Roberto Carli

9.1

Great wine even though it didn’t hold up to my memories of former vintages, maybe because it’s a rare wine in its class that’s both excellent but drinks better young. It shed its primary character and left behind some ginger, vegetal tomato leaf and a silky texture with a long finish, driven by very prominent phenolic bitterness. Drinks like an austere high-quality white Bordeaux without the oak, but I miss the vibrant fruitiness and stronger Italian quality I get in its youth  — 6 months ago

ESF

8.9

On the downslope but still tasty - this was my last anyway... anyone squirreling these away, drink up! — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.1

Deep dark reddish purple. Opaque. Medicinal nose. Notes of cherry kirsch, anise, herbs and spice. Very ripe fruit in the mouth. Hot. Like cough syrup almost. Needs to develop and shed the heaviness. Not my style of CdP. — 6 years ago

Robert McCall

9.4

Wow. This guy shed its youthfulness within the hour after it went into the decanter. Evolved several times over the next two into a real treat. Dark fruit, cedar, leather, lavender. Scent geek stuff. Silky tannic grip emerged to frame dark fruit, tobacco/mint, a l’il spice box. This producer delivers every time for me. Quickly becoming my go to Bordeaux house. Awesome again. — 6 years ago

Severn G

9.2

On the Lawn at Tanglewood this afternoon with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our conductor Andris Nelsons is leading GERSHWIN (Piano Concerto in F), GERSHWIN (Variations on “I Got Rhythm,” for piano and orchestra) and STRAVINSKY (Petrushka) with the amazing Jean-Yves Thibaude as the piano soloist on the two first works presented today. Jean-Yves is by far among our favorite pianists to grace the Koussevitzky Shed stage, so graceful, yet poignant!

Hot days call for cool wines, today there are some fun ones planned for sharing.

Similar notes from our last bottle.
Savory herbs, beeswax, citrus pith. So wonderful! — 7 years ago

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9.6

The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon possesses off the charts ripeness as well as a level of exoticism that recalls the 2010. An infusion of dark red cherry, plum, white flowers, leather, tobacco and menthol accompany this super-expressive, sumptuous Cabernet Sauvignon. Violet, licorice and a host of spiced nuances develop with time in the glass. In 2015, Spottswoode's Cabernet is decidedly luscious and flamboyant, but I would give it a few years to shed some baby fat. There is plenty to look forward to. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2018) — 8 years ago

Matt

9.0

Fun bottle that has shed its baby fat, moving towards a more focused, savory stage of its life. I bet the fruit on this was just gorgeous and deep 8-10 years in. Plenty of acid and the maturity of the tannin brought life to the wine. Abv is a bit intrusive on the nose, but that nice richness it brings on the palate offers a compromise. Stewed blackberry, plum and cherry notes, smoke, and iron edge, potpourri, warm spice, leather. I curious were it’s going and where’s its been. — 8 years ago

Josene Teng

9.0

Smooth and sweet after taste. Very affordable price with good quality. — 2 years ago

Matt

9.6

In a great spot. Appears to have really shed some baby fat, the sucrosity of the fruit diminshing and the mineral and tertiary notes coming to the front. Lavishly textured, great length, a wonderful accompaniment to an array of vegetable dishes. Pineapple upside cake, roasted nuts, cooked yellow plum, marmalade, garrigue, cruahed stones, yellow blossoms, marzipan and honey, cream, olive oil. — 4 years ago

Craig Appleton

9.0

Sweet, but as a new wine drinker with a sweet tooth it goes down nicely. Goes well with a curry. — 6 years ago

Arden Barnett

9.2

Fun bottle. Shed the fruit, turn up the scent and taste of a nice cigar, cedar wood, coffee, and scorched earth. Grippy finish. Still fairly tannic. — 6 years ago

Aaron Tan

8.9

Good wine, but I'm just not vibing with it. May just need some time to shed all that rich fruit. Decent minerality, but could do with a little more cut.

NB: Not my photo - took it from Google Images — 7 years ago

Joanne

9.0

A lovely easy to drink red with dinner. — 8 years ago

Matt

9.2

Came out of the gates backward, attacking dry and departing “sweet” almost. Once upright the gorgeous honey kissed citrus/stonefruit, exotic flowers, and array spices and herbs, ginger, tea, aloe. While it’s shed some baby weight, it still has a great interplay of powerful concentration and extract to keep the acid in check. — 8 years ago

Ian Hamel

9.1

2023/1. Still lovely, though it feels like the wines have gotten a bit bigger and darker in the last few vintages…perhaps they just a need a couple of years to shed a little baby fat… — 3 years ago

Stuart Johnson

9.0

An excellent sweet red wine that Denise also enjoyed. Bought it from Barbrooks in Sep 2021 — 5 years ago

Ira Schwartz

9.6

Winter headed my way so I brought out the wine equivalent of a down comforter.
Nothing makes me happier when I pull the cork of a bottle with 20+ years on and the cork looks like it did the day the wine was bottled. I feel like I held up my part of the bargain. This was decanted for an hour. The bottle had tons of very fine sediment. A nose that offered up a kaleidoscope of fruit with zero alcohol. The wine flooded my mouth with raspberry, licorice, sweet vanilla and plums. Definitely starting to shed its intensity and replacing it with complexity. Much more round than previous bottles. Tannins and acid still there . No time pressure to open remaining bottles. — 5 years ago

LS MacNamara

9.5

Not a great photo but love this wine from Waiheke island — 6 years ago

David Herrera

9.6

Dark purple in the glass, berry and black-fruit flavors. Really enjoyed it with pizza.
— 7 years ago

Shay A

9.5

Shed its baby fat. At its best today...won’t get any better moving forward. No milk chocolate, faint cherry filled dark chocolate nose. Little bit of cherries jubileee and cedar. While really smooth, I think these are best with 8-10yrs on them as opposed to 18 like this one. However, for what this is and how it aged, it’s pretty impressive. Also, look at the ABV here...shocking to see on a Hundred Acre wine! — 8 years ago

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