JT

9.5

full body, jammy strawberry — 8 years ago

Raj Harb

9.0

Back on track after a mediocre bottle a couple weeks ago. Softer and plusher and slightly less energetic than the 2016 a few days ago — 8 years ago

Vijay Vaidy

9.8

Hard to find a better ambassador for 2001 Napa style. I'm not sure these wine makers ever surpassed this era ... Unfortunately a bit premium priced these days, but worth dropping some $$$ for, more than the average peer — 9 years ago

Megan Langston

9.1

Catching up from last week's wine tasting — 10 years ago

with Brent

Willie Carter

9.0

The Boxer is big as hell and will take you where you want to go. Tons of dark fruit with coffee and cherries. I don't usually dig chocolate but it works here. The creaminess and the plums are on full display but it's the boldness that steals the show. — 10 years ago

Lewis Chester

9.4

2002 vintage Rose. Light salmon, copper hue. Chalk, wet rock to the fore. Red currant and cranberry. Slight blossom notes. Iron fragments. On the palate, very lean and balanced as is the Crystal style. Not the concentration of the white 2002. If there's any tannins here, you have to focus to notice them. Maybe at the back end there's a touch of weight from the tannins. Very young - too young. Don't touch for 7-10 years. Makings of a great wine as acidity is so balanced with the fruit. Love it. NB: Pinot cold macerated for 4 days - to extract colour but little tannins. Then blended with Chardonnay and co-fermented. Quite unique. No added red wine per se. — 11 years ago

Justin Hart

9.4

Ah, the Rocks at Milton-Freewater produce such remarkable and distinctive fruit. Morgan Lee’s take on the Stoney Vine Syrah is outstanding. Earthy, gamey, succulent, dark and full stone fruit (plum) that just keeps going. This is good for another 5 years I think. — 8 years ago

with Cherish and Jen

Brandon Loper

8.9

Pretty delicious and the only field recordings offering that I've found in Alabama. — 8 years ago

Chris Murray

9.5

Delicious. Dark, syrupy but fruity. — 9 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.1

Nutty, orange rind, and chocolate. M+ acid and M sweetness. M+ intensity. On the palate, raisin, dried fruit, cherry, caramel and orange. Long finish. — 10 years ago

Keith Herrick

9.4

This wine never disappoints. Lots of bright red fruit, but a subtle meatiness that always works its way through. Texturally beautiful as well — 10 years ago

Nicole Hakli

Sommelier The NoMad Restaurant

10

Great depth and polish. Structure for days. 05 and 96 are my tops out of the 08/98/96/95/90 flight. — 11 years ago

Patrick Knöfler

8.9

The wine was medium to dark garnet in colour. On day one it offered red fruit, cherry, balsamic vinegar, cola, leather, mushroom, earthy and vegetal notes and a wet sewer component on the nose. On the palate the the wine showed red fruit, cherry, blackberry, tobacco and earthy notes, the acidity was quite pronounced, the wine became slightly drying and even more acidic after some time in the glass, and the fruit faded a bit. Two days later, on day three, the medium-bodied wine was more balanced and showed red and dark fruit, some chocolate, some tobacco, spices and earthy notes on the nose, and red fruit, cherry, leather, tobacco, earthy and balsamic notes on the palate, with just a faint touch of greenness, paired with medium-plus well-integrated tannin, medium-plus acidity and very good length. I had almost written-off the wine on day one and then, surprisingly, it showed much better the third day. Holding-up well. 90 — 11 years ago

Robert Evans Jr

9.3

Sweet Clean Crisp Honey suckle Green Apple — 8 years ago

with Nicole

Kenny Baldridge

9.5

Yum!!! It even has bill clay on the label. Ha!! — 8 years ago

Glenn Chance

10

Unassuming color, flavor that will blow your mind. Rich velvety fruity nose and a finish that lasts days. — 9 years ago

Vic Goel

9.2

Cherries, dates and an aged color that nicely straddles dark cherry and burnt umber. This is probably not as good as the 2002 vintage I had a few days ago, but it's still kick ass. — 10 years ago

John Berghoff

9.4

Absolutely amazing after 5 days open. Yea I said 5 days open. — 10 years ago

Michael Horkay

9.5

Wine of the night. The high percentage of cab franc actually works and produced a wine of amazing ripeness. Special wine. — 10 years ago

Austin Ferrari

Wine Director Hillside Supper Club

9.6

Real wine! Lapierre takes me back to the chez days! — 11 years ago

with Aran