Villa St Jean

Château Troplong Mondot

St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

This was fairly tight & needed some air to show mostly black fruits, full bodied with notes of earth, cedar, sweet spices, graphite, mocha & tobacco — 2 months ago

Shay, Scott@Mister and 3 others liked this

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Clos du Marquis Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

vintage 1986 | Brushwood in smell, soft taste, a point — 2 months ago

Juan, Jay and 11 others liked this

Domaine des Lambrays

Clos des Lambrays Grand Cru Pinot Noir 2015

First sentence is a tester. Now the full note. We don’t often have Grand Cru Burgundy but we had roast duck legs on Mother’s Day. An intensity to the nose - Sous Bois/Compost heap with savoury red fruits - smoky with a hint of pepper. Many of the experts are saying a high influence of stems in the ferment is apparent and I totally agree. Interestingly Richard Hemming MW gave the wine 19.5/20 and said “This is what all the Burgundy fuss is all about.” Continuing to evaluate - this wine has a beautiful nose (very Morey one taster said). In summary a magnificent wine with great persistence. One of the 1001 Wines. Clos des Lambrays can trace its history back to the 14th century. — 2 months ago

Jose, Ming and 13 others liked this

Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1966

It’s nice to be born just inside of a great vintage across Europe. Sound and fim, still. at Laurelhurst — 3 months ago

Brian, Tom and 2 others liked this

Château Langoa Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2022

Expressive nose with black fruits and leathery notes. Needs a decant but certainly approachable now. Nice firm tannins. — 3 months ago

Scott@Mister, Douglas and 4 others liked this

Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

Might have guessed it was Californian but captivating aromatics and great concentration without being over the top. — 3 months ago

JiaMin Dierberg
with JiaMin
Ira, Dave and 11 others liked this

Château Pavie Macquin

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

Enjoyed at Del Frisco — 4 months ago

Allyson Barbanell
with Allyson
Tom, Andrew and 2 others liked this

Château Malescot St. Exupéry

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 2018

50% Cab Sauvignon 35% Merlot some Cab Franc and PV
Well integrated tannins, nice rich berry nose and great balance fruit and acidity on the palate. At eight years has still time to mature more but showing it’s there for the long run.
Very nice package overall
— 5 months ago

Tom, Jay and 9 others liked this

Penfolds

St. Henri Shiraz 2019

So good! Kenlee brought for Christmas dinner in Manila. Can buy from duty free in the airport — 7 months ago

Château Léoville Poyferré

Saint Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2015

This Bordeaux is drinking very well. Cheers. — 4 months ago

Ted, Scott@Mister and 6 others liked this

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Hermitage Syrah 2022

Beyond beautiful! Immediately soft upon opening—had planned to decant for 4-6 hours but decided against. Open and had small taste with Maggie Harrison around noon. Decided to re-cork it and decanted at 4PM.
At noon I got (very unexpected) cranberry notes on the nose and the palate was considerably more gentle than expected.

After two hour decant: Soft (cat tongue), integrated tannins, pomegranate, black cherry begins to emerge. Herbs, smoky/meaty notes emerge


Tasted: 5.20.26
Attendees: Mark Cerimele, Maggie Harrison, Steve Pfancuff, Lorne McClelland, Andy McCray, Denise Casino, Randy Nelson
— 2 months ago

Château Angélus

St. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend 2000

Decanted and aerated multiple times for 3 hours. Lush fruit, licorice and new leather. Strong finish, this 26 year old wine has many years left. — 3 months ago

Letha Phillips
with Letha
Rick, Dave and 6 others liked this
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Wow! I can think of worse ways to spend a Friday night 😀

Château Gloria

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

ESF
9.1

app couldn't process my wine: Espirit de Gloria, what I believe to be the second wine of Chateau Gloria. it was delightful, restrained, classic Left Bank profile, well balanced, composed and utterly delicious w/fairly approachable price point — 3 months ago

Peter liked this

Domaine de L'Arlot

Clos des Forêts St. Georges Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2013

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2013 pours a deep, slightly hazy ruby color with a translucent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with beautiful notes of strawberry, raspberry, dried roses, sous bois, licorice, dried green herbs, gentle warm spices and limestone minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and full of rustic character. In general, the 2013 vintage in Burgundy is on fire right now. And as far as Domaine de l’Arlot is concerned, I adore these wines and wish I could drink them more often. Drink now through 2038. — 3 months ago

Somm, Tom and 7 others liked this
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Very solid bottling yr in yr out.

