11/24/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Cedar and black earth and cassis fruit. Soft and textured on the palate. Really quite lovely with lots of depth. I wouldn't really hold it longer actually.

5/23/2021 - Harley1199 Does not like this wine:

Served by the glass. A strong, intense, monolithic and mature wine, both on the nose and on the palate. I get bored at the second sip.

Servido por copas. Un vino rotundo, intenso, monolítico y maduro, tanto en nariz cómo al paladar. Me aburre al segundo sorbo.

9/21/2021 - spacewrangler wrote:

Light to midnight and elegant, showing classic SLB fruit that's now fully resolved. Purchased for $19 at Premier Cru, definitely worth it ;)

3/16/2021 - SimonPh Likes this wine:

Nice balance and length. Plum, good weight and drinking well.

9/10/2021 - spacewrangler wrote:

Earthy but clean (no brett or funk) and cool/crisp red fruits. Even opening this at Noon and letting it sit 5 hours in a decanter leaves it a little tight on the mid palate, but the finish is long. My first from this Chateau and I get the sense it should age well. Tasty now with the decant but again, that mid palate isn't as expressive as it likely will be with age.

12/7/2020 - dansamsoe Likes this wine:

Much improved from 3 months ago. Some of the reduction is already integrated and shows deep cherry notes with balanced fine sweet tannins. Very delicious. I expect this to improve further with time.

4/4/2021 - spacewrangler wrote:

If you know, you know. AFWE here but this is evolving into a solid Napa Cab. Still some oak and vanilla to work through but quite tasty. Should be rocking in 5 years.

3/14/2021 - ianwesley wrote:

Definitely on the way out. Hard to tell now it's Zinfandel, tastes more like an old Syrah wine. Still a nice bottle to drink but do it soon!

1/22/2021 - spacewrangler wrote:

Fleshier, riper with more depth than the great 2018.

9/23/2020 - spacewrangler wrote:

Really great value. Loamy earth and dark red berry fruit lead into dense but bright red fruit and some Rutherford dust like tannin on the finish. Give it an hour decant.

10/4/2020 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine:

Medium ruby color. Open, radiant, perfumed and sexy... This is showing beautifully ripe notes of red berries, strawberries, some raspberries, but also darker notes of barnyard, sweet spices, cinnamon, cedar wood, some crushed flowers, sous-bois, also some herbal notes and a super pretty mineral undertone. It‘s medium+ bodied, but with excellent mid-palate persistence, has medium-high acidity adding beautifufl tension and freshness, and medium tannin that is perfectly silky and ripe. Long finish with excellent complexity. A superb red Burgundy and a testament to the greatness of selected 1er Cru climats. An intoxicating wine that combines aromatics depth and complexity with freshness and weightlessness usually only Burgundy can.

3/14/2020 - bobadopolis Likes this wine:

Big, jammy, in your face black fruit, 15% alcohol. This fits into a category of wines I would characterize as "Parkerized", although within that category, this wine is super elegant. Not quite my style, but appreciate it for what it is.

5/21/2020 - Janstan Likes this wine:

Light citrus, vanilla, some nut (Lychee?), mineralogy, soft on palate. Went well with chicken in a cream mushroom sauce.

4/18/2020 - timothynbond Likes this wine:

Tasted then decanted 2 1/2 hours before returning. Definitely improved with air. Purple with some ruby accents and a medium-deep intensity. Blueberry jam on the nose with a little shoe leather, and some tobacco emerging after awhile. Began with dark fruit masking a raspberry core. The fruit lightened after decant with rapsberry becoming more forceful and some soft bluberry as well. Very classic, Bordeaux-like feel. Really an excellent wine at this price point.

2/2/2020 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Good Wine with an Exciting Super Bowl (Chez Kailin - Northbrook IL): Small glass from magnum, brief note. Black and red cherry with some earth and roasted game. Powerful and ripe, just still slightly backward and less accessible vs other times tasted from 750.

10/29/2014 - Zesser wrote:

My impression was based on my 5L which I got from JJB direct Chateau at a stupid price. I anticipated enjoying it with a lot of blue cheese, truffle infused gouda, etc based on the other review's but the large format clearly held up. Truthfully it was a really nice aged Bordeaux. I tend to like my wines with a bit more fruit left than the dried cranberry, musty, dampy, earthy, bacony stuff left over and to my surprise there was still a solid amount of fruit (plum, bruised raspberry, dated current) to back it all up and stand with it. Though I'm sure the 750's and mag's are quite tired, I'm glad my preconceived notions were snuffed. 10 people finished it to the last sandy, gritty drop.

10/23/2019 - spacewrangler wrote:

Young AF but wanted to check on a bottle. Oak spice dominates but is buttressed by raspberry and pomegranate red fruit. Nice saline component with a long finish. Let these sit for 10-15 years.

1/14/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:

Smells the most cherry medicinal out of the '04, '05, '06 set. Bright candied cherry fruit.

In a real sweet spot from '12 and '13 - so I guess put it on the 10 year plan. So the nose is very opened up and expressive, all the fruit is still in play on the palate, rounded with supple tannins now, a very long finish.

10/1/2015 - Modern Tage Does not like this wine:

so strange
hard as nail,big structure that not calm down any year soon.not balance yet.
wait till 2018

4/10/2015 - Rieslingfan wrote:

Several years of cellar time has done no good for this wine. The fruit has receded, and is now quite tart, and there is not much to back it up. Disappointing.

2/4/2015 - spacewrangler wrote:

Opened on an Amtrak from New York's Penn Station to Boston. The gentle rocking of the train helps to open the aromas and flavors nicely. Nose is muted from paper cup, but in the plastic, whoa nelly. Spicy, dusty red berries on the nose, this is medium bodied and quite supple on the palate. Still a bit tannic but a lovely wine for the vintage.