Fully, Valais

Beringer Vineyards

Private Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1988

Jeremy Shanker
9.3

Totally underrated producer. Love old private reserve, still fresh and fully alive. — 2 months ago

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Château Pontet-Canet

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 2014

Delectable Wine
9.3

The bottle of 2014 Pontet-Canet showed better than the previous one at the 10-Year-On tasting in London. This offers much more restraint on the nose. It's quite precise, with greater mineralité seeping through the black cherry and cassis fruit. The palate has a sorbet-fresh entry, fine tannins and a silky sheen. The oak is fully subsumed after a decade, plus there is a little more depth on the finish compared to previous showings. This is a fine example of the vintage, and bottles should drink well over the next 12 to 15 years. Tasted from an ex-château bottle at the Pontet-Canet dinner in Washington DC. (Neal Martin, Vinous, June 2024)
— 5 months ago

Shafer Vineyards

Hillside Select Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2005

Fruit is fully integrated with black cherry, plums if not raisin, tobacco. Absolutely brilliant wine. In its time. Having a moment — 2 years ago

Logan Edwards
with Logan
Jan, Billy and 2 others liked this

Château Lafite Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1990

1990 vintage. Neck base fill. Cork fairly saturated. Durand used. Appropriate sediment. Opened but not decanted. Tasted after one hour. Light-medium body. This was fully integrated and harmonious. Can’t imagine this vintage tasting better as this was a great specimen. Finish just glided along like a sail craft on a glassy day. Can hold at this level for another 5-6 years easy. One of the best Lafite efforts I’ve ever enjoyed. 8.16.24. — 3 months ago

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Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1982

Deep, dark blackberry fruit with menthol, graphite, spice, cedar, mineral & tobacco notes. This seems to be fully mature that will hold for many years — 9 months ago

Ira, Jan and 14 others liked this

Domaine de Beudon

Valais Fendant

Light. Hints of Riesling petroleum notes. — a year ago

Mythopia

Jadis Valais Chasselas

Noma, orange, strange, very flavorful — 3 years ago

Château Cos d'Estournel

Saint-Estèphe Red Bordeaux Blend 1971

1971 vintage. Top shoulder fill. Used a Durand but fully saturated cork still required some clean up on aisle 7. Decanted and tasted after 5 minutes. Threw much much less sediment than expected. Decent color with a little browning. Tertiary nose gave way to similar flavors with it being very slightly brickish. In a holding steady phase where there is no shining light to chase after-everything is consolidated and filed away so you're tasting the interpretations of history. Instructive. 6.13.24. — 5 months ago

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Robert Gilliard

Les Murettes Fendant Chasselas 2022

A D
9.5

The kind of Chasselas I love — with heavy minerality, almost sparkling. — 9 months ago

Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1982

Cigar box, black currants, cassis, lovely, somewhat mature fruit, still shows a somewhat firm structure, seems close to fully mature, very long finish, but I’d bet will still hold another decade in a cool cellar, one of the great bargains of the 1982 vintage on release!! — 10 months ago

Jim Powers
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Peter van den Besselaar

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Love the description, esp. “Somewhat mature fruit” 👊🏼