Jay Kline

9.2

From magnum. Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 2012 pours a garnet color with a translucent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with punchy notes of Morello cherry, raspberry, pomegranate, orange rind, red flowers, and a mix of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and the texture is almost chewy. The 2012 is still an awesome value; really tasty stuff. Drink now through 2042. — a month ago

Rick Phillips

9.5

Great way to end 5 days at the Cayman Cookout 2026 at The Ritz Carlton Grand Cayman. Wonderful Food experience with some awesome Chefs and some spectacular Wines! — 6 months ago

with Sherre and Letha

Eric Urbani

8.9

From my home state of Michigan comes this surprisingly good rose of Pinot. — 2 years ago

ScottandTina

10

Amazing! Just as good as chateau Fontaine — 5 years ago

Deni

9.0

Typical IPA. Nothing special. — 7 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

9.6

Awesome stuff. Floral — 8 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.5

Poured from a 375. This wine, even from 375, was really firing on all cylinders and maybe even a bit locked up for the first hour, just shows you that any vintage in the 21st century really should be locked up in the vault, not seeing the light of day for another 10 years from 375. This wine had a classic Pauillac nose. My initial thought was a young Pichon however even Pichon young seems to have more mushroom, more earthy loam and gravel and this one was just so damn smooth in its earthy notes. The wine was robust on the front, lots of earth, mushroom enhancing the youthful blackberry notes. Finished with some peppery notes. Great terroir notes. This wine was awesome, and I think I probably drank half of this while Walter drank the Spoto :) — 8 years ago

with Dan

Doug Powers

9.5

Super clean and still quite youthful, this is a GREAT example of a 1980s CdP from a vintage of little surmaturite, so awesome balance and perfect acidity suggests this vintage will easily last another 5-10 years!! — 2 months ago

with Jim

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.7

Ultra coiled. Super complex already f-ing awesome as is. Will continue for 2-3 decades. Easily. — 8 months ago

Randall Brater

9.1

Consistently delicious. — 5 years ago

Rick Baumgarten

9.7

First bottle in our Dominus vertical from ‘01 to ‘13 at Formento. It didn’t get any better as this was the consensus WOTN. 2001 Napa Cabs remain awesome. — 7 years ago

with Scott

Jim Restrepo

9.4

Can’t go wrong with Orin Swift. Labels are odd, but wine is awesome. Very smooth blend - goes with anything — 7 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.2

2015 bottling. I don’t really drink stuff like this much anymore but this was very well made and delicious. — 8 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.6

N vegetal. Elegant pink roses.

P awesome. Perfect sweet cherry fruit. Silky. Long. — 4 months ago

Peter Rosenfeld

9.6

2005 awesome. Dark flavours and so smooth — 6 months ago

Vino Joe

9.5

Sweet and Smokey. Loved this. Perfect mix of ripe dark fruits and kick. Great length. Half bottle. Awesome! — 8 months ago

Mitchell Krieger

9.6

Mitchy’s feelin witchy — 5 years ago

Reynaldo Reyes

9.3

Great balance between sweet and dry. — 7 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Dark ruby, bright, doesn’t look it’s age. Awesome funky old Cal Cab nose. Notes of cherry, cranberry sauce, dirt and some balsa wood. Some steminess. Great perfume. Nice in the mouth but missing just a little bit in the mid palate. Really enjoyed this. — 8 years ago

Evan Kennedy/Caroline Kielar

9.9

My favorite non-nitro stout. Flavor notes are perfect and well balanced. It’s what stouts of this variety should aspire to be — 8 years ago