Henry Fuseler

9.0

4/2024. Good flavor of fruit, smooth and a nice finish. Paired well with the filet at Hall’s Chophouse. — 15 days ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.6

Blend of mostly Tempranillo with about equal amounts of Garnacho, Graciano and Manzuelo, deep Ruby with a graceful bouquet of berry fruits, cigar box spice with fresh earthy tones, a traditional Rioja, still reticent. On the silky smooth palate, elegant with layers of flavors of ripe blackberry and cherry, tobacco, smoky cedar, dark fruit, vanilla spice, very well balanced with fine soft tannins and a clean structure ending with a nice long chalky earthy character. Delicious! Still has room to age. — 3 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

A wine that I have had many times that never disappoints. This had a nose you could smell all night. Lots of black fruits, sweet & savory with spice box, cedar, leather, game, lead pencil & cigar ash. This was still fresh, almost youthful with many years left. — 4 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This had the classic LB nose showing mostly black fruits with currant, cedar, leather, menthol, spice box, cigar ash & tobacco leaf. — a month ago

Mark Mannebach

8.9

Pear and wet stone tones. Good acidity and lasting finish — 3 months ago

Makoto Someya

9.0

Violet, still young color. Oak black currant. Traditional elegancy. Balanced tannin and spiciness. Coffee. Sequoia Grove Rutherford Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 18 @14800, Pieroth, 240203-240420
That’s US CS. A bit traditional French style. Complexity. @13365, Pieroth, 231117 — 3 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.4

Beautiful, mature Bordeaux. Pencil lead, cigar box, cassis. Harmonious and long. — 4 months ago

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9.5

The 2014 La Mission Haut-Brion offers bright and vivid scents that immediately captivate the olfactory scenes: black fruit, cedar, pencil box and light, minty aromas. It's much better than its First Growth neighbor. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, very harmonious, and has lovely depth with a gentle grip. This is a sophisticated and entrancing 2014, one of my favorites in Bordeaux. Highly recommended. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting. (Neal Martin, Vinous, March 2024)
— 2 months ago

Paul J

9.6

This was great! 1hr+ decant. Dark red color. Dark fruit and rustic elements on the nose. Palate reminded me of all those great Bordeaux’s we had with dinners in London! Medium plus depth and medium finish, that had a high quality taste to it. Awesome!

Similar to my 7/3/22 note. — 3 months ago

with Brooke

Paul J

9.1

1hr+ decant. Dark red color. Nice nose of cedar, dark cherries, and earth. Went downhill from there. Bigger tannins than expected with a tartness that overwhelmed. Minimal fruit and little depth with a near zero finish. Wasn’t over the hill, but just not up to expectations. — 4 months ago

with Brooke