Andrew Cullimore

9.5

Still ruby centre and pink watery rim , quite youthful considering it’s from 2003. Out of the bottle is quite aromatic though feel that there is a lot held back . Quite youthful again , showing ripe , but no overripe black fruits . Lots of large tears , high in glycerin . There is also a floral, violet quality . Lots hidden and appear with each swirl of the glass. Chocolate and coffee also. On the palate lovely ripe dark fruits , ripe but not overly so, acidity is balanced and the wine certainly feels balanced . Probably slightly more masculine and full bodied than normal . Tannin is present and sweet , quite high alcohol but it doesn’t detract from what is a real success for the vintage . Lovely now but can age really quite well I suspect. — 10 days ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.1

16.5+/20 (91+/100) Аромат спелых ягод черники и ежевики, кедра, шоколада и намёк на кожу. Тельное с высокой кислотностью. Танины достаточно интенсивные, шероховатые. Хорошая концентрация во вкусе. Всё ещё молодо, пить рано, но уже на подходе. #dfwe2018 — 3 days ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.3

17.5/20 (93/100) Насыщенный аромат в котором доминируют тона кассиса, дополненные нотами вишневого варенья, шоколада, лакрицы, ментола и бальзамика. Тельное с высокой кислотностью и интенсивными, вяжущими, мелкозернистыми по текстуре танинами. Отлично! — 5 days ago

Shay A

9.5

WNH event number 4. Perfect Pizza Pairing bottles. Not a bad bottle in the bunch!

This was a fantastic bottle with our pizza. A wonderful year in Bordeaux with a more approachable and fruit forward style. Not a ton of leather and smoke...more ripe black and red fruit. Cherry pipe tobacco, and rose petal and violets. No problem popping these now! All smiles, @Mike R ! — 3 days ago

with Mike, David and 5 others

Shun Kikuchi

8.9

Slight BlackBerry, Chocolate, woodforest, woody,
Dry. Mid+acidity, dissolved and small rest of tannin

Best time to drink, chateau person said.

I felt that acidity relatively stands out, and lack of concentration even if dense oak aroma filled in the blank instead. — 3 days ago

Stanislav Lobanov

9.0

16.5+/20 (90+/100) В аромате преобладают тона чёрных ягод (чёрная смородина, ежевика), есть ноты вишни, хлебной корочки, ванили и ментола. Тельное с высокой кислотностью и интенсивными, вяжущими, несколько грубоватыми танинами. Чёрные ягоды и жареный хлеб во вкусе. — 5 days ago

Shun Kikuchi

9.0

Forest, cedar, BlackBerry blackcherry,
Dry, mid+ tannin w/ good graining (but some astringency)
mid acidity, well balanced w/ extract.
Concentration to some extent.

Elegant wine, need more time like 5-10 yrs to settle. — 3 days ago

Robert McCall

9.5

Last evening in Vegas with my son. Just he and I enjoying some QT together at Mon Ami Gabi. Wow. This delivered big time with an amazing steak frites. Earthy funk, dark red/blue fruit, flowers. Airtime opened it up to a full bodied dark red fruited beaut with svelte tannin grip, fantastic mouthfeel and length. A stunner and one of the better Bordeaux’s I’ve had in quite some time. And I didn’t have to share with anyone tonite! — 16 days ago

Stas Medvedev

9.6

🏅 Rating 96/100 (4,6🌟)

Super Vintages of SuperSeconds🍷

Classic Margaux with graphite of pencil shavings, rich in fruits, black tea. Fragrant and graceful. Pure elegance.

3eme GC Classé, but considered as SuperSecond. 47% CS, 47% M, 6% PV. Fermented in steel cone-shaped vats. 21mo aging in 45% new oak. Fining, no filtration.

'89 was a super vintage for Palmer.

The only true competitor to Ch.Margaux.

Significant cellar rennovations in late 90s make even better wines now. — 21 days ago

Sarah Oettel

10

Yep—my first “10.” It just doesn’t get better than this. — 11 days ago