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Hermitage Blanc Marsanne Roussanne 1985

1985. 40 years young. Gave it an hour to open up before dinner (paired orange ginger glazed duck with pistachio apricot farro). Thankfully my partner is a master of the Durand. There’s very little for me to compare this too - most aged whites are preserved by acid; Chave relies on glycerol here. It gives the wine gravitas but also life and freshness. Pleasant wood veneer/wood shop notes, dried apricots at first (become fresher with time), yellow plum, truffled earth. Salty poached apricots and timelessness. In a perfect world, we’d be sharing this with my dad. Strange & sensational. — 3 months ago

Erik, Jose and 8 others liked this
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Only had Blanc back to 1989. Have had 1985 Rouge. I bet that is amazing. Bravo!

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Mon Coeur Côtes du Rhône Red Rhone Blend 2025

Big fruity nose. Dark purple hues. Big, but easy drinking. Plums. Cherries. Vanilla. — 5 months ago

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Saint-Joseph Syrah 2018

Unreal. Still so young but drinking beautiful. — 6 months ago

Andrew, Dave and 8 others liked this

Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)

St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2006

Jan A
9.8

Surprise, surprise... Picked from the list of the restaurant to replace a corcked Mouton 1995, this was the positive surprise of the day for me. From a modest vintage, and a modest price point of around 35€, this blew away many multi 100€ bottles from the table today!

Profile was very round and sweet. Most of the tasting group placed this in napa valley when presented blind.
— 2 months ago

Peter, Sharon and 11 others liked this

Mommessin

Clos de Tart Grand Cru Pinot Noir 1998

jesus g
10

just a special day — 2 months ago

Skip, Tom and 17 others liked this

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

L'Hermitage Syrah 2022

2022, figgy, plum with undertones of bacon at first open. very elegant and soft on palate. beautiful. about 4 hrs later- decanted. change? more mineral, tannins are showing more now than at opening. dried fig, meaty. bolder fruit on back end of palate thru the finish. iron on finish. drinking great but more time would certainly be better. — 2 months ago

Shay liked this

Château Canon

Saint-Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1998

Gingerbread, cigar box, shoe polish, red bell pepper, fireplace, tobacco leaf, wet earth. Balanced and distinguished. A very chic and classic glass. Beautiful in it’s transition from summer notes to autumn. Drink now. — 3 months ago

Ronald liked this

Château Lilian Ladouys

Saint Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 2017

2017 vintage. Surprising length of finish that went on and on. Some initial richness up front before the usual, St. Estèphe tannic embrace. 4.23.26. — 3 months ago

Tom, Somm and 4 others liked this

Château Lagrange

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2010

2010. opened a little early…
. lots of life left.
— 3 months ago

Jean Foillard

"Cuvée Corcelette" Morgon Gamay

Cereza y guineo — 4 months ago

Jose, Dawn and 4 others liked this

Domaine Georges Roumier

Clos de la Bussière Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru Pinot Noir 2019

A very powerful full bodied Pinot Noir that I like — 4 months ago

Jan, Roman and 10 others liked this
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Tegan Marriott

What a great rarity to be cherished
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Wow I think this is the first time Ive seen you rate a Pinot Noir. ☺️✌🏼👍🏼🎉🍷

Château Monbousquet

Saint-Emilion Red Bordeaux Blend 2020

Didn’t take notes — I remember lush, graphite, and tasty. — 6 months ago

Paul, Dawn and 2 others liked this

Domaine Jean-Louis Chave

Offerus Saint-Joseph Syrah 2022

Probably from last Chambers sampler. 11/8/25 Cold Night. Very dark pour, potent scent out of bottle. Black fruits on nose. Moderate tannins. Solid sediments on second day. — 8 months ago