Brandon Boesch

9.4

Really nice. Needed 90 minutes of air to even out. Very tart with a lot of fruit some cream, but tart strawberry, cherry, plums for days. Finish is long and lingering with big acidity. Enjoyable. From 2018 on back of bottle. — 4 months ago

Andrew Liguori

8.9

Young and too bold, needs another year or two. Dark inky purple with concentrated black fruits and black currant aromas. Hints of mocha and Applewood bacon. Medium acid, full body, svelte tannins. Blazing 15% soaked up by some oak infusion. — 4 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Young CLB never ceases to amaze. Pop and pour magic once again as high toned red fruit, violets and distinctive CLB spice soar from the glass with almost no reduction getting in the way. Finely detailed and ethereal palate with a simultaneous intensity of vivid fruit and a mineral infusion that leads to its seamless transition to finish. Always a special experience to drink CLB. — 5 years ago

S.S. Mandani

9.5

Quarantine materials ready. Creature comforts are getting me through this thing. Give me good coffee, pavement to pound, a pen that dances on the page, a worn notebook with still empty pages to fill, jazz weaving the air, and a bottle of wine, and I will kill all the time there is.

A magenta shawl in the glass.

Earth’s fragrance caught in a bottle. Sweet, sweet clay. Leather. Intense plums and orange zest. Sea breeze. This is a memorable and rich bouquet.

Subtle smoke quality reminiscent of the char in the bark of good brisket. A reserved dark fruit quality which is there, but just teases you as a spicy black peppercorn note swings in for a jab. It’s smooth.

An eloquence in the expression and structure. Like a mathematical proof or a line of poetry you cannot easily forget.

It slaps. — 7 years ago

Chris England

9.5

Beautiful unique testing challenge for the senses @ £33 & was my best find last year 😍 If you want to experience quite a different wine then get this 👍 Similar to a white Tondonia 91/99 or a 20 year old Bordeaux Pessac White😎 I got it from @paulroblestorres

🏵 95 points

📍 Chateau Musar White 2001

🍇 Obaideh & Merwah (related to Chardonnay & Semillon)

📝 Best slightly warmer but my ice decanter kept it getting too warm in 25C 🌞

🍷 Honey baked golden tawny orange (yes that is its true colour!)

👃 Charred & tortured orange zest, baked honey, apricot foam smoke, smashed frangipane tart, honeysuckle & sweet smoked oak w/ sticky toffee fallen beaten apple pudding, diesel & shaved citrus zest

👄 Med+ body of creamed burnt orange zest in gloopy honey w/ a citrus mineral infusion, dried caramel apricot & baked apple compete

🎯 Long burnt marmalade sticky licky lips w/ a caramel burnt toffee apricot & char baked apple magnetic woody but not overly dry mineral linger — 8 years ago

Chris England

9.1

Great St Em in every vintage I've had & this £42 08 is drinking lovely 👍 but wow it's a mineral terroir monster 😈

🍷 Dark ruby

👃 Gravel flinty wet fresh minerals & pencil lead w/ a touch of farmyard through fresh herbs & leather into light dark plum & watered black fruits

👄 Med body of stoney intense dominant minerals into light black fruits with a mineral constant rocky infusion

🎯 Mineral driven soft dark black fruits in a med+ finish w/ a touch dryness — 9 years ago

Dave

9.0

This wine has the kitchen sink in it. Dark fruit is hiding under the prominent leather, herbs, mint, tobacco, and earth. It's a fine sipper for jazz nights by the fireplace. Made my teeth red.
Listening to Bill Evans — a year ago

Cassie Carreras

9.5

Commander's Palace wine and cheese night - Should Have Been Jazz Fest #2 — 5 years ago

Victor Charcan

9.1

Amazing candy nose, strawberry, red fruit, nice!!! — 5 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Robe rubis
Nez de fruit rouge délicat grenade
Bouche fraîche et délicate ou le fruit et l’acidité se marient
Finale sur le fruit croquant un vin délicat — 7 years ago

Chris Gillespie

8.9

Great wine for the price from earthy Priorat, its got mineral and all that Spanish jazz you expect, again what a great deal, big dry finish! — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

26 March 2018. Sauvage, Brooklyn, NY. — 9 years ago

Gregory Von Dare

9.0

Nice balance of honey to acid. A very light straw color and lemon papaya nose. Strong yellow fruits on the tongue and a tingling acid finish. Remarkable as it warms to room temp. Easy to finish and start a second bottle. So, what's your life story...? Very satisfying at around $16 a bottle. — 9 years ago

Janice in Livermore

8.9

2019. At Kuumbwa Jazz enjoying a Christian McBride concert — 2 years ago

Alan Snitow

9.3

This was excellent — 3 years ago

amanda delaney

10

Perfectly paired with a hot summer day of jazz in the park — 5 years ago

Heather Austin

9.7

Sweet and drinkable on its own. Has notes of strawberries and has a full bodied feel — 6 years ago

Charlie Marshall

9.0

Orange funk but not crazy funk - this isn’t free jazz - it’s bright, but rich - not cloying - tasty with a frisée lardon salad — 7 years ago

Gaetan Ciampini

9.5

Incredible depth. Beautiful wine that keeps going. Saline notes, caramel. This is some smooth jazz. — 9 years ago

Anthony Lombardi

9.2

2010 Rippon Mature Vine Pinot Noir & Harold Alexander’s Soul Jazz masterpiece Sunshine Man. New Zealand Pinot continues to be a revelation, and this one is terrific. This record is layered and detailed, yet remains exuberant and easy to love. The wine fits the exact same description. — 9 years ago