Stefan Dolhain

9.2

2012 vintage. Not in the same league as the more recent vintages, but a nice mature Margaux that shows no sign of fatigue. — 3 days ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

Intoxicating nose. Tres Bordeaux, complex, high bore, intriguing. On the palate, this is youthful, red fruited, tart and fresh.
Drinking lovely at the moment. Still has some future. — 2 days ago

Lou Dizzle

9.2

I’m back baby!! — a month ago

with KA

KA

9.4

The Grill NYC — 2 months ago

Ally Youngdahl

9.9

Amazing served chilled — 3 months ago

romo

9.1

Old world (and New) list here at Aya in Sonoma County. — 5 months ago

Jay Kline

9.5

I have dreamed of the 1981 Grange for many, many years. Why? Well, it’s quite simple: I’m an ‘81 baby and that year doesn’t have the strongest reputation for producing great wines. Spain and Italy faired better and of course, there were always exceptions. However, most have long been drank or forgotten as it was a tough year in many of the classic wine growing regions. All of that being said, Australia didn’t suffer the same conditions and Penfold’s managed to make a very good expression of Grange in 1981…if only one could find it and then of course, afford it. But, sometimes you just have to put it out into the universe and she answers. Tonight, a dear brother in wine who also happens to share 1981 as a birth year, provided this bottle from his cellar to share. And while my 45th remains a couple months off, we were celebrating life and friendship tonight!

Opened prior to dinner and enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 1981 pours a deep purple color moving towards a garnet rim and a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe and desiccated tart black, red and blue fruits and rotundone: blackberries, raspberries, plum, tobacco, purple flowers, black olive, cocoa, coffee, eucalyptus, leather, toasted coconut, earth and baking spices. On the palate the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is looooong. What a stellar showing and this bottle certainly lived up to hype. Drink now through 2041+. — 7 months ago

Andrea Wilson @farmforthesoul

9.1

Happy Halloween! 🎃 While our kids trick-or-treat and go to Haunted Houses, we are at 🏡 enjoying our “treats” 🍷. Cheers friends! 👻 — 8 days ago

with Jeremy

web bond

9.1

2010 d’Angerville Volnay 1er Cru — 21 days ago

John Bratincevic

9.3

Tastes exactly like it’s supposed to. Very tasty. — 2 months ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.7

Absolutely gorgeous nose of cedar, wood shavings, pine, cigar, cassis and florals, with classic Margaux perfume and extraordinary depth. The palate has really smoothed out since my last bottle, with creamy cassis, unbelievable juiciness, tiny-berry concentration, sweet velvety pointillist tannins and beautiful minerality carrying an enormously long finish. Still structured and angular enough to age, but now far more integrated. One of the great Bordeauxs. — 3 months ago

DJ Johnson

9.3

Starts out similar to a Pinot then gets heavier. Very nice! — 5 months ago

Robert

9.2

I really enjoyed this blend. — 6 months ago

Kyle Davidson

9.6

Wow great texture and balance across the board, fruit and earth, acidity and ripeness, tannins firm but fair, also last glass was great on day 3 — 24 days ago

Conrad Green

9.4

Dark and brooding, with an intense quite savory palate with hints of mint, black pepper, and a touch of tar and well integrated oak. This has loads of character and good intensity. Excellent. — a month ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other

Richard Perlman

9.2

Still delicious after 10 years in the bottle. Drink now, but may good for one or two more.  — 2 months ago

with Pam and Caitlin

Pierre Gourinchas

9.9

Absolutely stunning. — 3 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.6

Crna team lider @ grand cru MAGNUM — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

vintage 1986 | Brushwood in smell, soft taste, a point — 6 months ago

GaryWEdwards

9.3

Twenty-five years as a stubborn tart, she has finally expressed on taste what the nose and ruby color suggested for much of her path. Pleasant 1er to enjoy for at least a decade. — 9 months ago