Mark S.

8.8

Transparent ruby red. Fruity juicy, raspberry, strawberry. Chalk. Rose. Slight sweet but with acidity. Juicy. Maison Jean-Philippe Marchand BOURGOGNE HAUTES COTES DE NUITS ROUGE 22 @3533, Felicit, 240720-240811 — 5 months ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.5

2001 vintage. 80 % Sauvignon blanc and 20% Sémillon. So glad I had a second bottle of this wine. The first one was beautiful, but this is even better. Deep golden colour. Intensely complex nose with beeswax, lemon confit, dried flowers and honey. Concentrated layered dried fruit, rich and powerful, but beautifully balanced by the acidity. Incredible length with almonds, honey and retronasal dried fruit. Paired this with an amazing Morocco tajine with chicken, olives, lemon confit and potatoes and it was a match made in heaven. Abv. 13,5 %. — 5 years ago

Joshua Rynderman

8.8

Enjoyable. Fresh, acidic, tropical notes, citrus notes, pith, mineral, saline. — 8 years ago

Jay Kline

9.3

Presented to me double-blind at Tasting Group. The wine is a deep, slightly hazy garnet color with a slightly orange rim and a near opaque core. Medium+ viscosity with pretty significant staining of the tears. Showing some signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of desiccated dark and red fruits: brambles, dark cherry, cassis, leather, green bell pepper, tobacco, cocoa, purple flowers, damp earth, and soft baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannins and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and extremely satisfying.

Initial conclusions, this could be Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or a blend of Bordeaux varieties, Syrah or Tempranillo from France or Spain. I think this wine has too many non-fruit characteristics for me to place this in California, Argentina or Australia. Because I don’t get enough purple or any black pepper, I’m ruling out Syrah. There aren’t any olive/coconut/dill tones to put me in Spain so I’m ruling that out. I think there is a decent amount of Merlot in this because it’s has some elegance…but it’s just not quite plush enough for me to put this in the Right Bank.

So I’m going Left Bank. Final Conclusion: this is a Cabernet Sauvignon-based wine from France, from Bordeaux, from the Medoc, from Saint-Julien. Classified growth (I was thinking Saint-Pierre but wasn’t that sure of myself) with 20-25 years of age. Welp…I was in the right area. This bottle was hand carried from the chateau. Truthfully, I need to gain more experience to refine my ability to pick out subtle nuances within Bordeaux but I digress. The 2001 Smith Haut Lafite is bangin’. Drinking well now but you don’t have to be a huge rush.
— a year ago

Stuart Pollack

8.9

Excellent Bordeaux despite being Kosher. Great flavors of dried fruit, earth , and leather. One of the best Kosher wines I have had. — 5 years ago

"Odedi"

9.1

My 3,500th review here! Here is a very tasty one.

This is a great Spanish red blend. Showing red and blue fruits with earth, chocolates, wood, licorice, spices, dark coffee, pencil lead, earth, vegetables, tobacco, peppercorn and espresso.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate and Well balanced with nice complexity.

Nice and easy drinking. Spicy finish with fine grained tannins.

Good by itself or with food. Needs a couple of hours to open up properly.

This 5 year old is spicy and earthy. Delicious.

I paired it with cheeses and crackers.

A blend of old vines Carignan, Garnacha and Syrah. Kosher.

15% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$80. — 4 years ago

Evan McKenzie

9.5

Dark ruby color, fast forming tears, bold black fruits, black pepper, cocoa powder, black cherry, black currant, red bell pepper, baking spices, cedar, tobacco, full bodied, rich complex tannins, medium acidity, high alcohol (14.8% EtOH) — 5 years ago

"Odedi"

8.1

Pale lemon in color with a golden hue.

Nice fruity nose of white flowers, grapefruits, lemons, peaches, spices and oak.

Medium-bodied with medium acidity and skinny legs.

Fruity and dry on the palate with grapefruits, lemons, citrus, light cream, tropical fruits, white pepper and oak.

Medium plus on the finish with grapefruits and almonds.

A Nice Chardonnay. Not offensive at all, but very simple. Can be had by itself or with seafood. Better when chilled.

I liked the nose better than the palate, which was very simple, but this is what you get for a kosher wine in the US...Still drinkable tough.
I Paired it with grilled Seabass.

13.5% alcohol by volume. — 9 years ago