Conrad Green

9.6

Lovely stuff. Great fruit. Settled with a bit of plum and faint tobacco and a tangy sour cherry. Still vibrant and rich. Pure and delicious — 8 months ago

with Matt

Vin d’Ottawa

9.0

For a Rioja Reserva, this is light but certainly not delicate.

Fig, sour cherry, blackberry. It hits bigger toward its finish. — 4 years ago

with Gillian

Bob McDonald

9.2

Oak Barriques in evidence with vanillin notes also showing plums and tobacco with a dark chocolate note. Quiet dense on the palate with dried cherry, red licorice, and an overall sweetness. A little different to my note of September 2018 where I talk about sweet and sour although that is still there to a degree. A bit weird this one - too famous for what it delivers. In the 2013 Wine Spectator Top 100 this was Wine #1 I will leave last bottle to at least 2024 on its 20th Birthday. — 5 years ago

Heather McCann

9.1

This is earthy but light, does have sour cherry taste. I thought it was really delicious. Got from The Wine House. — 7 years ago

Ben Christen

9.2

Tasty and delicious sour beer. Yum! — 7 years ago

with Ellen and Sherry

Jonas Johansson

9.3

Fantastic sour — 8 years ago

LM Segal

9.5

Powerful, tobacco-laced, cherry-saturated nose. After an hour, all kinds of secondary aromatics. Delicate but powerful sour cherry and sweet cedar notes. Nice, persistent acidity. 30 second finish and good for another 10+ years. Perfect wine to celebrate my wife's successful IPO! — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Savoury red cherry with powdery lavender aromas. On the palate sour red cherry - a brilliant food wine. As Morrell wines said and I agree, “2016 is without a doubt the finest vintage for Chianti Classico. “ Drinking well right now. We had the last bottle on 21st December 2025 with similar tasting notes. — 10 months ago

Taylar Hart

9.5

I always love this varietal at Broc for a kind of sour watermelon vibe, but to now have that balanced with the bit of age this bottle had - *chef’s kiss* — 5 years ago

Phil Castellano

9.2

I love Belgian sours this time of year. This one features cherries, apple, oak, and vanilla. Drinks way to easy for the R-OH content. — 6 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.0

Vetiver, pine, cherries. A darkness in its bouquet, I fell in love.

Reminds of an amaretto sour. Tart and succulent. Fun to drink. Bae approves.

Gulpable. — 6 years ago

Dennis P.

9.0

Some days, you want something stronger than wine, and today has been well.......one of those days.

Old No.7 brand, since 1866, a sour mash whiskey favorite. Jack & Coke works for me.

40% abv. 80 proof — 7 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.2

Beautiful smoked sour cherry flavor backdropped by rose water and some subtler gamier tones. Dusty tannic grip and a vibrant acidic drive. Charming and lovely on a nippy Nashville December evening. — 8 years ago

Dave

9.2

Last night we finished a few low bottles, including this Elmer. When I opened this in April, it wasn't awesome, but of course by the last few drams it was firing on all cylinders. Sweet cinnamon and pleasant oaky tannins.
Listened to the Pavement. — 10 months ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.2

Cleaning out my cellar for a move or at least reduce what i have. All 3 E&M‘s 14,15,16 Liaisons should be consumed within 30 minutes upon opening they are good to go drink up! Within 2 hours they loose appeal. I stand corrected - this one went through a down phase and then came back after 24 hours. The freshest and brightest of my recent trifecta of E&M and also the most pale. Still quite tannic. Touch peach? Sour raspberry, hint lime 🍋‍🟩. Crushed marble. Quite acidic. The 14 was the clear winner. In all cases the cork was quite soft and almost all the way moist to the top. — 10 months ago

naomi gl

9.3

this beer is surprising! sour, but not in the overdone way i’ve become a little sick of with sour beer trends. sweet, but nicely offset by some lovely funk. fun beer that i’ll definitely pick up again. — 5 years ago

with Ellen

Victor Hsu

9.2

Wow. Fourteen year-old Chianti that retains the liveliness of youth. Tart plum and sour cherry fruit, but a more sophisticated nose of leather and earth, with subtle floral notes in the background. Sufficient acid and tannic backbone to be an excellent food wine but balanced and quite enjoyable on its own. Enjoyed the 2006 vintage with a heaping plate of freshly baked ciabatta, Taleggio, Gorgonzola, cherries and dates. I am so glad there is a second bottle of this in my wine fridge. — 6 years ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

9.0

This wine needs time. Leave it alone. Compared to the Liaison not that closed. Classic E&M. Takes ca. 1h to open up. Out of wack. Needs a year or so. Black Forest herbs. Cranberries sour blackberries. High acid. Limes. Light. Needs to settle down. Very edgy right now. Hard to read. — 7 years ago

David Shapiro

9.1

Natural style, slightly sour, juicy but complex. Vastly better than the Occhipinti all-Frappato, which tastes like an ashtray. Highly drinkable but perhaps a little self-centered for intuitive easygoing food pairings. — 8 years ago

Joel Pennington #❤️🐢🍷

Owner/Winemaker Slow Turtle Vineyard

9.3

Interesting profile: dried cherries, granny smith, cedar box, with a hint of a big red wine (AUS Shiraz, etc.). Not a lot of carbonation, would have liked to have opened a bottle a year ago to see what role aging has played (bottled 1/16/15). — 9 years ago