Chris England

9.2

A fab £56 St Estephe showing how well they can age but boy this is an oak dominatrix in an oak bondage orgy 😁 only for oak lovers 😉 I still enjoyed it 👍

🏵 92 points

🍇 40% Cab S & 60% Merlot

🍷 Opaque ruby

👃 Rich oak driven smothered dark fruits that drown out any other nuance aromas but some sooty smoke creeps through

👄 Med silky smooth body of oaky dark berries w/ a liquorice & mocha touch

🎯 Med+ liquorice & mocha dark fruits w/ dry oak dominating — 8 years ago

Phoebe Brockman

8.9

Very drinkable. Let it rest for a bit and it'll get even better. — 10 years ago

Nicole Jensen

9.4

PERFECT accessory for a night in enjoying pasta and #SBSeurovision. — 10 years ago

Holly Orchard

Certified Sommelier, President of Savvy Cellar Wines Inc.

9.1

Ok-definitely for you "earthy" wine lovers. The nose opens with brazen notes of rich earth, smoke and leather. Those characters follow through on the palate, but dark, ripe fruit joins the party, and finishes with supple tannins and a hint of smoke. Lots to love, especially at this price point. I plan on stocking up! — 10 years ago

Kelly Mabry

9.1

Sue brought this to our wine tasting party and it was very popular. Sweet and fresh. Perfect for white wine lovers. The bottle was empty early in the night. — 11 years ago

Brandie Dixon

9.1

Right out of the gate EPIC! Will age beautifully. For the right bank lovers you will rejoice! — 11 years ago

Uncle Bill, FWS, IWP

9.2

Marvelous experience. A must try for lovers of Bianco. — 11 years ago

Mike Lee

Beverage Manager/Sommelier Catch Miami

8.9

Aromatic and floral. Black cherry, ripe raspberry, blackberry and smoke. Medium acidity, mild tannins, a long, smoky finish. Good wine for Pinot lovers. — 11 years ago

John Bradford

9.9

Made by Jennifer and Herb Lamb, my favorite SB in CA! Blended with 3 clones of SB, they all show through, but, as it should be, the final product is greater than any individual component. They are also HUGE dog lovers! A plus for me. — 12 years ago

Pedro Rusk

Wine Educator Kendall Jackson

9.6

2010 tasty..... A tasty gamay made for Cab lovers — 13 years ago

Chris England

9.2

1️⃣9️⃣6️⃣8️⃣

🗞 M.L.King 🔫, 747 ✈️, Apollo 8 orbits 🌓
🎵 What a wonderful 🌎, Hey Jude, Sittin' On The Dock of the Bay
🎥 2001, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bullitt
🗣 Book 'em Dano
🌍 3.52B

£72 for a newly bottled 50yr old wine! One for oak lovers 😁

🍷 Garnet red w/ brick

👃Rich smokey oak, spiced peppered cherry, red berries, vanilla & earthy leather w/ meat & herbs

👄 Med body of ultra smooth creamy dark ripe cherry & cocoa covered prune w/ vanilla

🎯 Long dark cocoa cherry creamy oaky linger — 8 years ago

Rock Arrow

9.5

What's not to love here?!? I love my espresso, love my dark beers, & love my dark red wines. This is delicious, jammy, and full of flavor... Top it all off with a 15% alcohol content. White Zin lovers beware! This is for serious robust wine appreciators. Thank you, Australia!! — 10 years ago

Michael Horkay

9.0

From a good but not great year in burgundy this grand cru was awesome. Took time to develop but mushroom first floor cherry sandalwood just make this a wine for burgundy lovers. I love maume... You should as well. — 10 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.0

Subtle complexity. Not for lovers of the fruit bomb. A high end quaffing wine. — 10 years ago

Ryan Carey

Founder Wine Confidential

9.1

Woah, this is a Cali Cab? Nose may say Napa, with cherry lollipop and tobacco, but it seriously tastes old world. Very dark fruit taste. Tastes like a $40-50 Bordeaux. May actually be too earthy, old worldy for Napa lovers, but a solid wine. Unexpected — 11 years ago

