Amanda Speier

9.5

Cherry and raspberry still bright with lots of acidity. Herbal, chocolate and cedar notes. Tannins come out after a few hours of breathing. Think this will benefit from a few more years. — 7 months ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.2

Stunningly good at 22 years old. Deep and dense. Soil’y with aromas of black currant and bittersweet chocolate. I’ve been enjoying a lot of 00-05 medoc wines lately. While not mind blowing they are wonderful all alone or with the right food. Shows what a $30 bottle from a great terroir / producer is capable of. Not every wine needs to cost hundreds of dollars to be enjoyable — 3 years ago

Kai Wright

9.2

This is weird, but if you read NK Jemisen’s Broken Earth series, and you think about the all-powerful onyx obelisk—that’s what it feels like I’m drinking. Overwhelming in every way—Big, bold, ripe, boozy. But balanced and smooth and soft like velvet glove. I just fall deep into the glass and wanna stay there. The dark, juicy fruit — a blackberry/blueberry cobbler comes to mind—lingers forever. — 4 years ago

Martijn

9.2

My only advice do not battle with it, dont compare. Simply enjoy old school smooth BDX!!! With good company or alone!! — 5 years ago

Ely Cohn

9.3

Color of dried orange peel or Hot Tamales. Beautiful little firecracker.

Smells oxidized, though crisp in the mouth. A duality of candy and fresh fruit, like biting into a caramel apple. Deep, and whole, and very appley indeed. Also dried apricots and butterscotch and fresh peach.

A deep, complex wine that could go the million and one directions of a human mind. — 8 months ago

Joshua Sadono

9.4

Light sparkle, crushable — 4 years ago

Chris McClellan

9.2

This was absolutely mind blowing white blend mainly of Garganega and others...from amazing producer of course...apricot and slight vanilla, apples, lemons...wonderful acid..paired great with light lunch... — 4 years ago

with Ryan

Da Gabe's

10

Mind blowing. Legs for days. So complex and sophisticated, elegant, velvet, super sexy, knocked my socks off at the same time! — 2 years ago

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9.3

The bottle of 1982 Léoville Las-Cases was sadly out of condition, though fortunately I tasted another example at a private dinner in Bordeaux a few weeks later. To be honest, I have always preferred the 1985 or 1986 to this vintage, and this gives me no reason to change my mind. It has a surliness on the nose that is uncharacteristic of this vintage, tightly wound tertiary scents, melted tar and pencil shavings. The palate is full-bodied with fine grip, dense and quite powerful, yet it is more impressive than pleasurable. The aforementioned vintages have pulled away from the 1982 in recent years, though it remains a very fine Saint-Julien. It just needs to turn its frown upside down. Tasted at the 1982 Dinner at Hatched. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2022)
— 3 years ago

Daniel Schniepp

9.2

Gorgeous cru Beaujolais. I normally avoid Morgon but a friend brought it and wow did my mind change. Beautiful nose of stewed cranberries, mushroom and leather. Long finish and fresh acidity. Kermit lynch never fails. — 4 years ago