Classic Vines

Cline Cellars

Ancient Vines Contra Costa County Mourvèdre 2022

Lot of dark fruit: blackberries, blueberries, and a tinge of spice. Dark, the wine smells like it tastes. Good value. — 10 days ago

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Tom Casagrande

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Seriously, has there ever been a disappointing red wine from Contra Costa? Every red vine there is over 100 years old on ungrafted roots in 20 feet of pure sand. What kind of jerk can fuck that up?

Château Léoville Barton

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2019

Already so lovely, but still so young. Medium ruby red in the glass with long, lusty legs and a wide brim. The nose is exactly what you think a classic Left Bank Bordeaux should be. Cassis, plums, and tobacco immediately upon opening. New leather and oak with just the right amount of earth. Very nice.

Big, powerful, and virile. Amazing balance and purity for a wine so young. Still a bit tannic at times but decanting certainly helps with that. Pretty fruit on the palate with blackberries and cherries. Soft vanilla undertones from start to finish along with licorice and more earth on the tongue.

Very impressive with such depth and such personality. As good as this is today it will be so much better if you can show patience. Put these away and try your best to forget about them and you will be rewarded.
— 14 days ago

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Very nice wine

Nyetimber

Classic Cuvée Sparkling White Blend

If I win the lottery I just will be drinking this. — 2 months ago

Bodega Catena Zapata

High Mountain Vines Mendoza Cabernet Sauvignon

Ez dauka ezer berezirik baina oso ondo edaten da. — 10 days ago

Deutz

Brut Classic Champagne Blend

My first Deutz. And it was good!! — 2 months ago

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Château La Mission Haut-Brion

Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 1994

In a perfect spot showing the classic La Mission character with a smoky, cedar, leather, sweet tobacco note, red, black fruits, menthol & savory spices — a month ago

Adam, Juan and 11 others liked this

Noble Vines

337 Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Wood Ranch yummy dinner on a very windy night before NY Eve, almost the end of 2025. Thanks to Mitch and Krista for Xmas gift card here. — 3 months ago

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Feudi di San Marzano

Sessantanni Old Vines Primitivo di Manduria 2013

Great wine with a fantastic pqr.
Cherries all over and a silk mouth feel. The tertiary notes are showing very slightly after some 12 years. But the fruit pushes that aside still.
— a month ago

Peter, Sagee and 2 others liked this

Château Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2002

Classic bordeaux flavours. Highly elegant and layered. Perfect drinking window for me — a month ago

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Château Gruaud Larose

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

Pretty deep ruby garnet , medium wide garnet rim . Aromatic and really classic with a mix or red and dark fruits , tobacco , grafite and cedar . On the palate this is quite linear , again with the red and dark fruits from the nose, cedar and grafite and quite rounded resolved tannins . Fresh acidity , good cedar with grafite length , very classic in style . Enough density and fruit to cover the rest of the structure. In a perfect place now at least in this format , and probably will be over the next 10 years . This was from an Imperial , at BBR in London . — 2 months ago

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