Tom Garland

8.9

1/2 hour decant(decent sediment). A gorgeous still dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: seductive perfumed notes of dark fruit, smoked meat, funky earth, cigar box, pencil lead, vanilla oak. Taste: savory wine with dried dark fruit, graphite and gravel, iron, and a kinda astringent smokey tobacco finish. Not my cup of tea...maybe bottle flaw. — 3 days ago

with Brenda

Kyle Elliott

9.0

Delicious, raspberry, cranberry, pepper. Young tasting and fruity with Dusty tanins. It is a very food friendly wine that could probably age another 5 years — 5 days ago

Robert Weber

9.4

Classic chenin blanc. Med plus acidity, peach pear white flowers and of course lambswool. Could go for at least another 5 years. — 2 months ago

JKT

9.1

ML and gang visit, outshined 2000 Tradition with more complexity — 5 months ago

Brian

9.3

1986 vintage, 40 year old wine on our 40th Anniversary — 6 months ago

Irina Georgieva

9.1

Well balanced wine, deep and rich taste — 7 months ago

Nicole

9.3

Light, mineral, oak, berries. Perfect with any food. — 10 months ago

GaryWEdwards

9.5

Yes, please. More, please. Brilliant underrated, Grand Crú, if that’s possible with a Rousseau. Really pleasant and benefitted from decant at sommelier suggestion @FatDuck Bray — 5 days ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.2

From the Cote’ Chalonnaise. Murky garnet color with a ruby core. Aromas of cooked red fruit, dried flowers, smoke and wet soil. Flavors of ripe cherries and strawberries, mushrooms, sweet baking spices (especially cloves) and a bit of minerality. Long and very savory finish. Silky tannins, mouth coating texture and bright acidity. 13% ABV. Delicate and satiny. Excellent quality for the price. — a month ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Robegrill — 2 months ago

Her Mir Tage

9.4

Hubert Lignier's Clos de la Roche 2001 is an elegant beast—powerful in structure, layered and unfolding progressively, with fleshy texture, dark fruit, and black pepper intertwining. It's a very 'un-Roche' Roche. I've had AR's Roche and Dujac's Roche before, but neither had this kind of sheer power.

The 2014 DRC Richebourg exceeded expectations. I wasn't a big fan of the 2014 vintage before—it's a weaker year after all. But this one only started to open up after three hours of decanting, from 5 PM to 8 PM. I poured it three times over the evening, and each glass showed a different evolution:

· First glass: hawthorn and sour plum soup.
· Second glass: elegant rose perfume began to emerge, along with white pepper spice.
· Third glass: fully opened—red fruit, floral notes, and licorice intertwined, with a slender, lean, elegant frame—charming and refined, never cloying.

What a joyful evening. Both bottles were absolutely delightful! — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

Aaron brown — 7 months ago

Jeremiah Diaz

8.9

Clear, medium ruby to garnet in color; on the nose, it's clean with pronounced intensity primary and secondary aromas of black cherries, cassis, and graphite; on the palate, it's dry with high acidity, high tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, and intense primary and secondary flavors of blackberries, black cardamom, and wet gravel with a medium finish. This wine is simple, but balanced. Overall, I rate this wine as good. — 8 months ago

with Nellie

Ted

9.3

My third vintage of a 4 bottle vertical. Dark chocolate and dark berries. Showing no signs of aging. — 11 days ago

with Jeni

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

1986 vintage. 10.16.26. — 18 days ago

Mark S.

8.9

Cherry red with brick color. Smoky. Oak vanilla black fruits. Leather. Clove nutmeg. Dry.
Fruitiness M Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Smooth Soft Silky Velvety. Bitterness M Body M Finish M % Baron de Ley Gran Reserva Rioja Tempranillo 19 @489, cost, 260905-261022 — 2 months ago

Dave

9.1

I had this a few months ago, and grabbed another because it's very good. Decanter says 94 points, which is too generous, but it's a solid Rioja.
Listening to Vince Guaraldi — 3 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2020 vintage. An excellent introduction to the grand vin at a fraction of the price. Highly recommended. Abv. 14%. — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.7

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5to lugar — 6 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2022 vintage. Deep dark red colour. Raspberries, flowers and cedar. Concentrated, intense. Combines power and elegance. Many Crus Classés would be very satisfied with this quality for their grand vin. Henri Lurton stated that he made his best wines ever in 2022 (which is saying a lot given the track record of this Château), and you can see why with this Baron de Brane. One can only imagine the quality of the grand vin in 2022! Anyway, this is one of the finest wines one could encounter for 30 euros. Abv. 14%. — 7 months ago