Jay Kline

9.4

Opened a few hours prior to service and enjoyed over the course of an hour. This bottle of the 1986 was re-corked at the chateau in 2011. The wine pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of ripe and some dried dark and red fruits: black currants, brambles, black plum, tobacco, pencil shavings, some dried flowers, green pepper, leather, some earth and a gentle mix of cool and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This seemed evergreen and this bottle spending most of its life in the cellars of the chateau likely has a lot to do with that. Fabulous stuff. Drink now through 2046. — 10 days ago

Joe Flo

9.9

Dr. Crane dinner wine tasting ohhh baby this one was 🤯 — 3 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

This was drinking well, open, floral, silky showing red cherry, berry fruit with lots of spice, floral, earth, mineral, rose petal & violet — 5 days ago

Jan A

9.6

First bottle badly corcked, luckily I had a couple of backup bottles 🤣 🤜 🚀 — 9 days ago

Bruce Leboff

9.2

Nose of hibiscus and menthol. Tannins present and well balanced. A bit forward on the palate - meaning it is powerful mid palate. - finish is long but slightly off balance on the palate @Rajat Parr wouldn’t be happy - striving for balanced wine - but this one is a bit off the mark … — 10 days ago

with David

Ron Siegel

9.4

Classy & polished consistent with my prior notes — 18 days ago

romo

9.2

Barely moved. Some softness and pyrazine. None of the heat markers. — 10 days ago

Paul J

9.4

1hr+ decant. Great wine and vintage. Dark cherries with subtle tar and cedar throughout. Medium plus depth and great texture. — 17 days ago

with Geoff and Brooke

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2017 vintage. Saint-Julien stands out in 2017. — 15 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.5

Boom! From the first sip - this wine was explosive and delicious.

Dark and black fruits come out and then lend to some red fruit and while it has good depth, this wine is very smooth.

Seems like it’s in the drinking window — 21 days ago