Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Another bottle of this blend. Dramatic art on the label. I guess it’s an oak. Dark, dark color. Opaque. Smells like wet rocks and soils. And something fruity. Woodsy and bushy herbs too. Flavors are smooth and elegant. Fruit driven. Rich, ripe red and black skinned fruits. Has a herbal side. Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme? This is a nice red wine. Art and heavy bottle are worthy of its elegance and style. — 9 days ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Haven’t had in 5 years. Gorgeously layered nose of smoke, graphite, granite, blackberries, black berries and just incredible minerality. The majesty of Hermitage comes across on the nose. Wow this is out of sight. Lifted, airy, complex and plain old provocative. Palate needs to catch up as it’s a bit closed but juicy, pure and long. But it needs an hour of air I think. Textured and rich but also incredibly fresh as the better 15’s are. Powdery tannins. Great length. Getting more focused and dense but also the trademark Luyton elegance. Really coming together. Exquisite fruit. — 3 years ago

Some Dude

9.2

We just had the 2016 with a bracciole and it was spot on. But honestly it was tight. We decanted a couple hours before the meal, and it still near the end of the meal when it started to show sone of its majesty. If you are thinking of drinking this, then buy 2 and try the other one in ten years. Let me know what is like then! — 5 years ago

Mark Howard

9.5

More elegant than I expected. Fragrant without overwhelming. Bold, yet refined. Just an elegant grande Dame in all her majesty. Drink now or hold. A ginormous YUM!! Well done. — 6 years ago

with Richard

Sam Agami

9.0

Dark purple majesty at a bargain price. Leather, licorice, and dark fruit abounds! — 8 years ago

LC

9.0

On the Majesty of the Seas 🛳 — 8 years ago

TheSkip

9.7

A triumph of winemaking. There are so many things going on here that I can’t adequately explain the majesty of this wine. Kept evolving over 4 hours. Tremendous!!! I think my highest score yet. Bravo @Fraser McKinley — 8 years ago

Chris Albin

Winemaker, Azari Vineyards Winemaker, Corskcrew Wines

8.9

Lean, fresh, olive-y. Acid drives the palate with some tannin in there as well. Despite that it could use some electricity or majesty from the lean-ness of fruit or time in bottle, this is still a very good wine. — 3 months ago

Ludovic Anacleto

9.6

SPEC TA CU LAR! Here you feel the absolute majesty of a wine who can be promoted to at least 2nd growth. Cedar, camphor, eucalyptus, butterscotch/4 spices, yellow curry. I’ve always loved ‘00 in Pauillac has I think it’s the last great of the classic style. Definitely this bottling is a keeper. — 2 years ago

John Tan

9.3

LQV w Nic and Brian.

Chardonnay. Light straw and varnish on the nose. Sweet start and refined, very deep-flavoured wine. Very subtle with the majesty found in the contained, dry finish of old-fashioned burgundy. Worth a look! Real quality. Set up on his own, lower yields. JR17, 2007 — 4 years ago

Matthew Bull

9.0

I see slightly lower scores here perhaps because it’s already drinking so sumptuously. I had to slap myself twice to ensure I wasn’t imagining it’s majesty. — 6 years ago

Seth Morgen Long

Broker • Arterberry Maresh / Winemaker • Morgen Long

9.5

Tasted blind out of a decanter, this was not budging initially and felt lean, maybe stilted, and angular next to a plush 2015 Voge St. Jo. After an hour or two, the wine started to expand, and impress. Of course, after revealing, we were all present to the majesty of Thierry’s touch. This was not as brooding and dense as I remember it, rather, it felt like the wine was reluctant to strut its stuff until we required it to. Forget about the 2010’s for awhile. — 8 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.3

The majesty of old vines at work, Argyros offers an intensely focused, stony expression of Assyrtiko with finely chiseled flavors of gunflint, iodine, oyster shell, lemon pith, and salt block. The AVERAGE vine age is 150 years, but some of these ungrafted vines reach 300 years of age. A wine of velocity, precision, and cut. 100% Assyrtiko.
— 8 years ago

