Jay Kline

9.7

Oh boy…is this real life? A DRC from back in the days when Lalou was involved in the process. Enjoyed out of the Baccarat DRC glass which is hilarious to behold but I’ll be damned if wasn’t a pretty effective glass. The 1988 Richebourg pours a deep ruby color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with heady notes of ripe and slightly desiccated red and black fruits: strawberry, spiced meat, red flowers, forest floor, and warm spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long with lovely, savory minerals. There is so much density. Honestly, this still needs a ton of air. It’s remarkable how youthful it’s showing. Drink now with loads of patience and through 2038. Bottle No. 4044. — 7 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

The 05 was still youthful & clearly the better wine with lots of soaring aromas — 12 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Always interesting to taste the 2 Echezeaux’s together. — 12 days ago

Jay Kline

9.6

The 1999 Clos de la Roche VV pours a slightly hazy ruby color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with gorgeous notes of ripe red and black fruits: raspberry, bruised strawberry, black cherry, dried red flowers, licorice, mushroom, sous bois, all spice. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and dripping with complexity. During the first couple hours, this was pretty locked up and willing to share its secrets. Towards the end of the night, this ended up being one of the wines what really started to pour it on. My favorite pairing with the boeuf Bourguignon. Drink now with some patience but better after 2029 and through 2049 with ease. — 4 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.6

LT trio with the 10 being a more complete wine slightly edging out the 09. — 12 days ago

Vijay Parikh

9.5

Popped and poured. Took a while to put on some weight. Beautifully balanced with superb nose and excellent silkiness. Somewhat less in complexity. — 9 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

Beautiful drinking wine showing ripe cherry, berry fruit, earth, crushed rock with lots of spice & violet. This kept getting better with air — 3 days ago

Conrad Green

9.3

Sweet fruit. Intense dark plum. Still quite tight. Great fruit… stop young. A lot of upside — 3 days ago

with David, Bex and 1 other

romo

9.1

New worldly and young, improved with air. — 3 days ago

Conrad Green

9.6

A wonderful nose. Lush and pretty. Plum and violets and brambles. Delicious — 20 days ago

with BOT, Matt and 1 other