Tetsu Nakazawa

8.9

E' il mio favarito. Non e' piu pesante in gusto di Chardonnay. L'ho avuto a Sakaya Bic perche ho bisogno di avuto due bottelie per il sconto! Quindi era piu caro, ma e' buono. — a month ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

While 05-16 may not be my favorite era of Leflaive (08 & 14 excluded), tonight 2013 is excellent, exceeding expectations and still markedly youthful. It’s rich, mineral and incisive with fantastic depth and layers, wafting waves of yellow orchard fruit, lilies, toasted sesame and lemon zest. The palate is deep and full bodied with piercing citrusy acids and a long mineral and saline finish. When Leflaive hits it hits 🤩 — 3 years ago

Katie Carney

9.5

Excellent. Entering my Croatian wine era — 3 years ago

Kristie M. Connor

9.2

Fig, blackberry, mulberry, graphite — 6 years ago

Ed Lehrman

9.8

HFS—maybe the best mature Napa Cab I have ever had and I have had a lot. Plus the wine is still in great shape. From an era when wine was balanced going into the bottle.

kudos to Al, RIP. Bought this bottle at my first wine job in 1986. — 6 years ago

web bond

9.1

Classic for era/time period. Wines are arguably a step up in more recent vintages with Bio farming and all the additional knowledge and experience time provides. — 6 years ago

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9.9

I can’t think of a better wine to finish with than the 1980 Cristal. Utterly dazzling from the very first taste, the 1980 is simply breathtaking. Citrus, chamomile, mint, white pepper, crushed rock and expressive floral notes abound, with razor sharp beams of supporting chalkiness that give the wine tension and energy. Tiny yields and strict selection resulted in a very small production that Roederer chose to bottle only in magnum. There is just not much else to say except that the 1980 is a riveting, arrestingly beautiful wine that remains as a vivid testament to a previous era in the history of Champagne. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, December 2018) — 8 years ago

Jose Lorenzo

8.9

At Lucia. — 3 months ago

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9.2

The 2006 Clos de Tart was one of the better wines from Sylvain Pitiot's era. It has evolved a little since my last tasting in 2018. The broody black fruit on the nose still oddly harks toward Bordeaux. It's not as tight-fisted as before. The palate is structured with a lot of substance; what it lacks in elegance, it compensates with sheer bravura. Perhaps it just lacks the precision on the finish to compel you back for another sip. This wine is for those who seek Burgundy Grand Cru with body. (Neal Martin, Vinous, June 2024)
— 2 years ago

Nishith Jobanputra

9.2

Whoa. Phenomenal. — 3 years ago

Vin

9.2

ERA wines are maybe a tad sweet but I think they're great every day table wines. Organic grapes. — 5 years ago

Ben Lamb

10

I bought this years ago and decided our (very small, covid era) wedding reception would be as good a time as any to drink it. And it was wonderful, full bodied, but no off flavors or extra astringency. Wish I could have gotten a whole case back when. — 6 years ago

Tetsu Nakazawa

8.9

A mimma piace questo Pinot Griggio da Alto Adige. E’ facile per bere. Forse e’ buono mercato anche. Era buono con il hot pot coreano. — 6 years ago

Rob Sternthal

9.5

Phenomenal wine. Amazing finish. @Anthony Biagi does it again. A new era for Hourglass. #biased — 8 years ago

Ericsson

9.8

So much to say about this bottle. Its profile, its history, its growing rarity. And the fact that it was made at the very peak of The Patriarch’s era…

Then there is the occasion. A wine you cellar and protect, waiting patiently for the one moment worthy of all its allure.

A wine from a cooler Napa Valley, so evident in the glass it becomes mesmerizing. The freshness, the tension, the quiet authority; everything speaks of a time and place in Napa which no longer exists.

Yes, this is the kind of bottle that stays with you, not just as a wine, but as a memory. — 5 months ago

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9.8

The 1989 Lynch-Bages is arguably the pinnacle of a fecund era for the Pauillac estate. The aromatics bowl you over with their intensity and precision, complex and brimming with personality: black fruit laced with graphite and blood orange. It would shade many a First Growth. The palate is medium-bodied with gorgeous, multi-layered black fruit on top of graphite and tobacco with just a faint touch of meat juices towards the entrancing finish. Frankly, there is nothing more that you could wish from a Pauillac that is audacious and utterly charming. Tasted at the château both in bottle and double-magnum formats. (Neal Martin, Vinous, July 2023) — 3 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2022/12. This was perhaps slightly advanced if compared to the platonic ideal (whatever that is), but for an 18-year old premier cru from this era, I’ll more than take it. Lemon tart, salty butter, nuts...mmm. — 4 years ago

Laura Forde

9.5

A toast to a new era. Thank you @Jodi Doherty. xxx — 6 years ago

with Ned and Jens

Zoran Korencan

8.9

Vintage 2017, at home, Covid 19 era😀 — 6 years ago

Miss Harvey

8.9

Smokey Pinot - great with fish and stands up well to marinara and rich era food. — 7 years ago