Neal Krishna Devaraj

9.3

What a great vintage. Long finish of dark plums and cherries. Awesome pomerol — 2 years ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.5

Deep pink color; pomegranate, raspberries and grape stems on the nose; high acidity; smooth tannins; tastes like sour cherries and cranberries with a long finish. Went really well with a creamy pasta sauce. — 2 years ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.4

Baby Marechale! 2020 is a classic in the making, showing some oak now but great palate. — 2 years ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.5

Pretty similar colour to the Bartolo , medium deep garnet core , slightly less terracotta at the rim. Porcini mushrooms , sous bois , dried meat , really quite complex. On the palate more mineral , but with a strong meaty , porcini mushroom note , then with blueberry , blackberry . Very fine but present tannins , lovely balanced acidity . Long and really refined . With time in the glass shows well , but will improve over the next 5 -8 years and continue on a further 10 at least — 2 years ago

Ed Tostanoski

9.2

Still a baby but really started to open up after a couple of hours — 2 years ago

Paul T HB

9.7

Doesn’t need a lot of air and has a fantastic nose. Just bought 6 more before their gone. — 2 years ago

Will Stanley

9.5

Just rock-solid Châteauneuf, this is exemplary and for me personally my exact sweet-spot in terms of the varied styles from this region. The nose takes a little coaxing, but has a great yin / yang profile of pure, fresh blue fruit, liquorice, violets, and garrigue, versus seared meat, iron and loamy earth. This all puts it square in the middle of the ‘old’ and ‘new’ schools, broadly speaking, and it’s a wine that has the best of both worlds as a result.

The palate is huge, an iron fist in a glove of velvet and so much more, but in no way imbalanced or over-extracted - not overtly alcoholic, at a modest 14%. It spreads out in waves across the palate, ripples which are felt long after the finish. This is clearly a baby now, but it drinks well and will see its 20th birthday in damn fine fettle. Excited to have a case in the cellar.

Decanting not required nor recommended. — 2 years ago

Ezekiel James Hampton

9.2

1986. Hauntingly beautiful. Aromas of red dirt. — 2 years ago

Sharon B

9.3

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌷🥂 — 2 years ago