Andrew Thomas

8.9

Found @ take out Hotel Brunswick. Bench top seats and a little spit coming from a patch of dark clouds. Pasta Bar not undersold...papardelle with crisped pancetta, black truffle, cremini, and cream sauce(two hand fulls of cheese and some EVOO). Sent from His Majesty. Spaghetti with basil, tomatos broth and seafood....👍. Blair asleep on walk to car. Wine is a winner, need 3-4 bottles to better understand. — 8 years ago

Ceccherini Cristiano

9.3

The winery is the only one situated on the Cartizze Hill.
They only make Valdobbiadene Docg and Cartizze Docg.
Manula harvesting is the only option on these slopes, not like they do on the flatland of the Prosecco DOC.
That results in an intense and unique expression for every label, but we reach the epitome with Her Majesty Cartizze.
The only Cru around here.
The traditional Dry version(24 g sugar per litre) is absolutely textural and balanced by the mineral finish that hides completely the sweetness that you would expect.
Extremely long.
This is prosecco on steroids(does that sound good or bad??)
Excellent drop!! — 9 months ago

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The 1982 Latour is the most consistent of the First Growths in this auspicious vintage. Tasted from both bottle and magnum in the UK in recent months, this note comes from an ex-château magnum tasted at a private dinner in Bordeaux. It exudes class and majesty on the nose with its copious but brilliantly focused black fruit laced with cedar and graphite. To use a phrase I have written before, it is blue-blooded...regal. That comes through on a palate that has a haunting symmetry and a killer finish that is brilliantly defined and audaciously long, graphite lingering on the aftertaste. Quite simply, claret does not come better than this. Tasted at a private dinner in Bordeaux. (Neal Martin, Vinous, September 2022)
— 4 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Finally got myself a bottle of one of the rarest wines I import. Only got an allocation in 18 for the first time. Anyway this is an insane bottle of Chablis. It’s basically Fabien’s Grand Cru. Nose is spicy and mineral. Sea water, hint of discreet wood. So salty. Nose is so classic and the most ethereal of the Dauvissat wines. Wow, the palate is so intense and explosive. Awesome minerality and electricity. Juicy and so pure. Backwards and will need air. So much sap and dry extract. Lime echo on the finish. So so long. Awesome power, majesty and density. What grip. What an intense wine. The length is crazy. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Needs an hour to integrate. Then is majesty. Nose of a tropical fruit basket. Palate is mineral and the essence of tropical fruit - guava papaya. But not overwhelming as it lives with the minerality. Brightly acidic. Moderate pleasant richness. An iconic northern Rhône white. Bought from Fass selections. — 7 years ago

with Lyle

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

This is the second wine of Cos d’ Estournel, Les Pagodes De Cos. I find it’s a good idea not only to buy first wines of Bordeaux in good vintages but, also buy the hell out of 2nd wines of good producers as it’s a close relative of their first wine for a lot less money 💰. 2005 was a marquee vintage in Bordeaux.

On the nose, ripe; blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, baked strawberries and notes of blackberries. Black cherry cola, saddle-wood, limestone minerals, graphite, crushed, dry rocks, stones, hints of; vanilla, clove & very light cinnamon. Dark rich soil, dry stones, anise, fresh & dry red and dark flowers.

The body is not quite full. The tannins are round, soft and well resolved, 65%. The structure, tension, length and balance are peaking. Ripe & slight ruby; blackberries, dark cherries, black plum, black raspberries, baked strawberries and notes of blackberries. Black cherry cola, saddle-wood, dark spice, dry stems, mint, limestone minerals, slightly moist clay, graphite, charcoal ash, crushed, dry rocks, stones, tobacco with ash, hints of; vanilla, clove & very light cinnamon. Dark rich soil, dry stones, anise, fresh & dry red and dark flowers. The acidity is quite nice. The long finish is; ripe & ruby, elegant, well polished & balanced and lasts minutes.

It’s just short of its peak and will drink well for another 8–10 years.

Photos of; the majesty of Chateau Cos d’ Estournel, library cellar, see through floor barrel room and the back terrace and grounds of the Chateau.
— 8 years ago

Mark Williamson

8.9

Fully mature & deliciously in context. Without majesty today however. — 9 years ago