Ryan Vento

9.6

I can already tell that my palate is going to need a breather when I get back home: so many big boy reds 😅 Tonight’s pour is luscious and supple with velvety dark fruits, moistened tobacco, smoke, graphite, lavender, and eucalyptus. Looking forward to this opening up. Excellent craftsmanship right here. — 8 years ago

with Krystal

ADAM STROMFELD

9.8

Wow!!! Seared meat on the nose. Perfectly balanced. Velvety yum! Soft red fruit round and elegant. Not a bad pop and pour for a Thursday evening! — 8 years ago

with Frank, Kevin and 1 other

Ryan Vento

9.7

Stupendous. The tannins...where to begin. So velvety and plush. Coffee, licorice, and cedar. Such a good selection. — 9 years ago

with Krystal

Mike R

9.4

Love the wine and winery - excited the damn Olympics are finally here - don't hate me but go Red, White and Blue - plus want the UK Rugby Seven team to do well (long story) - the wine is starter - been saving these babies -a winner from Napa - rich, spicy with velvety texture and a firm acid structure; elegant, balanced palette and legs built to last.a very long time - really SMILING!
— 10 years ago

Michael Horkay

9.5

This was a surprise. Velvety and delicious we decide to drink this first growth blind and confused it for the 82. I was amazed at the depth of fruit and complexity this wine showed at 37..... The wine equivalent of a three some. — 10 years ago

Louiza Collins

9.4

Velvety mouthfeel with medium tannins. Robust red and dried fruits, finish of vanilla and graphite. Quaffable af. Would pair with lamb, rabbit, pork, cheese, hummus. Versatile. Honestly not worth it's price point. An off vintage from a delicious vinyard. Would not be hard to find a bottle 1/5 of the price. — 11 years ago

Andrew Stover

Sommelier/Wine Director Oya & Sei, Wine Blogger ChiefWino, Founder Vino50

9.5

1995 Pichon-Longueville Pauillac. Still showing youth after almost 20 yrs! Tight with dark fruit aromas of cassis and black cherry with hints of mint and graphite. Quite firm and structured with a long velvety, earthy finish. #wine #sommelier #france #bordeaux — 12 years ago

Jennifer LaBarbera

9.7

Complex, velvety, bright delicious! — 12 years ago

Larry Eskew

9.6

Really great wine. Big hit at supper club. — 12 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

This is gorgeous. Supple, soft, ruby fruit and a velvety lushness. No hard edges but hugely accommodating, long subtle and delicious. Great — 8 years ago

with Matt and David

Matt Perlman

9.2

Everything you want out of St Estephe (even though the chateau is famously close to Pauillac from a terroir perspective...) Black currant, plums, leather, green tobacco, iodine, olive tapenade, but velvety soft so the austerity doesn’t extend to the tannic structure. — 8 years ago

Lucky Palmer

9.5

Velvety full bodied but balanced — 8 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.3

Bright ripe red fruit with dark berries that linger on. The acidity is well balanced but a bit firm, hints of vanilla in the tannins, that are velvety and mouthwatering. Full bodied wine. — 9 years ago

Adam Nesto

9.2

Damn good Pritchard hill cab. Incredibly smooth and velvety, minimal tannins. Blackberry pie on the nose — 10 years ago

Gustavo Nogueira

9.4

A superb Cabernet from the Napa Valley. Rich, elegant, with a warm woody nose and velvety roundness. Lots of fruit and vanilla. To be sipped with pause and circumspection. Had the 2009 vintage. — 10 years ago

Matthew Davison

9.5

Aromas of sweet oak right off the bat. Opening up well with a subtle, but nice fruit carried across the palate by the same sweet oak. Long, smooth, velvety finish... — 10 years ago

Miguel Moreno

9.5

Fantastic. The best Corison I have tasted so far. Long soft tannins that round up this velvety Cabernet. Glad I followed the advice at the winery years ago. — 11 years ago

B

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Double Magnum 1995 Joseph Phelps Insignia. Drank w K, Ash, and Sush at Lawry's Phelps dinner. This was the clear winner of the night. Perfect. Super lush and velvety. Awesome treat. — 11 years ago

Kai Chang

9.2

Clear deep purple colour with watery rim. Clean medium intensity aroma with minty black cherry and black currant with hint of oak smokiness and vanilla. Dry on the palate full bodied medium alcohol with medium acidity and high but smooth velvety tannin. Flavours of earthy black currant, black cherry, and vanilla. Flavours last through into its long pleasant finish. Very good quality, drink now but can age for another 3 to 5 years for a even more balanced complexity. — 12 years ago

Katrina Marcuse-Sharratt

9.7

Amazing smooth velvety Pinot!! — 13 years ago

MaJ CappS

9.2

Crushed velvety leaves from alpine flowers. A wondrous bouquet of a nose, and floral in the right way, not your grandmothers bathroom kind of a way.

Seemed fitting to picture this with our urban garlic harvest. As garlic take such a long time to mature, then even after picked, must be stored properly, to get the fullness of flavor.

Sweet blackberry tar is what this well crafted wine shows up front, subtle mint, eucalyptus, river stone. A perfect tango of tannins and acids, complete with the heel in the air - or maybe that’s my heel, enjoying this wine completely.
Decanted for the usual 3-4 hours. — 8 years ago

Amanda Thomas

9.3

Gorgeous color, dark and rich, with velvety dark fruit flavor. Moderately tannic. Great right out of the bottle. — 8 years ago

with Tim

Stefan Dolhain

9.3

2014 vintage "40th anniversary Reserve" with red velvet label. Blend of different vineyards, mainly Rutherford. Medium to full-bodied with pure black fruit, elegance and tannin as velvety as the label suggests. Great value too for a Napa cab. — 9 years ago

Ryan Vento

9.5

One hour, at least, to open up. Velvety and luscious with some dark fruits and cedar and a touch of oak; wonderful mouthfeel. A favorite amongst the table. — 9 years ago

with Taryne and Krystal

Salvatore Borzi

9.3

Drank for Sean's birthday. Drinking very well. Beautiful, velvety tannins and acidity. Leather, earth, mushroom, red fruits. — 10 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.6

1999 vintage. Deep ruby hue. Amazing nose - full concentration, ripe black fruits, black plum, blackcurrant, graphite, sweet spice, touch of smoke. Still developing. On the palate, medium plus acidity and body, medium ripe tannins, medium alcohol and long lingering sweet finish. Velvety textural wine. Superb and still likely to improve in bottle. Really on it. Drink now until 2026+ — 10 years ago

Blair Campomizzi

9.3

Super velvety almost creamy. Touches of vanilla, cedar and coffee on the nose with luscious berry and plum flavors. — 10 years ago

with Marilea

Chip Krotee

9.5

Great smooth and velvety fruit opening. blackberry and spices and licorice. Dark mocha emerges on the long finish. Well worth the high rating. Great wine. I — 11 years ago

Leah InParis

9.5

A testament to a visionary winemaker surrounded by people who want to join him in living the dream. Leather and liquorice on the nose, blackberries in the mouth and a long, velvety vanilla finish. Merci, Jean-Michel Comme. — 12 years ago

Adam Mahler

9.0

Great-took an hour to open-silly and velvety-red raspberries, fairly light on its feet. Anise dill, nice herbal backbone. — 12 years ago

with Andrew