Jay Kline

9.5

Opened about 90min prior to service; enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 2001 Monte Bello pours a deep garnet with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with lovely notes of black currants, blackberries, plum, tobacco, purple flowers, an intoxicating mix of exotic Eastern spices, some cocoa, inorganic earth and minerals. On the palate? The wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose, the finish is long and impeccably balanced. To my palate, this bottle has reached the age when Monte Bello starts to really become interesting. What a delight! Drink now with some air, through 2051. — 8 days ago

Anne Holmes

9.5

Dinner @ Rare Society — 5 days ago

with Thomas

Paul K

9.6

Love this! — 16 days ago

Inseon Hwang

9.3

Dark tannins, cherries, fig jam and long minerals # — 22 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.5

Opened and decanted for about 2 hours

Evolved from being tight and Bordeaux like to eventually giving off some red fruits and having a kirsch like flavor

Fairly robust and a lot of depth. — a month ago

Josh Graham

9.6

Fantastic! — a month ago

Joe Flo

9.8

This wine is still rocking. Last 2012 btl unfortunately. — 12 hours ago

James K

9.5

From a magnum. Best Elivette I’ve had. Great vintage, drinking perfect right now. — 18 days ago

Rick Phillips

9.6

In 10 years, this will be a 98-100 pt wine. — a month ago

Gabriella Boros

10

A perfect wine. Balanced and complex. A gorgeous first hit of plum with a hint of cherry. So broad fruit at first but then settles on the tongue with a noise terror of tannin. No bitterness just smooth and lovely. Girgeous wine. 2010 vintage gift bottle from Donna and Anders — a month ago

WC Fields

9.5

A stunner. — 13 days ago

Rick Phillips

9.4

Couldn’t get enough of the 2013 so opened this split of 22. Has years to grow with its floral raspberry & hint of the boldness it will achieve. Just hope Im still around to still taste it in 10 years! — 2 months ago

with Letha

Monis Mirza

9.7

Phenomenal wine. Tannins are completely softened with dark fruits. Incredibly enjoyable. The 2009 still going strong 17 years later. This can easily stay in bottle another 5-10 years. — 2 months ago

Paul J

9.3

PnP. More fruit forward than previous bottles. Even had some Pinot elements. Lovely texture and deep wine. — a day ago

with Brooke

Mark Mannebach

9.2

BlackBerry, currant, tobacco and pencil notes. Nice finish — 12 hours ago

Joe Flo

9.7

Delicious 🍷!!!! — 20 days ago

Paul J

9.5

This was fantastic! Rustic, floral, and refined! High quality and lovely texture. — a month ago

with Steve

K Brooks

9.1

Delicious red wine with cheese, crackers and potato chips on a wonderful trip to the Pacific Northwest. — a month ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.6

The label I read showed 2019, my host assured me that it was 2021.

The 2021 coming along nicely and showing some beautiful development. Because of its nice integration, I believe this really was 2019. 🤷‍♂️ — 2 months ago

MICHAEL COOPER DipWSET

Owner TomeVinos wine shops, WSET Level 3, Blogger www.spanishwinesandmore.com, blog.tomevinos.com

9.0

Call me old school I still love #supertuscan wines — 2 months ago