Bob McDonald

9.5

Pale to mid Ruby. A sooty earthy savoury red fruited note with raspberry and new leather. The palate is reserved yet with M+ intensity. Delicate yet assertive. Still very fresh for its age. Elegant with enough palate weight to make it totally enjoyable. Benjamin Leroux was the winemaker who has gone on to more accolades with his own label. Jasper Morris thought that this was the best wine made by Benjamin Leroux during his 14 year tenure at Domaine du Comte Armand. Would go on for several more years if you were lucky enough to be holding some. Pommard is another commune which has no Grand Crus but this must be one of the best Premier Crus. I concur with Jasper Morris MW when he had a bottle of this very wine with friends when he said “we were very sad to finish the bottle “. My son Hugh bought this wine for me from Sotheby’s NY in December 2013 and brought it home in his luggage for Christmas that year and I am so glad he did. This is one of the 1001 Wines. — 22 days ago

Gladys Xiques

9.0

Fruity with cherry notes with slight earthiness depth — 2 months ago

with Mike

Sam Friedland

9.3

Very nice, with some tannins. Probably would be better in a few years. — 2 months ago

K L

9.2

Great as Pinots go but only good for this maker. These half bottles continue to perplex. — 15 days ago

with Matt

Ron Kyle

9.2

Deep velvety flavor. — a month ago

Chris MacLean

9.3

Bought a case at the property in 2015 I think. This bottle, number 11, was probably the best one yet. When to open the last one?!? — 2 months ago

with Sarah

Michael Chelus

9.1

Pear, baked apple, lemon, honey and mango. Great acidity and balance. — 13 days ago

Vijay Parikh

9.2

Slow oxed for 2 hours. Excellent nose! Seems a bit extracted and big though — a month ago

Ericsson

9.8

So much to say about this bottle. Its profile, its history, its growing rarity. And the fact that it was made at the very peak of The Patriarch’s era…

Then there is the occasion. A wine you cellar and protect, waiting patiently for the one moment worthy of all its allure.

A wine from a cooler Napa Valley, so evident in the glass it becomes mesmerizing. The freshness, the tension, the quiet authority; everything speaks of a time and place in Napa which no longer exists.

Yes, this is the kind of bottle that stays with you, not just as a wine, but as a memory. — 2 months ago

Kelley Raymond

9.4

Well aged to perfection - a bit dry and needs air, but amazing — 2 months ago