Château Ducru-Beaucaillou

Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 2008

Ron Siegel

9.4

Drinking well with its perfumed aromatics, fruit & spice that needed some air to open — a day ago

Mario, Tom and 7 others liked this

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

Andrew Cullimore

9.2

Medium garnet , medium garnet rim . Aromatic , and slightly funky nose , with herbal, cedar , sous bois , truffle . On the palate this is slightly strict , quite high acidity , slightly gritty tannin , mix of red and dark fruits , herbal tinges , tobacco and earthy finish . Quite linear and elegant . Perhaps slightly rustic , not particularly ambitious but classic ‘gentleman’s club’ claret. Though this is showing quite a lot of tertiary character it is still drinking well , drink now and over the next 5 or so years — 3 days ago

Tom, Jan and 9 others liked this

R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2012

Andrew McIntyre

9.3

Always tasty, dependable and well-priced. Nothing to complain about here! — 24 days ago

Zach, Bob and 20 others liked this

Opus One

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2019

Tom Garland

9.4

From MAG

2 hour decant. A striking purplish dark garnet color. On the nose: beautiful notes of dark fruit, pencil shavings, herbaceous, vanilla, cloves. Taste: creamy, polished, structured wine with blackberry, dark chocolate, minerals, bell pepper, leather, and a decent herbal/potting soil finish. Drinks surprisingly well with the decant at this age, and of course a few more years it will improve. YUM! — 2 days ago

with Brenda

Tom, Brenda and 13 others liked this

Paul T HB

Only about 10-15 years too soon

Heitz Cellar

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Henry Fuseler

9.0

4/2025. Good wine. Full of flavor. Nice to drink. Paired well with the short rib at Mr. Friendly’s — 8 days ago

Ted liked this

Spottswoode

Family Estate Grown St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2005 vintage. From magnum. Tasted after 3 hours open. Light-medium body. Drought earth. Coffee grounds. Espresso crema. Dark plum skins. Drinking excellent but like a Napa cab a decade older. And from a magnum!?!? Was expecting a bit more of a delicate fruit presence. Oh well. It was a full moon. 04.11.25. — 17 days ago

Ted, Austin and 8 others liked this

Ridge Vineyards

Monte Bello Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2018

Hum

9.2

Rich cassis and tobacco … vanilla frosting … everything well integrated… faint graphite ? Touch of bell pepper. — 9 days ago

Tyler and Ira liked this

Château Pichon-Longueville Baron

Baron de Pichon-Longueville Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1987

William Lauder

9.4

Truly Sublime and drinking well 42 years old. — 14 days ago

Shay liked this

Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1996

Norman Gennaro

9.5

Next level. Actually the air from the decant did it well. Could have aired it out longer but we had Warriors game to get to!!! — 7 hours ago