Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

Vintage 2010 | magnum | well balanced | paired with lasagna — 3 months ago

Chris Sowick

9.2

Bordeaux trip. Château Grand Barrail. $50.00. Classic Right Bank Bordeaux. Smooth Merlot start, with nice tannin finish. — 4 years ago

Olivier Huguenin

9.3

Grand vin!!! Du velours, concentré, profond, complexe, très long. Tout est harmonieux, sans jouer dans l’excès. La grande classe! — 6 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2010 | Solid petit Bordeaux with good balance, warm and spicy smell. This year is a slow developer, in 375 ml tannins are phasing out, but in magnum still very obvious. Paired with chicken, haricot verts. — 8 months ago

Andreas Eka

8.9

Moget och klassiskt. Svartvinbär. — 5 years ago

Michael B

9.0

This is a second label from Gruaud LaRose (itself a second grand cru). Dark cherries, dark berries, blackcurrant, mixed with some herbiness and hints of eucalyptus/mint. Discernible earthiness, blended with medium tobacco and cigar box. It’s very smooth and well composed. The tannins are slightly harsh yet the finish drops off faster than I expected. This was paired with Fois gras, sea bass ravioli and medium rare rack of lamb. The fois gras accentuated the berry notes, while the succulent rack of lamb heightened the earthy tobacco notes. — 6 years ago

Neil Jones

9.0

Really nice and smooth ...
— 7 years ago

Dmitry Muzychak

9.2

Выпито у меня в винном погребе с четой Гитлиных 06.02.21. Этот Grand Cru Classe 1988 года урожая я купил в Минске в 2003 году за 116 $. Как всегда везунчик - пробка была на последнем издыхании, использовал усы для откупоривания. Мнения разошлись - нам с Викой очень зашло, Вадиму - так себе. Я был очень счастлив и с легкостью проиграл Вадиму 0:6 в дурака. Такого разгрома у меня с ним никогда не было. Вывод - пьяным нельзя не только за руль садиться, но и в карты играть нельзя. — 3 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2001 / French bottling for Berger Roermond on 100% new oak barrels. There were times I thought: over-oaked. But nowadays I do like the truffle in smell, chocolate and especially the refinement. 18 years is a respectable age. — 5 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2004 - it’s quite comforting and energizing to drink a good bottle from my cellar after a hard day’s work. This special cuvee from old merlot vines exceeds my expectations: very rich and complex smell with tobacco, vanilla, morello cherries and a taste of minerals, beautiful ripened. What a great effort of grower Denis Lafon this is, it makes me só happy. #bordeaux #merlot #cotedeblaye #petitbordeaux Partnered it with a deer hamburger. — 6 years ago