Steve Bowen

9.1

It was wonderfully smooth and worked very well with a pork butt dinner even though not a normal pairing. No bite and wonderful flavor balance. A definite repeat purchase. — 2 months ago

with Tracy

Leo Gentile

9.5

Deep purple with a hint of brick. Cassis and leather and meat in the nose. Pencil graphite cassis violet and a little tar. Rich jammy black fruit. Delicious. Serving with Prime grade rib roast. Sorry to have only one bottle — a year ago

Ming L

9.2

An oddly-named bottling. “Oakville Grade”? I suppose majority of the juicy from Oakville, but I could not find much information on this 15’ blend.
Gentle nose of red cherry, blueberry, black currant, creme de cassis, fresh herbs, and vanilla. The medium to full body feels weightless at times. Full of fresh sweet (a bit too sweet for me) cherries flavor. Silky, plush, almost feminine. Finely grained sweet tannins.
From magnum. This is still very primary, and will have a long life ahead. — 2 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

Macerated, not spicy: roses, tea, cranberry. Red cherry. Will be fantastic with age. — 5 months ago

Walter A Wino Forever

10

Quickly becoming my favorite! Bold and flavorful with a peppery finish, great with steak. I may be biased as a bourbon aficionado, but the whiskey barrel aging definitely adds something special. Top notch! — a year ago

David Koenen

9.2

Roasted paprika, salmiac, drying tannins, figs, broth, cigar, sweet rhubarb, stewed pears, juniper. Printing, ink. Clay, blackberries. An old gentleman. — 2 years ago

Makoto Someya

9.0

Aroma includes ink, Black currant, tabacco,
30 min, concentrated. Oak and complexity. No. Actual concentration came 90 min. Feel powerful. Fruity blue and black berry. 120 min texture is also getting better.
Mid +. Elegant and powerful one
It takes time, at least one hour, two or more to decant it even in 2006 @3100, xiaduo - , 210928-211015 — 3 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

8.9

I like this vintage of SB more than the 18. — 6 months ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.6

Deep purple in color; black plum, black cherries, and black pepper on the nose; medium plus acidity; medium tannins; tastes like blackberry jam, plum sauce, and a hint of eucalyptus with a long peppery finish. Nellie likes it with Popeyes Spicy Fried Chicken. I was surprised it paired so well with spicy chicken. Be forewarned that it made the chicken even more spicy, but the flavors went really well together. I love this wine. — 8 months ago

with Nellie

Peter M. Heidt

9.1

...highest rated best value for the money in my opinion. — 3 years ago