Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Excellent 08. Chave and Allemand really nailed the difficult vintage in Northern Rhône, and 2008 Hermitage is showing beautifully tonight, fresh, elegant and detailed with aromas of juicy red berry fruit, bacon, roasted herbs and smoky minerals. While not an exceptionally deep and concentrated rendition in 2008, it’s really a considerable success, and it’s fully open, giving and ready to drink. — a day ago

Nathan Renfro

9.8

2010 is one of the best. Loaded with dark black and blue fruit, nice minerality, graphite, bright fresh long finish. Perfect for a Christmas Eve dinner. — 4 months ago

Joe Weinberger

9.4

Second time trying the ‘95. Fully resolved and drinking beautifully (saved a little for the next day and had faded quite a bit). — 6 months ago

Boris Mathiszik

9.4

A 2012 from Alexander Valley. Fully integrated tannins. Balanced and lush. Delicious! — 8 months ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.8

So deep and layered nose. Just wanna dive in and stay there. What a wonderful World. Despite The palate does not fully respect the nose, it is very balanced and integrated. Don’t say 2023 isn’t a good vintage!! 98-99. Elegance. — 5 days ago

Byron Hewett

9.4

Showed beautifully. Fully mature. Typical panoply of Bordeaux flavors. $77 back in 1985. — 4 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

1978 vintage. Great fill with a fully saturated cork. Used a Durand to remove and cork held up but big cork splinters shedding upon removal. Decanted and tasted over the course of an hour. Super silky, not chunky, sed. Light-medium body. Had to coax the nose out a little but revealed cassis, tobacco, dark plum, sandalwood and cherry pits. All these plus a slight, beef broth touch in the flavors. Not improving but can sustain another half-decade in this incarnation. Gorgeous, old BDX. Drink now till 2029. 12.8.23. — 5 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Deep, dark blackberry fruit with menthol, graphite, spice, cedar, mineral & tobacco notes. This seems to be fully mature that will hold for many years — 2 months ago

Doug Powers

9.5

Cigar box, black currants, cassis, lovely, somewhat mature fruit, still shows a somewhat firm structure, seems close to fully mature, very long finish, but I’d bet will still hold another decade in a cool cellar, one of the great bargains of the 1982 vintage on release!! — 4 months ago

with Jim

Paul T- Huntington Beach

9.6

3 hour decant yesterday,
Finished today but still needed another day like the 2010. Great on day 1 with Wagyu Ribeye, definitely needs some steak 🥩 to fully enjoy. Give it another 10 years — 7 months ago