Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2021 vintage. Decanted. Gained strength throughout. Some bright, candied cherry as per this vineyard’s modus operandi. Decent amount of structure. This could be hastened/rushed but why? Stash and crash in a decade. 10.03.25. — 9 months ago

Deborah M

9.3

“Many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased.” John Steinbeck

Wine - it can take you places. Last night reminiscing about recent Paris travels so I pulled this beaute to enjoy with a friend. @55Seventy

Chateau La Lagune is located in the appellation of Haut-Medoc. This House was classified as a Third Growth in 1855. It was sold to the Frey family in 2000. The winemaker/owner, Caroline Frey, produced her first vintage in 2004. Her wines are described as having finesse, elegance and harmony. The 2010 is a blend of 55% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon and 10% Petit Verdot.
— 4 years ago

Paul Kendrick

9.0

Fresh, minerality, edge of salt. 2019 vintage A delightful lunchtime white drinking in Formentera where it is made while watching the waves crash in in front of Es Calo restaurant — 5 years ago

Timmer McCarthy

9.4

Crash course on German wine for @Tim McCarthy on his arrival! — 5 years ago

with Tim

Jackie Liu

9.0

Great with ribs and biryani — 6 years ago

Dan R

9.1

QPR stunner at €13. Juicy, vivid, and brisk. Wild berry, cassis, cherry notes crash the palate using acidity as the delivery vehicle. Tasting great now, I’d say pop and pour over the next 5-10. Kind of exotic and wild, really cool stuff — 7 years ago

Bill Bender

9.5

Sensational SQN at 16.9% alcohol was the sexiest “little chick” (Gallinita) at the party courtesy of @Eric LaMasters while you could feel the substance of this wine the high alcohol was not a factor at all....illustrating once again how Manfred is a magician at bringing the chained inhabitant of the barrel to the edge of the waterfall but never allowing it to go up and over the edge and crash and die on the rocks below. Massive (for a rose’) but an intricate and somehow delicate wine. Grenache dominates the blend with ample bright red fruit, herbs, stewed strawberry and a decided creamy texture. Unfurled and blossomed throughout the night. Best Glass was the last. — 8 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

Mystery achievement, don’t breathe down my neck, no. Excellent fill. 95% saturated cork. Labels a bit yellowed. Decanted and tasted after 15 mins, 45 mins and 1.5 hours. Big, chunky sed. Funk in the immediately decanted nose that blew off after a couple of decanter swirls. A bit of aged color with noticeable meniscus in the glass. Spearmint and orange peel in the nose. Cinnamon and spicy clove kicked in the back door to crash the party. Remarkable concentration in the nose and taste throughout the 1.5 hours. This had a fantastic, 40+ second finish with plenty of viable tannins still maintaining decorum. So yeah, the mystery…the shoulder vintage label was missing and vintage nowhere to be found on the cork, foil or front/back labels. Came from a top-notch cellar. Based on the yellowing of the label, cork saturation, fill, color/meniscus, flavors concentration/structure, initially thinking it to be either a 1978 or 1985 offering. Going with 1978 based on the obvious/large meniscus, amount of sediment, marvelous concentration for the performance and yellowing of the labels. Regardless, arguably the best Burg I’ve had in the last dozen months and def the best 1er Cru. Whatever vintage it was, has another decade-easy-rocking this hard. 3.20.24. — 2 years ago

Rachel Poteet

9.0

Fruit forward, full bodied, delicious — 4 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.2

I love this wine. It is perfume in all the right ways—that classic spritz feel Vinho Verde gives really lifts you just far enough from the roses and orange blossoms so you are gliding over the garden but choking in the aromas. And as your air-chariot (like a hoverboard but you get to sit) glides you also get to much some honeydew and all of it feels like how in THINK early morning sunrise dewy gardens should feel. There is also a vanilla bean nature but not like oak, more a body and richness heavy enough to give it gravity, but not so heavy your hoverboard-glider-chariot will crash. — 5 years ago

Nagib Nasr

9.2

Quite nice!!! Spicy with a hint of sweetness — 6 years ago

with Wissam and Muriel

Tyler Martinelli

9.8

Elegant, soft tannins, blueberry! Amazing!
Only 8 barrels made.
Had to buy a bottle, so great! — 7 years ago

Max Kates

9.0

Delicious zin — 8 years ago

Eric

9.4

My last bottle. Savored on an awful day; being and feeling alone. It’s funny how saving something for a “special” occasion can offer a different idea of the meaning of the word. October 19, 1987 was both my birthday and the stock market crash. Such a juxtaposition as like today with 89 Lynch Bages. Tomorrow might be 2000 Chateau Palmer. Happiness = Reality - Expectation. I’m in negative territory. — 8 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.1

What you drink while you’re waiting for your Nebbiolo to age. Cranberry, white pepper, freshness to to max. A gorgeous food wine.

Crash test drinking / brainstorming for wine shop’s Thanksgiving pack candidates. — 3 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.1

It’s not French Trousseau but somewhat equal, drink now, it’s gonna crash soon — 3 years ago

Neil Valenzuela

9.0

Medium straw color. Aromas of white peach, white strawberries and white flowers. Great flavors of citrus, grapefruit and a mineral finish. — 5 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Lovely ephemeral nose. Silken gossamer. Wilted roses. Expansive and just beautiful. Cherry. Strawberry. 9.4 almost 9.5 nose. Out of this world. Palate is sweet, silky and so elegant. Lovely sappy cherry fruit on the mid and then they crash like a soft wave on the finish. This is so so pretty. Really wowing me on pop and pour. Fresh so fresh. Everything is in its place. — 5 years ago

with Matthew

Jody's Mostly Natty

9.2

Like a crash course on what a natural wine should be...beautiful deep orange color, funky, earthy nose with an orange blossom surprise. Then lots minerality, bits of apricot, some tartness and a sprinkle of salt to keep it interesting. — 6 years ago

Ian Staub

9.0

This is delicious. Take the full symphony of a good Vajra Nebbiolo, add a bunch more violins, winds and crash cymbals; get rid of all but a few cellos and basses. High toned and super enjoyable showing all the fruit and floral notes you expect (sweet almost medicinal cherry and roses) dialed up to 10 with ringing juicy acid and enough tannin to keep it from feeling shrill. Fruit-driven finish almost feels a touch off-dry. Juicy and fun but with enough structure to cut through some fat, I’ll come back to this for another weeknight pasta or grilled chicken and veggies. — 8 years ago