Neil Valenzuela

9.0

Deep purple color. Aromas of fig, blackberry, tobacco and mocha. Baking spices after some black fruit on the palate with a vanilla finish.

🍇 77% cab, 23% petit verdot

🏅94-96 points - Robert Parker — 2 days ago

Kelley Raymond

9.6

Incredibly smooth when that aged — 14 days ago

Diane Ramcharan

9.7

Finally opening this one up! — a month ago

with Michael

Gary Nishimura

9.1

Good. Always like Justification. — 3 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

I am seldom dumbfounded when it comes to wine. So, I appreciate it when that happens.

This 1990 La Grande Dame was amazing and so fresh. Full disclosure, I am not normally impressed by this producer and this cuvée. Unusual for a champagne of 35 yrs to be so fresh in my experience from inception. So much so, if poured blind many would call it N/V or a fairly recent vintage. The color was even palish straw. Mags were brought from their Champagne House.

Excellent with the dessert of the evening, “Lemon Meringue Pie Cookie.”

Enjoyed at the 2026 “From Cellar Event” Pebble Beach Food and Wine.

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@_sumaiya_bangee_ — 3 months ago

Michael Belligan

9.0

Great bottle, full-bodies but not too jammy. I’d grab any fableist red off the shelf if I saw it, you can’t go wrong imo. — 4 months ago

Des Adams

10

Hy-Vee sale aisle marked down to $30 — 15 days ago

Christian Fischer

9.4

A brutally strenuous week is coming to a close, a week full of professional and personal disappointments. What lies ahead is a weekend in NYC with vintage champagnes and other goodies - to be posted soon. Back to this lovely 164 Krug that I found when pulling bottles for the Saturday tasting. This is in a great place right now, vibrant with mellowing acidity, brioche and just, what can you say, a Krug. — 18 days ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.2

Deep ruby color, with a brick rim. Aromas of blackberry, cassis and mocha. Black fruit on the palate, dark chocolate and baking spices.

🍇 78% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 7% Merlot

🏅92 Points - Wine Spectator — 2 months ago

Jeremy Autry

9.0

Buttered popcorn. — 2 months ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.1

Super interesting, southern Rhone wine from Paso Robles. Perfumed nose,

91+ points — 3 months ago

Donald Williams

9.5

Delightful wine with both rack of lamb and filet au poivre. Decent price for a restaurant. We’ll be back. — 4 months ago

with Bonnie

Jason Sliwa

9.6

Toasted notes set this apart from other champagnes for me. This was fantastic. — 5 months ago

with Eli

Jocholla

9.0

Nice drinker with The Long Night episode. Blackberry, black current, graphite, little vanilla. Good wine for the price. — a month ago

Karen Tripson

9.3

Fabulous! Love 100ml format. — 11 days ago

GaryWEdwards

9.5

This is a pleasant stunner of citrus zest and tart apple. Whoa! Note to self: 12 is not sufficient supply. — a month ago

Lindsey Maris

9.4

Gibson’s Chicago outdoor bar — 2 months ago

Jean-Louis Carbonnier

9.3

From late 1990's; Premiere wine merchants, nyc — 3 months ago

Rudi Sanchez-Colberg

9.4

At peak. Beautiful wine. — 3 months ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Nice. These guys make elegant wines for Paso. — 4 months ago