Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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Red |
1983 Château La Mission Haut-BrionPessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/18/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 94 pointsNose: Deep black fruit, cassis and amazing signature cigar tobacco on the nose. Perfume of leather, florals, stone and hot brick coming through. Such a Pessac nose as this opens. Palate: Focused dark fruit that quickly gives way to leather, old library, cedar and some faded red berry notes. Touch of VA here in the balsamic note, but it is not distracting. Finish: Closed a bit rough and ready with the age showing clearly in the tart black fruit and green tobacco notes. |
Red |
2005 BOND MelburyNapa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/15/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 93 pointsA rich, but balanced wine. Elegant poise with plum, damson, blackberry jam, gorgeous spice and minerally soils at its core. The herbal and stone notes in the finish are beautiful still. |
White |
2022 Domaine François Cotat Sancerre Les Culs de BeaujeuSauvignon Blanc more |
3/16/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 93 pointsNose: Peach, Lychee, Limestone and citrus nose with some green notes of sliced vegetables and minced parsley. A touch of floral funk. Palate: Well pitched acidity, orchard fruit and doughnut peach on the palate with chalky soil notes coming through. Finish: tart peach and floral notes. Very nice |
White - Sparkling |
2017 Bérêche et Fils Champagne Reflet d'AntanChampagne Blend more |
3/16/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 95 points2017 Base Bereche Reflet d'Antan is an outstanding champagne with richness, nutty depth, succulent apple and berry notes up front and a weighty mid-palate. This is a very exciting wine that has presence and nuance that deliver a total package. |
Red |
1984 Beringer Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Private ReserveNapa Valley more |
3/16/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 94 pointsNose: Leather, pencil, cedar and mint with Dark Straberry, Plum and dried bluberry notes. Palate: A bit stern and dry initially with quite a bit of tannin, but the fruit came in as it opened. Cedar, graphite, mint, blackberry and old library book. Well pitched acidity and a classic Napa meets Bordeaux profile. Finish: decent length and nice wood, smoke and spice with more eucalyptus in the finish. |
Red |
1992 Dalla Valle Cabernet SauvignonOakville more |
3/9/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 94 pointsGorgeous garnet purple color, slight bricking at at the rim, but deep and bright at the core. |
Red |
1969 Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valleymore |
3/4/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 91 pointsA really nice bright red fruited wine with spice, cigar tobacco, mint and some almond notes. Started with a bit of the BV "sherry" note, typical of these older bottles, but really cleaned up and came together into an elegant mature wine. Palate offering plum skin, cherry, mint and clove as this came together in glass. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |
Red |
1990 Pahlmeyer Proprietary Red Caldwell VineyardNapa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/1/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 93 pointsNose: Leather, dark morello cherry, cigar tobacco, sage and mint tea notes. Great depth and cool soil notes. Palate: Plum, dark cherry and quince fruit with notes of spice. Mid palate begins delivering the leather, cherry fruit compote, kirsh and herb notes. Balanced and velvety feel in the midpalate with lift from the acidity. Finish: Lingers a long time with dark cherry, cocoa and sage notes. More tobacco and rustic leather as well. |
Red |
2016 Bodega Garzón Cabernet Franc ReservaMaldonado more |
2/23/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: NRReserved and tight upon opening with a nicely balanced palate feel and dark fruit. Quite a bit of tannin, yet the bell pepper, earth and some florals find their way to the front. Hard to assess, but decent with dinner. |
Rosé - Sparkling |
2017 Bodega Garzón Brut RoséMaldonado Pinot Blend, Pinot Noir more |
2/23/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 88 pointsInteresting methode champenoise rose brut from Uraguay. Very nice red strawberry and currant notes with a slightly creamy texture. Good bubbles and lemony zip. Good aperitif. |
Red |
1987 Livingston Moffett Cabernet Sauvignon Moffet VineyardNapa Valley more |
