night of 2003. On the nose, liqueured black cherries, cherries, poached strawberries, warm, slightly chard toast, anise, black cherry licorice, baking spices and dark fresh & dry florals. The mouthfeel is resolved, rich and elegant. Fruits of; black cherries, cherries, poached strawberries, a blend of black raspberries & raspberries. Bright vanillin, cinnamon, medium spice, toast, bright red florals, violets, dark & milk chocolate, rich, moist loamy soils, touch of crushed rocks, delicate volcanic minerals, mouthwatering acidity and a polished, rich finish that lasts & lasts. This is somewhere around it's peak. It's incredibly delicious! Photos of; their beautiful vineyards, amazing Italian style villa estate and front entrance. Producer history and notes...Blankiet was started by Claude & Katherine Blankiet in 1996 with 46 acres ranging over several volcanic hills above the town of Yountville. I believe Claude made his first big money as the creator of Stone Washed Jeans. David Abreu was hired to develop the land and Helen Turley made their first eight vintages. The winery is connected to a deep underground network of caves and were designed by architect John Lail. Blankiet’s current winemaker is Bordelais Denis Malbec, the former cellar master at Chateau Latour. Blankiet is located in the foothills of the Mayacamas Mountains. Their Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot are planted in volcanic soils while the Merlot is planted in gravelly-clay alluvial soils. Blankiet has great Terrior locations and have spared no expense in their winemaking facilities. If you haven't had their wines, they are definitely worth acquiring. — 7 years ago

Mason Balistreri

Sommelier, International Wine Guild; Balistreri Vineyard; Sales, Joy Wine and Spirits

9.0

Essentially the Cerasuolo but aged in clay pots underground. Pretty intense difference between the two. This is way soft and suple on the nose, but has some hilighted bitterness on the finish... I think that this should probably be decanted for some amount of time. — 8 years ago

Peder & Natalie Nyhus

9.4

A wine worth writing about. A hearty but delicate Pinot with dark rich berries. It's an underground all star. — 9 years ago

Charles Baker

9.8

A special bottle from the wine underground. Aged to perfection. Dried figs on the nose, dense dried fruit, almond finish. Perfection and at its peak. — 9 years ago

Teri Roberts

9.4

We drank this at the Volcano Winery on the Big Island in Hawaii.
Our server said the wine was different than usual: probably because of an underground volcanic eruption! — 10 years ago

Mel B

9.5

#5 of the @lemetrowine Wine Underground Holiday Bubbles pack. Thank you Aaron and HNY! — 10 years ago

with Aaron

Charles Antin

Senior Wine Specialist/Auctioneer Zachys

9.1

Lunch on a Friday with guests from Portland OR. 13 year old BB and fresh as the newly fallen snow, if the newly fallen snow was packed in a horn and buried underground on a leaf day. This bottle was Bour-Gone in minutes. — 11 years ago

Julie Bailey

10

Full rich flavor, definite keeper — 11 years ago

FabianG

9.1

Underground cellar — 6 years ago

Rick Steele

9.4

Excellent wine! — 7 years ago

Jim Nelson

9.3

The "underground secret" of red Rhones, someone secretly told me. — 8 years ago

Ian Bennett

9.3

This is an underground stick-fighter in Rangpur. Fast on the attack with loooong, brutal 90+ second finish...it's the scotch of wine. — 8 years ago

Pamela Quist

9.1

Surprised me! Rich, chewy wine with a great nose. My only negative was the amount of tannin left behind on the finish. I wonder if a little more age would help? This is a huge Red. — 9 years ago

Kyle Tung

9.0

Great at bringing out flavors. Soft tannins. Not too dry. — 9 years ago

with Kasea

Sergio Licea

9.2

Beautiful brick color with amber rim. Strawberry leather, black cherry pits, barnyard, haystack. Low acidity, strong velcro tannin grip, long herbal/clay finish. Old school non interventionist winemaking aged underground in qvevri. — 9 years ago

Deborah Heath

9.5

@ Vino Underground in Tbilisi. 2010 Jakeli Saperavi. 14.2% ABV, but surprisingly well balanced. No oak but soft, integrated — 10 years ago

Mel B

9.1

It has begun! The Le Metro Wine Underground curated World Bubbles experience. Thanks Aaron! — 10 years ago

with Aaron and Hawk

Davide Gilioli

9.3

Very particular wine, conserved into underground amphoras as in the ancient middle-East tradition of Georgia. To be decanted at least 1 hour and half before tasting... — 11 years ago

Jonathan Patch

9.0

Amazing amphora wine! 16 months underground, whole cluster. Grüner Veltliner. — 12 years ago