Jeff Ball

9.0

Nice peach and straw notes, and a fair amount of alcohol. — a year ago

LM Segal

9.5

Not really fair to rate this now, so damned primary. Dark cassis and coarse cocoa, dark red fruit. Even after an hour not totally sorted but the quality burst through at the back of the palate where it lingered for >a minute. Would love to see this in 10 years. — 3 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.2

Dark ruby with a fair amount of bricking, sour cherry and cedar, some oak, high acid, lots of life left 🔥🤩 — 4 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.0

Big for a Burgundian Chardonnay. A fair amount of oak. I had this last November and thought it showed much better. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.4

I’ve had a fair amount of either 5-7yr old PR or 20-30yr old PR, but never one in-between. I was pleasantly surprised how enjoyable this was, and seems to be drinking at peak (but certainly not fading, at least this example).

Pop and pour. Deep purple with no fading. Couldn’t believe how Bordeaux-esque this smelled! Wow. Kiss of brett to it, just enough to make it interesting. Brambly black fruits, leather, herbs de Provence, vanilla pipe tobacco too. Supremely well balanced on the palate…baked dark fruits in a dense but tantalizingly elegant profile. Integrated oak in the background. Sweet tannin on the finish. Followed over two days and stayed strong. If I could find more of these at a good price, I’d jump on them. — 2 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.2

2020 fall. Similar to other recent bottles. Really nice wine for a fair price - I’ll be looking for some more — 4 years ago

Ben Lehman

9.1

Tastes like Spring! YumPeach skin, limes and meyer lemon — 4 years ago

Loren Gesinsky

9.1

Cork was soaked through and spongy on this 22-year old magnum, but the wine was still drinking nicely, with a fair amount of fruit still evident and balanced well with still active acidity, floral notes, secondary earthy notes, and well integrated tannins. — 3 years ago

Jeff Ball

9.3

Syrupy, with a fair amount of yeast. The champagne is somewhat reminiscent of the “James Bond” Bollinger I had recently. The wine was an excellent accompaniment to foie gras and caviar. — 4 years ago

James Forsyth

9.3

Did a blind taste off with this and a very high end Napa Cab. Two of six chose this one. Fair enough. It is explosive, complex and delicious. Dark fruit, leather. All very distinctly Bordeaux. Yum. — 4 years ago