David Joo

9.5

I’m not sure if it’s the age, but the balance of this ‘83 is quite amazing. The fruit may be slight past it’s prime but it’s kind of like drinking velvet, if velvet was a liquid. There’s a tiny bite at the end that’s a bit surprising. — 5 years ago

Lindsey Hanson

9.0

Smooth... Buttery finish. Full bodied flavor, but not overwhelming — 5 years ago

Allison Bothley

9.1

Yummy. Would drink again. Great for a glass. — 6 years ago

Judy

9.6

One of my favorites, smooth and full bodied, off dry — 7 years ago

Josh Weinstein

9.2

Silk velvet — 7 years ago

with Evan and Kristen

Lawrence Asrikin

9.0

Fantastic Australian Shiraz. Huge bodied and high alcohol with smooth tannins. Big presence of, vanilla, dark chocolate, plum and liquorice. Sweet notes with well balanced flavours. This wine is almost like a red velvet cake in a glass. — 8 years ago

Quinton L DuBose

9.0

Oaky, but not too much, very full flavor with a velvet finish. A little bit of pecan, and a tart cherry flavor. VERY good. — 8 years ago

Peter Marks

Master of Wine, Educator Constellation Brands

9.4

Ooh la la! Fantastic crisp apple-pear fruit laced with a streak of minerality and beautiful richness and length. Lovely now and sould last another 5+ years. — 9 years ago

Ken Kailin

9.3

Dark sweet rich plummy black cherry aromas, a dense mouth filling velvet texted wine, very showy and feminine, dark red fruits, new leather, wet earthy appeal. Feminine texture with manly character. Big brawny yet very fruit forward and smooth, a crowd please with long life ahead. — 9 years ago

Nadea Mina

9.6

East drinking, smooth, blend, fruit and chocolate — 11 years ago

Sarah Beth

9.0

Pleasing, grapey velvet — 5 years ago

Nicole Pigg

9.2

Sweet, but not overly so. Very good dinner wine! — 5 years ago

John Browning

8.9

Very smooth with lots of berry. Good table wine for dinner — 6 years ago

Stephen Jackshaw

9.4

This is a beautiful wine. Tannins shed, drinking like velvet and pure. Berries, cherries, some leather, and a long finish. I could sit with this and a charred steak every night. — 7 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.8

Deep garnet with amber rims, almost opaque. A little darker compared to the 82 CB next to it. Great old Bordeaux nose. Black fruit, pencil lead, plus some light notes of wood. Chewy in the mouth at first but over the night this goes to a velvet and silky place. The WOTN for me. Quieted down at the end of the night but gave us huge enjoyment, clearly outshining the 47 and 82 served with it. Tasting all these blind and then side by side over 4 hours is pretty awesome. — 7 years ago

Pierre Arneaux

9.2

Wow. More flavor, much better than their regular cab. Silky, velvet, smooth. Chocolate. Rich fruit. Big, full flavor, lots of flavor. Not old world style for sure, not subtle. It's a big bomb. We would pay up to $75 for this so a bit overpriced to us.
— 8 years ago

Bill Bender

9.6

Fantastic bottle of wine that was completely reflective of the house and the vintage, powerful velvet covered magic carpet ride of deep red fruits...concentrated and weighty yet showed a lot of finesse. I'd say it has 15+ years — 8 years ago

B

10

1982 Chateau Lafite Rothschild Bordeaux. Drank at dinner with K and R&M S at The Grill. Bottle was perfect. Such an amazing treat and a nice contrast to the 1989 Musigny Burgundy. More earth and gravel than the burgundy. Beautiful finish and velvet tannins. Awesome — 9 years ago

Bill Bender

9.4

Italian tasting-Loma Portal 11/23. Co-wine of flight #3. My favorite Tignanello so far. Reminded me of the '02 Araujo Eisele Cab. Velvet deliciousness. — 10 years ago

Parag Lalit

9.6

Clearly one of my favourites from Bordeaux. A very under rated vintage under the shadow of 2000's. Iron fist in a velvet glove is what I think of this lovely wine. Spherical, sexy and very serious.18,5 ++/20 — 11 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Last night in MT at the lake. Gave this several hours of air. Nice dark tawny color. Vibrant in the glass. The nose is great right away and stayed on point through the evening. Notes of black cherries, warm raspberries, old cedar, some plums and a little leather saddle. Rich and silky in the mouth. Velvet glove. Long finish. Great wine. — 5 years ago

Scott Wren

9.4

Love ChP when it’s got some age on it. (1998) Totally different beast and this was spicy velvet. — 6 years ago

Matthew Taylor

9.3

Young. But Damn. Blackberry, velvet, leather, smooth. — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.6

This may be the smoothest Hermitage I've had @ £83 it's like a pig rolling in velvet 🐷 so smooooth 😍 Great now but 97+ over next 5-20yrs 😎

🍷 Ruby w/ purple hue

👃 Cloves, Olives, thyme & piggy 💩 through blackberry w/ touch of liquorice & minerals

👄 Med+ body incredibly super smooth olive tapenade, blackberry & dark cherry - surprisingly well balanced @ this age 👍

🎯 Long dark fruit & olive pure silk finish — 7 years ago

Jathan McLaughlin

10

Velvet. Such a great wine. — 8 years ago

with Zac

John Van Trijp

9.9

Yessssss! Creamy, sexy, perfumed nose, charming, smack in your face with a velvet glove! The aftertaste goes on and on and o...when Petrus is on fire...it is firing on all cylinders! 🎊🍾🎉 — 8 years ago

Craig Benner

9.1

Baby Velvet Glove. Very drinkable. #troby60th — 8 years ago

with Jim

Nick Finarelli

9.1

The full merkin. — 9 years ago

Max Rieger

9.1

Insanely good for the price — 10 years ago

Erin Belz

10

I love this red wine. To me, it goes well with maybe chili or taco salad. — 12 years ago

with Patrick