Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. Last tasted 10.30.24 (9.3). Popped for the staff as part of the usual Saturday Slurp. Previous visit was ridiculously delicious but undisciplined. All over the map and that was much of the charm...that rusticity and authenticity...but at Woodstock with 500K in attendance and the LSD-spiked punchbowl that ambushed The Who still found them nailing their set. Kinda similar to that. Yeah. So tonight's viz finds this bad boy relatively behaved with frontal palate richness and savory chocolate note along with a plushiness that was previously hinted at but unfulfilled. Gaminess gonzo for the most part as this seems to have settled into middle-age. Say it ain't so! Was crazy excellent in the punk rock era. Still excellent in the arena rock era. We'll see what happens in the crooner/standards era. 6.27.26. — 2 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. FLB collateral damage. Opened and decanted. Tasted after 20 mins, 1 hour and 1.5 hours. No noticeable development(s) during that time. Medium/medium-heavy body. Some chunk. Some refinement. Obvious quality evident. Similar to the 2016 vintage tasted 6.12.26. Very, very nice but ultimately incapable of reaching the stratosphere that multiple vintages of this wine have reached...and breached. Seek out the 2018 vintage of this noww and thank me later. 6.26.26. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2019 vintage. From magnum and tasted 3 hours after opening. Took me right/directly back to a 1991 Oakville Ranch Napa Cab I had the pleasure of enjoying 2-3x in the mid-90's. Medium+ body. Black olives. Eucalyptus. Fall dirt. Finishing cassis notes. Not gratuitous Cabernet but slightly less than tidy. 6.25.26. — 4 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2019 vintage. Last tasted 12.22.25 (9.2). On the list for $85 and popped for the staff at the end of the night for the usual Saturday Slurp. Medium/medium-heavy body. Spices more of a drive-by vs front and center now. Getting rounder. Getting softer. Tannins dwindling. The ever-present frontal palate richness stretching the legs and corrupting the mid palate now too. Really pleasant food or solo matchup. Harmonious and giving. 6.27.26. — 2 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2023 vintage. Medium body. This showed well at the FLB (Friday Lunch Bunch) weekly affair. Some sleekness. Some exoticism. Some mineralité. 6.26.26. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2017 vintage. FLB fodder. Decanted and tasted after 15 mins, 45 mins and 1.25 hours. Medium body. Fairly muddy color. A parlor trick of rose petals and tar up front with a battle to the death, both mid and end palates, between chalk and dark chocolate. Chalk won. Not what I would call refined but made up for that with plenty of rusticity/old school/authenticity vibes. Apparently, I liked it more than anyone else here but a bonus .2 for the retro-stylings. Sorrynotsorry. 6.26.26. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2021 vintage. Last tasted 6.21.23 (9.5). Bigger body then, medium body now. Lost some weight and underway on the move into tea flavors and earth impressions. Great then. Nice now. Best version of this just might be in the next 2-3 years. Pity there won't be any bottles left on my end (sad face). 6.25.26. — 4 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2022 vintage. From a 375ml bottle. The St. Estèphe exception that proves the rule. Super-delicate cocoa powder with sumptuous richness throughout. Light-medium body. Cos is an outlier on the right. This is on the left. Nearly everything else is in between, hammer and nail 3D BDX...dry, dirty and distinctive. Excellent quality BDX to woo initiates with. 6.26.26. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2022 vintage. Last tasted 3.13.26 (9.4). My contribution to the FLB flotsam this go round. Decanted and tasted between 45 degrees and 60 degrees over the course of an hour. Light-medium body. Lemon zest/curd and that white pepper misting throughout. Nearly perfect harmony of salinity/alkaline presence and acidity from sunrise to sunset. Consistent, 45 second finish. Oak influence seen/felt but more of a cameo appearance vs the usual, occasionally bumbling, Chassagne protagonist. Phenomenal bottle that surpassed the selfsame one 3 months ago. Can go toe-to-toe with any premmie cru Puligny or Meursault from this vintage. Wow. An unequivocal showstopper. 6.26.26. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2023 vintage. FLB jetsam. Decanted and tasted after 30 minutes and 1 hour. Medium/medium-heavy body. Dark color. Round impressions. Pleasant berry escapades on the back end with spritzes of rhubarb. This was waay too young and could definitely use 2-3 years to dump the baby fat and reapply. Nicely made. Just needs more time to reveal all the wonders within. 6.26.26. — 3 days ago