Chip Hughes

9.0

Reduced. Brett. VA. Still, a fun drink after 36 hours open. Plummy, gamy, funky Syrah. Fine for a bowl of chili. #crozeshermitage #syrah — 6 years ago

Mark Seeber

9.0

Vibrant, balance and definitely in a good place. Lots of pepper, bright cherries and earth. It needed plenty of air (2+ hours), and the wine was much better on day 2. — 7 years ago

Ryan M

9.0

So...I am officially out of daily drinkers and this one came into play. This falls within our category between think twice 🤔 & don't touch 🙅🏼. @Larissa Mitchell gave me the go ahead b/c she didn't care for the timeshare like presentation (& pressure) we got to purchase at the end of the tour. Quintessa makes a fine wine - no salesmanship needed.

My Sunday night challenge to you @David A Lentine @Martin G Rivard @TheSkip @Mike Rowe @Daryl Calhoun @Roy Goble @Carl Fischer @Jim Trobaugh @Mike Smith @Ron R @Charles Hetzel @David Goldfinger @David Trumper @Bill Bender @Paul T @Eric LaMasters @Eric Shanks @"Odedi" is to recommend Napa reds (Cabs, Merlot, Cuvée) from $30-60 so I can refill this week. Feel free to comment/tag me in a past wine for reference. #napavalleyforever #mitchellwinestorage

Lastly, Chicago Cubs let's get some runs!! Opening a good bottle of wine for luck!! #iaintafraidofnogoat

TN - The nose is strong with cassis and Rutherford dust. Makes me feel like I am laying on the side of the Silverado Trail. Decanted 1.5 hours and it needed it. Very silky on the tongue and dark ruby color. — 8 years ago

with Larissa

Gabe Barkley

9.0

Tons of apple in this bottle. Developed a lot over the couple hours it was open. — 8 years ago

Brian Roos

9.0

Dark colored, balanced, big nose. Very tasty. Decanted 2 hours. — 9 years ago

Justin Hansohn

9.3

Opened as much as it possibly could over 3 hours. Still showing young grippy tannins that will hold up for years. So much substance and concentration, a bit on the masculine side. Burgundy made for barbecue and a bit of age. — 9 years ago

Matt Bernstein

9.4

Give this a few hours and it's a value — 9 years ago

BT

8.9

2011 Vintage. Good mineral notes, medium body. Needs to decant for 2+ hours to really open up. — 10 years ago

Angie Voll

9.9

Warm from start ro finish-let it breathe a day or decant for 1+ hours — 12 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.5

Holy wow. This wine is a monster. This wine is probably going to drink its best in 2022, and probably won't go anywhere until 2030 or longer. This wine was already drinking well last night. Half of the bottle was still remaining, but neither of us recorked it. So, this wine was left UNCORKED all night, and recorked at 8AM today. About 7 hours after that, this wine was tasted and WOW. This wine could run the table with the best. POWER! Cassis, blueberry, blackberry, vanilla, mint, spice, peppery finish, great tannin, impeccable structure. From the same vineyard that Aloft comes from, this is better than any Aloft I've ever had at half the price. MIND BLOWN. And this one will only get better. As I would prefer not to decant this wine for 18 hours, I'll just hold the others for 2 years and then decant for 4-5 hours instead! — 7 years ago

Eric

9.2

Massive fruit all around on this one. Muddled prunes and raisins on the nose. Palate is gigantic - juicy dark fruits. Can't find any oak traits at all. Very different but very good. Decanted for almost 5 hours. Long dry finish. 70/30 Cab/Syrah — 7 years ago

Galen Hasler

9.0

Opened after 2 hours, balanced with no edges. Beautiful@nose structure and finish — 8 years ago

Harri Sharman

9.1

This is my first wine older than 1989 so I may be uneducated... Opened 3 hours before consumption, tasted, forcibly decanted. Good level in the bottle. Deep garnet colour, some haziness. Lots of dominating secondary flavours. Cigars and leather. Fruit holding up well. Dried cherry and cranberry flavours. A work colleague had been saving this for his 40th birthday so sentimental value here. — 8 years ago

Gerald Montoya

9.1

Generous Pinot. Nice fruit character of a slightly bubble-gummy cherry and banana with highlights of warm spice, mint and stones. Needs a few hours to open but once it does it is pretty and very well balanced. Finish is slightly shorter than I would want but beautiful none the less. — 9 years ago

Michael Smith

9.2

Very tasty. Ruby red grapefruit, and a bit of yeast and autolysis but closed to start. Tried decanting and didn't like it. Better to open early. Delicious after 3 hours. — 9 years ago

Alex Alvärëz

9.2

Dominated by reductive notes at first but is a beaut after a few hours open. Runs the gamut from green apple to biscuits and everything in between. Has good width but with great acid. — 9 years ago

Max Gottesfeld

9.2

Still going strong with even more fruit after 2 hours. — 11 years ago

Bill Bender

9.7

The advanced notice on this was very positive but I wasn't prepared for how absolutely astonishing it was. I opened around 4pm Saturday and I caught a pretty heavy nose of black cherry liqueur, fox fur and game. From the nose I feared heat. I decanted about 4 hours and served with NY Waygu strip steak and twiced baked potatoes. I was immediately jarred by the depth, purity and balance of this Syrah. There was weight but she (this wine is a sexy she) was also so light on her feet. Flavors of dark chocolate, bourbon barrels and peppercorn and a marked silky mouth feel. This is a special, powerful wine with tremendous structure and a rich, long finish. It's a mythical combination of the funk and depth of a Cayuse Bionic Frog or Charles Smith Royal City and the power, texture and smooth finish of the SQN Poker Face. Such an impressive showing by winemaker @Fraser McKinley and a big thank you to the basketball barrister @Roman Sukley for staying on me and making sure I acquired some of this. I trust Roman's palette without reservation. One last note: this wine was substantially more integrated and more plush and round on day 2. I recommend opening and using the Audouze method at cellar temp followed by a lengthy decant. This will sing loud and clear if you let it explore the studio space. — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.4

Look at my pretty little non-staged photo with the leaning tower of cork. This is a mocha/cocoa dust master. Love the mouthfeel. I might not eat anything tonight so I can just let the taste buds dance on that for the next couple hours. — 8 years ago

Jay Traver

9.1

Been open for hours. raspberry cobbler nose. Intensely smooth? Smooth, plush, heavy. So nice. Round, powdery. Pound cake. Fanatastic syrah. This Kitty is purring. — 8 years ago

Jeff Shapiro

9.0

Thanksgiving even dinner - bison burger with cheddar and avocado. Chewy Dark Cherry with a ton of tannins. Sat in the decanter for 2 hours. — 8 years ago

Manj Gunawardane

9.0

Lemon preserve, smoky mushroom, round honeyed notes. Middle was a bit thin but improved over a few hours. Hard to argue w a '96. — 9 years ago

Gary Westby

Champagne & Sherry buyer K&L Wines

8.9

The 1955. Sixty years ago a lot of things were different in the golden state. "Burgundy" was "a blend of Gamay and other fine grapes". This half bottle made it, and still had allure and pleasure if only on a thin, frail frame. It was much improved from hours of decanter time. — 9 years ago

with Cleora and Jim

Nose Reiko

9.5

Luxury aroma, with certain acid feeling — 10 years ago