Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

1990 vintage. Bottom neck fill. Excellent cork. Decanted with appropriate sed. Slightly darker color than all the 1990 BDX I've tasted in the last year. Initial, slight funk on the nose that dissipated rapidly. Tasted immediately after decant, 1 hour and 2 hours later. Started softly but then brought out that big, Lagrange stick. Cedar, smoke, plum, leather, mercury, distilled dark cherry, summer pond mud. Displayed better balance throughout than expected with good staying power. Based on this excellent sample, will be shopping for more. Could hold in this spot for another half-decade before recalibrating. 12.5.25. — 17 days ago

Brian S

9.1

Biodynamic, 80 year old vines. Red apple skin, lovely red fruit, lots of red cherry in mouth, red and blue flowers, black soil. — 7 days ago

Aaron Marsh

9.2

Delicious, had with Christy at bcc — 11 days ago

Tom Garland

9.3

2 hour decant. A marvelous medium garnet color (decent fine sediment). On the nose: dark berries, cassis, forest floor, sandalwood, pencil shavings, chocolate, and cigar box. Taste: layered, balanced, still young wine with dark cherry/plum, cedar, dark chocolate, charcoal, and a lingering tobacco/leather finish. YUM! No hurry, a long distance Las Cases. — 16 days ago

with Brenda

Tristan

9.5

Thanksgiving 2025. 2016 vintage, very smooth, opens nicely after 2 hours decant — a month ago

romo

9.3

En mag. Fully mature, calm and assertive with much specific pleasure. Not much upside to holding. — 25 days ago

Cameron Parry

9.2

Took about 2 hours to open. Dark & dried cherries. Acid still nice and firm. Tannins still going strong but clearly softer and more fine grained. Feels somewhat unbalanced - good acid, good tannin, not enough fruit. May have missed the optimal window. Still very enjoyable. Only a touch of Brett. — a day ago

Mark S.

9.0

Deep cherry red. Oak vanilla clove nutmeg. black currant. Complexity. Good concentration. Gentle. 8 years 17 @7000, Mar2, 251222 — a day ago

Herb Listen

9.3

In London with Cheryl Nov 2025 at San Carlos Italian restaurant. Was good — a month ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2017 | great structure, spicyness and cherries in smell, velvet taste (after aeration) | paired with a tournedos at bistrot C — 23 days ago