Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Benito y c murgia joes dc — a month ago

Pinotman /// Andreas

8.9

High in pyrazine. Grassy. Grapefruit. More New Zealand style than french. — 2 months ago

Heather Rostker

9.5

Phenomenal with our lamb. So smooth and silky. — 3 months ago

with Emmett and Brian

Jay Kline

9.5

I have dreamed of the 1981 Grange for many, many years. Why? Well, it’s quite simple: I’m an ‘81 baby and that year doesn’t have the strongest reputation for producing great wines. Spain and Italy faired better and of course, there were always exceptions. However, most have long been drank or forgotten as it was a tough year in many of the classic wine growing regions. All of that being said, Australia didn’t suffer the same conditions and Penfold’s managed to make a very good expression of Grange in 1981…if only one could find it and then of course, afford it. But, sometimes you just have to put it out into the universe and she answers. Tonight, a dear brother in wine who also happens to share 1981 as a birth year, provided this bottle from his cellar to share. And while my 45th remains a couple months off, we were celebrating life and friendship tonight!

Opened prior to dinner and enjoyed over the course of a few hours. The 1981 pours a deep purple color moving towards a garnet rim and a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of ripe and desiccated tart black, red and blue fruits and rotundone: blackberries, raspberries, plum, tobacco, purple flowers, black olive, cocoa, coffee, eucalyptus, leather, toasted coconut, earth and baking spices. On the palate the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is looooong. What a stellar showing and this bottle certainly lived up to hype. Drink now through 2041+. — 2 months ago

Thomas Hillskog

9.2

Feel like perfect maturity,ten years old. Fruity with complex maturity flavours. Very enjoyable with a tournedo file with bearnaise sauce. — 2 months ago

Elizabeth

9.1

5’00 steak house. Classic Bordeaux in the best way — 3 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Luis martinez sergio gomez lora masseria — 2 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.5

Banger. 07 Charmes, from 100+ year old vines right across from Chambertin, is a fabulous rendition in this vintage, seductive and complex wafting a dark fruited and gamey bouquet laced with violets and black tea. The palate is superbly concentrated, detailed and impeccably balanced with a finish that keeps on going. A particularly youthful ‘07 Grand Cru red burg. Long life ahead! — 2 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.4

La paulee mex daniel eric magnum — 3 months ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Deep and intense. Mocha, black cherry, tangy almost grapefruit like note. Very dugat in terms of intensity and color. But great stuff — 3 months ago

with Bex and David