Jeremy Pauli

9.4

Simply beautiful. Wish we had more than 1 bottle in the cellar — 2 years ago

Joe L.

9.3

Used for holiday party as a magnum, a beautiful Beaujolais that’s lively and more complex than typical Beaujolais with the barrel notes surfacing with some minerality giving it a nice bright finish - imported from Kermit Lynch — 13 days ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Nearly 20 years in bottle. It is still ascending will drink well for another 15 days plus years.

From a warm vintage. Beautiful, even toned fruits with elegant earth & amazing lead pencil bloom for days.

This is approaching its peak, another 5 years from its peak.

Well resolved wine-fruits. The fruits are juicy, blackberries, black raspberries, plum skin, dark cherries & slightly, poached strawberries with a highlight of pomegranate. Mocha, dark chocolate, black tea, sandalwood, sandstone, limestone, some mushroom notes, dark, rich turned earth w/ dry leaves, dry tobacco, dry leather, dry herbs, dry stone, caramel notes, dry, withering, dark, purple & red flowers with excellent acidity, balance, tension, structure and finish for days that lasts 90 seconds. — a month ago

Tyler Felous

9.5

First Dominus. Vegetal, blue fruited nose. Tannins nicely integrated and alive, with some ripeness on the fruit. Beautiful — 22 days ago

Frank B

9.0

Very guava, interesting crisp and tart, not overly grassy — a month ago

Brian Reedy

9.4

Classic Tuscan. Beautiful fruit. Soft tannic finish delicious — a month ago

with Sarah

Ron Siegel

9.4

Another beautiful btl showing its layers of polished red & black fruits, mocha, graphite, sweet spices & tobacco — a month ago

Andrew Shaheen

9.6

Beautiful. In a perfect place — a month ago

Bruce Dunbar

9.2

Beautiful: dark, quiet, powerful. Nothing extraneous. Lead with minerals, graphite, tobacco on top of a layer of dry black and red fruit. Tannins were mild. Fit the room (The Grill, NYC) and the meal (Thanksgiving) perfectly. — a month ago

Joe DAscoli

9.5

Huge wine. Took several hours to open up but had intense and beautiful blue and black fruit aromas.

— 2 months ago