Matthew Cohen

9.7

Nose: dense. Lemon flower. Dense minerals

As this opens penetrating perfect lemon. Like ride of the Valkyries. Im screaming with pleasure.

Palate: super dense. Dense minerals. Rich. Lemon. Damn. Delicious. As this opens a roundness. That Corton richness.

Brando: The density. The density.

Terrific length

Fass selections. — 7 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

2005 vintage. From magnum. Open 3.5 hours. Top of the bell curve but years to go at that summit. Great, aged Bordeaux nose of leather, brick, earth and dried cherry. Medium body. All that along for the ride with some big cigar/tobacco notes on the expectedly lengthy finish. This will hold steady in this fantastic phase for at least a half-decade. — 3 years ago

Eric Kememes

9.0

Reductive nose touch of some candy i can’t peg, touch extra skin gives it more complexity than typical citrus soaked Soave very fun ride — 3 years ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured, the 2019 “Vigna Rionda” pours a brilliant garnet color with medium+ viscosity and no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with fresh red cherries, forest strawberries, tar, some red flowers, some light baking spices. One the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is dry and finishes with a flourish. A baby and yet this is drinking well right now (as many 2019’s are). Drink now with patience so you can enjoy the ride but I expect this will drink well for the next 15+ years. — a year ago

Riccardo L.

9.2

Wha wha weeee waaah. Teleportation straight back to burgundy - escargot under the clock tower, lunch on a bike ride of the country. Beast. Doesn’t get much better. — 3 years ago

Ron R

9.5

Paying homage to the king of Napa - Robert Mondavi. This reserve is the reference-point in Napa. A model of restraint. The Cubans just came along for the ride. Montecristo No2 (2005) Grand Reserve. Better ask somebody… — 3 years ago

with Cliff and Andrew

romo

9.4

Balsamic strawberry char su purple taffy seven-layer wedding cake. Magic carpet ride, no alcohol in sight. En mag. Wow. — a year ago

Dave Mayers

9.1

Lamy’s ‘14 a Criot Batard Montrachet is up there as wines of my life so I was very excited to share this bottle with Cerasulo. Started strong with his magic work he does in Saint Aubin. I was anticipating a emotional ride, but the wine evened out and the richness took over the reductive steeliness. Felt out of balance. Delicious, yes! But a walk in heaven. Not so much. — 2 years ago

Timothy Lynch

8.9

An absolute QPR rockstar. The evolution in the glass over 3 hours is definitely worth the $22 ride. All in! — 3 years ago

Scott Petrus

9.4

If Chardonnay had a North Star this would be it. The purity and freshness of this wine is hard to match. A creamy and lengthy finish makes this a roller coaster ride. — 4 years ago