James K

9.2

2017 WOTY. Progressively opening up. Rating might deserve to go up. — 5 days ago

Todd Anderson

9.3

Drinking very nicely. Still good fruit combined with good dirt. Unclear benefit to further cellaring. — 10 days ago

vinokeeno

9.3

1995 vintage. Nice fill. Cork good. Decanted and tasted immediately, after 15 mins and at the 2 hour mark. Threw less sed than expected. Vibrant color. Medium body. Pencil shavings and chocolate-covered blueberries nose and flavors segued to graphite, cedar closet and the ole L-B mint chocolate chip ice cream standard. Not improving but holding steady here for the next 4-6 years. Good stuff. 11.16.23. — 12 days ago

Jason Ray

8.9

Very nice blend with plenty of fruitiness, a hint of smoke and excellent finish. 2019 vintage — 15 days ago

Susan Sung

9.3

Dark cherries and cocoa powder. — 6 days ago

with Lena

Tom Kobylarz

9.2

Solid second wine, really nice freshness from the 2016 character vintage. Decant 1 hour to get it in the right place. — 16 days ago

vinokeeno

8.9

1966 vintage. Last tasted 9.20.23. That bottle was a little "chunkier." This one was more refined. Decanted and tasted nearly immediately and throughout a 2 hour window. Throwing the expected kitchen sink's worth of sed. Color initially seemed lighter, like 30+ year old red Burg but ended up being a tad darker than that. Light-medium body. Earth, summer dirt and Valrhona chocolate in the nose. All this plus dried cherries in the frontal palate finish. Not much to speak of on the back end. Rated that 9.20.23 bottle an 8.8 and this is slightly better. Still...a definite rush to crush this. 11.11.23. — 17 days ago

Jess

9.0

Medium-deep ruby color.
Aromas of dark fruit, buttered toast, spice, herbs.
Dry. Flavors of black plum, licorice, thyme, stewed black cherry. Medium-rich, velvety tannins.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 3/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — a month ago

Adam Gäfvert

9.9

Delectable tells me I had this exact wine 205 weeks ago. I liked it a lot then and even more now. The wine is dialed up on all levels from perfumes, intensity, mouthfeel, texture and freshness. The core has this magical vibrancy that is so hard to desribe. It is a very noble. But it is unfiltered and there is some texture here and a mouth coating feeling that I love and i don’t remember from last time. Overall it is really impressive. One of the great wines of the world. — 4 days ago

Paul Jakubowski

9.0

PnP. Very thick, deep wine. More CDP like with olives, maple syrup, and chocolate. Massive finish. Not at all like I was expecting. Not my style. — 10 days ago

with Brooke