Norman

9.3

Always nice with food. — a month ago

web bond

9.0

2021 Domaine Lorenzon Mercury Le Chapitre — 2 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.0

gorgeous texture. Like drinking liquid mercury. Super dark fruited nose with all kinds of nuances. Shockingly good. — 4 years ago

Douglas Braun

9.1

2013 vintage - Mercury “Les Montoya”amazing perfume violets cherry /raspberry , earthy, super subtle oak — 5 years ago

Evan Bloom

8.9

Still young and red fruit forward- would still leave for another 5 years for more tertiary development. Small amount of tabbaco and forest floor on mid-palate..integrates tannins. Want nicely with a good hanger steak. — 7 years ago

with Ron

Centura Churchill

9.1

Very very nice Mercury- low acidity, not earthy. Very nice. — 7 years ago

Natalie Griffin

9.3

Very good blend. Smooth, subtle tannins, soft velvet. Some dark plums but not overly sweet. Would be delicious with duck and plum sauce. — 9 years ago

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. — 7 months ago

Ely Cohn

9.2

The Dr. Pepper to shake up my Cola habit. Condrieu is something different - thick, waxy texture, concentrated like mercury. Yellow canned peaches in syrup, apricot jam, starfruit, honey, and the most awesome orange liquor.

Condrieu or Cointreau? — 3 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.3

why didn’t I know this producer earlier? Found these bottles recently but only have some recent vintages since I’m new to Moreau. This wine punches well above its weight. Beautiful floral and citrus bouquet, but the mouthfeel is amazing, like liquid mercury, thick and dense while lithe and graceful. The flavors are superb, orchard fruit, lemon zest. The balance and length are impressive. Great wine. — 6 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.3

Celebration to Queen and the late Freddie Mercury at The Grill on the Ally in San Jose Concert tomorrow night. The Bryant Family Cabernet blend is something to celebrate with. On the nose snaps with a dark blackberry and cherry fruit and lingers of veggie, spice and eucalyptus. Taste is full body with a rich fill of black cherry and plum and finishing with a chocolate gravel and vanilla taste. — 7 years ago

with Franca and Jill

Clive McNish

9.2

Had to try the 2016 vintage and I think it is better than ‘15. Of course it’s fruit driven but it seems to have more depth and be more balanced. Blackcurrant, vanilla, baking spice and some lightly bitter cacao on the palate. I think for the price this a great ‘heavy’ Napa Cabernet. A good Papillon should hopefully mean that there is a good Mercury Head to be tasted; looking forward to finding out. — 7 years ago

Melany Gifford

9.2

@ The Mercury — 9 years ago

with Michael

Mark Mannebach

9.0

Bright red fruit with smooth finish — 2 years ago

Alan Weinberg

9.3

young but wanted to try since the wife ordered white burgundy and Boillot is occasionally premoxed. Not this bottle. Started out quiet, took a little time to unfurl and then: wow. Really great soft layered texture, like drinking mercury. Very intense and concentrated citrus and minerals, steely like CC should be, acid that tightens up the whole package and drives it like a laser into and through the palate. Then it just fans out and hits every nook and cranny. Fireworks! Super wine. — 3 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

I love this wine and will always sell it. Not many people share my passion for this wine. Still, I’ll always sell it. An unreal nose of raspberry spice cake that is so good. Heavenly. Big time herbs de Provence. Clay. Graphite as well. This is 60% Mourvèdre, 25% Syrah and 15% Grenache. Mint. Lurid black and red berry. This is my favorite southern Rhone wine and it is not close. This is my southern Rhone DRC. Impossibly complex and captivating nose. You cannot stop smelling it. Oh my god. Mercury must be in retrograde tonight as all wines showing sick. Holy elegance. Just so elegant. This is 15%! You would not know. Amazing purity. Such clarity. For people interested this is natural wine as Marcel Richaud is as important to natural wine as Lapierre or Chauvet. This is his piece de resistance. Best one I’ve had since 2010. I cannot believe how juicy and elegant this is. It glides. So so so so good. — 5 years ago

Brenda Reyes

9.4

Mercury $310 cherry, cocoa, light tannins, medium tobacco really like this wine — 7 years ago

Chris Morrison

9.0

A fantastic Mercury Monopole from Faiveley. Very approachable now, however will benefit over time. — 7 years ago

with Jaclyn

Brandon T

9.3

Would prefer to buy this 10/10 vs. mercury head, no doubt.. Could see the score WA gave it. Very good, IMO. — 8 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.4

What do you get when you combine a 15 acre vineyard on the Silverado Bench about 200 feet up from the valley floor at the base of Atlas Peak owned by a former math professor with a team of winemaker Dave Phinney (of Orin Swift, GKG, Stanton) and viticulturalist Steve Matthiasson (Araujo, Chappellet, David Arthur, and Spottswoode to name a few)? Aftermath. I'm not sure if the name was ominous or fortuitous, but Jim Kaplan's first vintage was 2011, which was notoriously difficult. His 2012 vintage was completely lost to the 2014 earthquake. The result is indeed the aftermath...
The 2013 is a blueberry, blackberry, and blackcurrant explosion, with the fallout being licorice, white flowers, cedar, and cacao nips, with enough of an herbaceous tilt to give an exotic edge. Fans of Phinney's Papillon and Mercury Head, and frankly Napa Cabs in general should seek this out. — 9 years ago