Alexandre Pagliano

9.0

Slightly reduced but truly good and balanced pinot. We liked it quite a bit and think this is an excellent source, its been half a dozen good bottles of different wines and vintages. — a month ago

with Jose, veronique and 1 other

Justin Bothur

9.2

Flinty reductive precision. So pretty and delicately wound up. Learned it is on Jurassic bedrock and makes total sense. Love what this guy is doing. — a month ago

Alexandre Pagliano

8.9

First bottle we had in many years. Was nice and fresh but not as complex as our recollection from great vintages. — 3 months ago

with Jose, veronique and 1 other

Noah Ross

9.0

Sight: Fully opaque, legs, deep purplish red. Nose: Black fruit forward, plum. Mouth: Full bodied, high tannins, very earthy. — 7 days ago

romo

9.0

Minimal expression. — 13 days ago

Jason Gelman

9.2

pepper, herbs, and mature fruit. — 20 days ago

Trevor Brown

8.9

A long time to open up but worth the wait! — 2 months ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.4

Yes. Nice one. Need time but it’ll definitely improve. — 11 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.3

4 hectares
97,5 M 2,5 CF
Bellissima interpretazione dell’annata.
Fresco, teso e molto piacevole.
Poca struttura ma ben bilanciata.
Bel finale che dona peso e carattere.
92-93 — 10 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.0

Flight 4 , wine 2. This was quite a difficult wine to read at first , again quite closed , mineral and tobacco edged . Dark fruits. On the palate rounder than expected , good richness and balance , dark cherry , blackberry fruit . Good rounded tannin and ok length . Quite obviously Bordeaux in the context of this tasting , though I had this as the Lynch Bages 1982 when it was actually the Brane Cantenac 1986 …..I give up ! 90

This was an interesting , though challenging tasting , all served blind in flights of 2 wines , 3 flights of 1 Napa and 1 Bordeaux and 1 of 2 Bordeaux; served in a random sequence . The fact that at least a couple of wines were not pristine didn’t help , though if you will taste 8 , 40 year old wines that is probably par for the course . I found it relatively easy to spot whether what was in the glass was Napa or Bordeaux but didn’t actually get a single wine completely correct ! Probably overall the winner of the tasting was Napa (won the 3 rounds 2-1) as they had more suave polished , rounded personalities. Many put the wines the wrong way round , imagining that Napa was Bordeaux etc. The 1982s in general showed poorly too much funk and brett on the Lynch and Talbot but the Duhart showed surprisingly well . The 86s both showed pretty well and equalled the Dominus (even though I didn’t think we had a pristine bottle) . The Montelena was enjoyable , though was the first to oxidise whilst the Inglenook was the biggest positive surprise , still drinking surprisingly well at 47 . — 2 months ago