Nathan Renfro

9.4

Same comments. Ripe fruit forward. Super soft tannins, silky in the mouth. Very smooth drinking. — 7 days ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.3

From a half bottle.
Perfect for a lazy afternoon. — 2 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.4

Vintage 2003 | I find this Loupiac wine incredible good. While aging it keeps a fresh character, not showing age. It has a mesmerizing apricot smell and awesome balance. Really a gem in the cellar that gives instant joy when opening a bottle. Like this september Sunday when I made a Reine Claude Plums Crumble. A marriage made in heaven. — 4 years ago

Kurt Schuster

9.0

Hot with alcohol. Balanced, more savory forest floor, crushed berry, earth. — 4 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Last Sunday lunch with Roast Lamb. A 20 year old Rioja fitted the bill nicely. A blend of 85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo. Aged in new French and American oak for 24 months. Aromatics of tobacco leaf, plum, ashphalt and a bit of tar. A medicinal note the following night. The palate is medium to full bodied with berry, plum and liquorice. Resolved Tannins - quite fluid. This was Wine Spectators No. 1 wine for 2013 and now drinking at its peak but could go on for another 5 years on the evidence of this superb wine. — 8 months ago

Sophia Bush

9.3

The first Orange Glou box. This was excellent. The color GLOWS. Orangey-pink. Gorgeous. First Sunday. Perhaps during Tenenbaums... — 4 years ago

with Grant

Brad Taylor

9.0

Full on cherry notes. Nice and tart. — 5 months ago

Mandi Speidel

City Territory Chicago, Maverick Wine Company

9.2

Pinot Party! Steak Sunday Dinner with the Fam! — 6 months ago

with Jeremy and Rosie

Ericsson

9.1

I had dismissed this wine a couple of years ago; I thought it was a little week, thought I could find better value elsewhere. To my surprise, my good friend brings this bottle to Easter Sunday Diner, and turned out to be one of the best vintages I’ve tried. Fuller body, richer, and composed. Cheers to trying bad wines again. — 4 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.1

Love this one! It is all red fruit with this slight pencil box (not cigar box, it’s that box with your pencils, pens, crayons and gum erasers and maybe a sneaky piece of Bubbilicious). It feels studious and decorous but it likes to chill on a Sunday and day drink. — 5 years ago