Velvet

Château Cheval Blanc

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1961

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. — 8 years ago

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Brigitte & Gerhard Pittnauer

Velvet

Easy. Smells okay. But it's not. Smooth. Dark fruit — 9 years ago

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1982

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 — 10 years ago

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Christanna Honer

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Oh my god I am sending massive jealous vibes right now- one of my fave houses and not too bad of a vintage 😜

Chappellet

Signature Donn Chappellet Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2003

2003 and delicious, 30 min decant and luscious velvet on the tongue, plum, subtle oak, cedar, chocolate covered cherries. — 10 years ago

Marchesi Antinori

Tignanello Toscana Super Tuscan Blend 1999

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. — 11 years ago

Lundmark, Steve and 2 others liked this

Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Oh. My. Goodness. What a wine! Tight as a drum but opened up after a few hours... All the charm of 09 with more serious structure and back-bone. An iron fist in a velvet glove... — 11 years ago

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Joseph Phelps Vineyards

Insignia Estate Grown Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 1994

Part of a 94 Cal Cab horizontal; dark ruby red; nice Cab perfume of rich berry fruit, wood, and leather; great velvet structure; in a good drinking window right now — 9 years ago

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Frog's Leap

Rutherford Merlot 2013

Such a balanced new world merlot - dark fruit & earth & chocolate. Restrained & serious. Not wearing that new world velvet cloak 😉 — 9 years ago

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Pesenti

Pesenti Vineyard Red Velvet Zinfandel

Insanely good for the price — 11 years ago

Velvet Crush

Crush Master's Red Blend

East drinking, smooth, blend, fruit and chocolate — 12 years ago

E. Guigal

La Turque Côte-Rôtie Syrah 1994

Dark and brooding tawny purple, opaque. Killer nose of smoked meat, bacon, white pepper, red plums and stone. Rich velvet texture in the mouth. Coats the palate. Performing very well right now. — 9 years ago

Matt liked this

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

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9.2

Very nice opens well..velvet backend — 9 years ago

Mollydooker Wines

Carnival of Love McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012

Baby Velvet Glove. Very drinkable. #troby60th — 10 years ago

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Jim, David and 4 others liked this

Belle Glos

Meiomi Pinot Noir 2013

Raspberry chocolate. Velvet on the tongue. Medium finish. — 10 years ago

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2008

Geaux Tigers! Great smooth velvet finish. Opening up beautifully. — 11 years ago

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Cupcake Vineyards

California Red Velvet 2011

I love this red wine. To me, it goes well with maybe chili or taco salad. — 13 years ago

Patrick B
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