Conrad Green

9.5

Gorgeous. Plush plummy fruit, iodine and salinity. Great balance and pure length. Glossy texture. Complete — 2 months ago

with Paul and Ara

Martin Sher

9.2

For $30 this was a decent deal. Smooth plummy fruit, nice depth. — 5 years ago

Vanessa

8.9

Here’s to exploring the Côtes de Bordeaux! Enjoying this lovely, food-friendly, Merlot-focused wine with luscious plummy fruit aromas, supple tannins, and cedar / vanilla notes from Chateau d’Aiguilhe, Appellation Castillon.

Vintage 2017. ABV 14%. — 6 years ago

with Deked1

Matthew Bull

9.2

I weep robust, plummy, pure tears of joy. — 6 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

This is a lovely Ch9dP for those who search for élégance and balance and rusticity.
Blood, garrigue, iodine, salty licorice, spicebox, forestfloor and still some plummy fruit remaining. Touch of tangy orange zest bitterness.
Very nice! — 6 years ago

Chris England

8.9

Always a reliable well priced Pomerol @ £38 & the 2015 shows promise drinking OK young but I’d leave a few more years to let it shine 😉

📍 Chateau La Croix de Gay 2015 Pomerol

🏵 89 points w/ 90-92 potential

🍇 Merlot & Cabernet Franc

🍷 Deep vibrant ruby

👃 Smokey oak through dark plum w/ earthy minerals, cocoa, blackberry, blueberry & minty herbs

👄 Med body of juicy plump ripe dark plum in cocoa w/ dry minerals, blueberry, raspberry liquorice & black berry fruits

🎯 Med creamy plummy punch w/ dry minerality & a cocoa red liquorice oaky kiss
— 8 years ago

Lyn Farmer

9.0

A delicious example of LBV Port - it has all the classic vintage port attributes - plummy licorice aromas and flavors, balanced seemed and acidity, chewy texture -- all this is in the LBV except with a little less intensity. I like the Dow style - it's less sweet than Grahams and a bit more herbal in character. This is a beautiful wine for the price — 8 years ago

Conrad Green

9.3

plush plummy fruit. Rounded with black cherry and soft precision. Lovely — 7 months ago

with Paul and Ara

Todd Stone

9.0

Very dark garnet with a dry nose of leather, maybe tabacco, wood and black fruits. Pretty smooth for a dry wine, a touch plummy, some fruit and medium acidity. Less tannins than on the nose (been open for a few days but vacuum corked) but still clearly tannic. A very good wine! Thanks James! — 4 years ago

with Peggy

Ron Siegel

9.2

This was all about plummy fruit & chocolate. Rich & full bodied that will only get better with more time in the cellar. — 6 years ago

Gunja Gargeshwari

9.2

Plummy Jammy and Young! I like it but it needs 5 years to be a crowd pleaser. — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.2

A pretty nose with soft mature plummy fruit, dried cherries, a gentle bloodiness. The palate has good fully mature fruit but a slightly tart and drying finish.... this improved a lot on the finish with food. Supple and quite generous. Good! — 7 years ago

with Naoko and Larry

Conrad Green

9.5

Intense plum and violets. Beautiful soft fleshy, plummy fruit. Good balance with leveling acidity. Very young, but lovely stuff. — 8 years ago

with Naoko

Ivonne Nill

8.9

Plush, velvety Merlot dominant blend, very easy to drink, still much primary plummy fruit, with some development (leather), moderate acidity and rather noticeable VA (why I didn’t rate it higher). — 8 years ago

Jack Petras

8.9

Had this 2011 a few weeks ago with Beef Daube next to a very aged Mouton. Plummy smooth but not too impressive. Forgot I had a little left in the bottle in a cool corner of kitchen and had it 10 days later and it was more enchanting, somehow fresher more berry fruit with a gorgeous hint of leather in background. — 2 years ago

Timothy Eustis

Wine Director, Red Lion Inn

9.1

Punches above its already massive weight. Meaty. Purple-y, plummy stone fruit overtones. Wonderful. — 5 years ago

Jan A

9.1

Rounded plummy stewed red fruits with pleasant oak use. Night cap after a long day — 6 years ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Delicate and round. Polished plummy fruit and a balancing acidity. Feminine and pretty. Gorgeous. — 6 years ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other

Doctor No

8.9

Surprisingly lovely for an 87! Perfect bottle from a private collection (and given to me for $30). Plummy fruit still in evidence with evolved notes of pipe tobacco a bit of moss/ash and red bell pepper. Medium in body with moderate finish, classic claret and really nice overall. Would hate to have tasted this in a lineup with other wines. On its own, it was lovable. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Some sooty tarry notes. Light to medium bodied - lighter than I expected. After some time in the decanter the wine filled out and put on palate weight giving earthy plummy minerality on the now medium weight palate. Aromas of undergrowth and garrigue. 85% Grenache 9% Syrah 4% Mourvèdre and 2% assorted other varieties. From a cellaring viewpoint rather short term for a big name Chateaneuf du Pape. — 8 years ago