Iwan

8.9

Firmly in tertiary territory at first, with mushroom and soy sauce on the nose and palate. After 20 minutes or air time fruit came to life, still with good acidity and chewy tannin. Has plenty of life in in but very tasty right now. — 2 days ago

Nicolas Duchesneau

8.9

Un peu moins apprécié cette bouteille, fruits rouge cuit, c’était lourd, légère amertume. Pas à ce que je suis habitué avec Cambon. — a month ago

Makoto Someya

9.0

Oak. Black currant. Mid body. 04 still tannic. Spicy in 30 min. Earthy. Smooth over 1 hour. Leather and matured flavor showed more than 2 hours. 2004 @2375, xiaduo, 220623-220625 — 7 days ago

Sally Wilde

10

Walking in velvet slippers through a mossy streamside dwelling, dappled sunlight and stonefruit picnic, kisses and linen flower print clothes — 12 days ago

Kevin Løk

9.1

Dr @Brendan Devine found a tasty tween in Rhinebeck! Really nice dark fruits and earth. — 20 days ago

with Brendan

Ray Vanderhoff

9.0

Aromas of black currant, crushed stone and baking spices. Highly concentrated black/blue fruit flavors with a touch of tar, vanilla and tobacco. Medium plus body and gripping tannins. Nice balance. Still tastes young and fresh. This one can age for quite a while. — 21 days ago

LM Segal

9.4

Ghosts and whispers of sensual, cigar-laden and mushroom-infused royalty. Friendly, happy ghosts and sexy-ass whispers. Needed 15 mins to come together and fell off before an hour but 40 mins of pure joy. — 4 days ago

Paul Jakubowski

9.5

Great! 1hr decant but probably should have PnP’d as this tired quickly and is a little past prime drinking window. Started out at 97 and ended at 94. Dark red, maroon color with ample bricking. Nose has bramble, cedar, and licorice. Massive depth which separates the $50+ Bordeaux’s from the same priced Napa wines. Lots of cherries and some Amarone and Port elements near the end. Medium finish. A fav of mine! Very consistent across vintages. — 3 days ago

with Brooke

Stefan Dolhain

9.0

1998 vintage. Considered a right bank vintage (like 1964), this Cabernet Sauvignon dominated (75%) wine comes as a great surprise. Robert Parker wrote in 2000 that "the tannin might never fully dissipate", but then it did. Classic Bordeaux with more charm in the mouth than in the rustic nose. Still tastes amazingly young with still good fruit and freshness and ... dissipated tannin. Not very long but a delight to drink and terrific value at around 21 euro. — a month ago

Ken Z

9.6

Drank 6/18/22.

Nose of cherry, blueberry, smoke, earth, and hint of cedar. On the palate, morello cherry, leather, tar, with long, dry finish. Give it another 5-10 years to shine.

4/23/9/5/5 +50 = 96 pts , but needs time

Special wine geek note. This was tasted along with the 2009 pontet, and the 2000 Dominus. This was the best of the lot. Sorry, no pics — 10 days ago