Sai Watson

10

For organic and biodynamic wine lovers. Glorious bright purple colour, unctuous as it coats the glass. Perfumed nose. — 11 years ago

Tina Dickinson

9.1

Dancing Hares 2009. Awesome vintage. Full body, heavy fruit can easily go another 10-20 years. Great investment for wine lovers — 11 years ago

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William Leslie

10

Wonderful floral, earthy nose, with a mild oak. Well balanced fruit flavors, significant peppery spice lingers, again with solid French oak flavoring (as opposed to a heavy Napa Cab). A great transition to French wines for Zinfandel lovers. — 12 years ago

Jaime kowan

9.7

Dam is this amazing.... As far a Mencia goes this is the bomb! So ripe with dark plummy fruit, so bright and fresh showing that acidity belongs in red wine, so clean and chock full of minerality... Not for those who have "lush" in mind. This is a wine for food lovers who shop with what they are drinking in mind. Wild game, smoked meats, wild mushrooms...getting hungry ... — 13 years ago

Kim Williams

9.6

No words... A must for "Red Lovers". — 13 years ago

Jennifer Mullin

9.2

Classic French Bordeaux with a stink on the nose and earthy, fruity on the palate. Amazing for the $12 price tag. Opened this at our recent wine tasting -- the French lovers especially liked this one. — 9 years ago

Mike Davila

9.3

Really dark color, pleasant nose of cherry/raspberry follows on to the pallet, with some smokiness and nice acid finish. Certainly can go another couple of years maybe more. Wife called it "Pinot with an attitude" not for burgundy lovers. — 9 years ago

Erik Nordman

9.5

Cuvée Freddy on a sunny Saturday afternoon on the rooftop lounge (of Hotel Metro in Milwaukee, a delightfully cheesy art-deco hotel that we highly recommend) for our anniversary! First Grand Cru Alsace Riesling and oh boy, for Riesling lovers like us it still totally delivered and then some. Such concentration and complexity of flavor. This has that classic Trimbach juxtaposition that I love where the laser beam acidity and bone-dryness of this wine coexists with such rich texture and a relatively full body. Meyer lemon, orange zest, a bit of underripe stone fruit, a truckload of crushed slate, a bit of the classic petrol character, a slightly honeyed/beeswaxy note, and has a bit of a bergamot citrus tea note that I'm sure will further reveal itself with more time in the cellar. Really amazing stuff. Still very young, the lightning bolt of acidity in this bottle is doing its job as a preservative as it should, this has a long life ahead of it and I probably drank it a bit too soon to be honest, but it was just absolutely splendid nonetheless. — 10 years ago

Tim Q

9.4

Superb! Crack for wine lovers! — 10 years ago

David L

9.0

10' This absolutely amazing bottle of Rioja. Training wheels for soon to be Bordeaux lovers. Big fruit boom. A crowd pleasing wine .Red fruits ..complex?? Buy a case for a party...all day long!!! One of the best wines for the money this year! — 11 years ago

Chris DeBarr

8.9

My dirty little secret is how much I love white Bourdeaux as the weather warms up. This one has a more plush body: only 40% Sauv Blanc, 20% each Semillon, Muscadelle, and....wait for it...old vine Fíe Gris! Like a golden sunset that lingers during a picnic, hinting at exotic hints that lovers only say when they're thrilled, let this be our dirty secret, too! — 11 years ago

Ned Clark

10

Wow. Pinot for cab lovers — 12 years ago

Ronald Du Preez

8.9

Any Pinot lovers dream. Lighter style with a lot of raspberry flavors. This wine is pricey well into the $70 retail range. Nothing super special for that price unfortunately. Sorry I am ripping on this wine. — 12 years ago

Thomas Monroe

Winemaker Division Winemaking Company, Owner/Winemaker SE Wine Collective

9.1

Virginia is for lovers! Good juice!!! — 13 years ago

Jay Rames

9.8

Great for sweet and dry lovers — 14 years ago