Mark S.

9.1

Vanilla, oak.black currant. Ripened. Density. Quite high balanced Hundred Acre FORTUNATE SON, Red Blend Wine THE DIPLOMAT Napa Valley 19 @33000, Calist, 250413 — 3 days ago

Karyn Fricke

9.0

Fun tight bubbles, slight toasty with green apple and crisp citrus. — 2 years ago

Chris Fliesser

9.0

Very good blend. Full bodied. For a reasonable price. — 6 years ago

Jorge Gallardo

9.5

Hat it with Charley at Le Diplomat for his birthday in 2015. Great wine. Very complex. Still felt a little young. — 10 years ago

M Y

9.5

In the glass, the Virevolte Haut-Médoc unfurls like a velvet curtain parting on an opera at dusk. Its robe is a brooding garnet—deep, moody, suggestive of candlelit chiaroscuro and philosophical malaise. The bouquet is an olfactory aria: first, a plume of graphite and cigar box, as though the wine spent its formative years in the library of a Parisian diplomat. These give way to whispers of stewed blackcurrant, truffle ash, and petrichor on polished leather, evoking an autumnal horseback ride through the forgotten paths of Gascony.

On the palate, the wine does not so much speak as pronounce. The structure is austere yet self-assured, with tannins that march in double-breasted formation. Merlot offers a baritone plushness, while Cabernet Sauvignon contributes a tensile, almost Stoic verticality. Subtle mineral tension runs like a minor key through the mid-palate—an ode, perhaps, to the gravelly terroir that birthed it.

The finish is prolonged and philosophical—less an end than a Socratic ellipsis. One is left pondering not only the provenance of the wine but the transience of joy itself. — 3 days ago

Benjamin Hettema

9.6

Fantastic wine. Great body. — 6 years ago

Neil Evans

9.0

Available at wine rack for $16.95. A grapefruit flavour. A little higher price but worth it for a nice occasion — 9 years ago

Matt Perlman

9.4

Blend of local Corsican grapes, which Vermentino was the only one I was familiar with. Tawny gold, ripe yellow fruits, saline freshness, intense concentration and a bit of roundness from lees aging, evocative of scrubby coastal landscapes. Like a good diplomat, an endearing, versatile and fascinating companion to any Mediterranean cuisine — 10 months ago

Logz

9.0

Very good Pinot. Sweet. Full flavor medium body. — 5 years ago

Nick Jones

9.6

Le diplomat — 8 years ago