2/23/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 94 pointsNose: Opens up with a deep raspberry, pencil and spice perfume, and develops deep kirsch and plum notes as well. An advancing nose, but retains a delightful freshness about it. |
Red |
2016 Fait-Main Cabernet Sauvignon Bettinelli Sleeping Lady VineyardYountville more |
2/11/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 88 pointsNose: cooked raspberry, alcohol, luxardo cherry and prune. |
Red |
2011 Domaine Fourrier Gevrey-Chambertin Vieille VignePinot Noir more |
2/4/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 89 pointsNice Gevery with black cherry, a bit of sappy framboise, sweet cinnamon and turned earth notes. Very good acidity pining it all down, and great persistence in the finish. This is in a great spot now and over the next 5-7 years. |
White - Sparkling |
2016 Marguet Champagne Grand Cru Les Saints RemysPinot Noir more |
2/4/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 91 pointsThis is an excellent blanc de noirs from Marguet. Deep color with just a bit of a pink note at the edge. Nose brings together blood orange, strawberry, grain and some herbal notes. Very focused acidity on the palate and nice fresh apple and orange notes, almost like tart cantaloupe. Great fresh notes in the finish with nuts and brioche. Great development ahead for this. |
White - Sparkling |
2017 Marguet Champagne Premier Cru VertusPinot Noir more |
1/1/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 90 pointsNew years day champagne with lunch. Great mouthfeel on the Vertus, but lacking the herbal and spice notes in the Shaman. Nice raspberry notes, yellow apple, florals, orange and light almond notes. Round and sensual palate here. |
White |
2010 Laurent Tribut Chablis 1er Cru BeauroyChardonnay more |
2/4/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 92 pointsAt 13 years post vintage this is evolving really nicely with Oyster shell, lemon peel, lime and some nice minerally notes. Palate feel remains full with nice silky layers, apple and a slight lychee note. Balanced lovely Chablis at maturity. |
Red |
2019 Wine Access Cabernet Sauvignon The Big TicketNapa Valley more |
1/30/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 87 pointsDrank over two nights, and this really started to come apart on the second day. There is an initial richness, dark berries, graphite and floral note that is quite nice. However it really fray's as it opens and the jammy fruit element others have noted takes over. |
Red |
2019 Grgich Hills Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
1/23/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 87 pointsNose: Subdued red cherry, plum, thyme and fruit leather. Somewhat undistinguished. Palate: rounded and slightly jammy with red and black fruit notes, touch of spice and a modest amount of tannin. Finish: leather, herbs and powdery tannin. |
Red |
1992 Vineyard 29 Cabernet Sauvignon EstateSt. Helena more |
8/4/2023 - RockinCabs wrote: NRFresh and balanced cabernet with ripe plum, damson, blackberry, gravel and tobacco notes. Grilled herbs and a bit of a sandalwood note. Well pitched fruit and acidity, a nicely made 1992 Napa Cab. |
Red |
2021 Frédéric Cossard Bourgogne BedeauPinot Noir more |
12/28/2023 - RockinCabs wrote: flawedFizzy secondary fermentation going on. Very cloudy wine, but the pinot fruit character was beautiful. Unfortunate. |
Red |
1986 Daniel Estate Cabernet SauvignonNapa Valley more |
1/12/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 89 pointsNose: A hint oxidative, but there is good cassis, blackberry and bell pepper with iron filings and almond. Freshness comes in and out, but the oxidative note and a harsh pyrazine make this tough at times. Palate: Gets really interesting with Blackberry, Currant and Fig notes. Bit of the gravel and loam note, and a payload of fine dark tannin. The tannin feel is really the best part of this. Soft and firm all at once with fruit leather, quince and dust in the mid palate. Finish: Still going strong, but again some sips better than others. |
Red |
1985 Château MagdelaineSt. Émilion Grand Cru Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/13/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: NRNose begins with a lot of smoked brisket notes, barrel char and black fruit. Opens up to reveal plum, dark cherry and cocoa notes, but this bottle was fairly bretty. Not in an unpleasant way, but enough to overwhelm the fruit and hide the nuance you expect from this property. |
Red |
1990 Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)St. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/13/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 92 pointsNose: Red currant, red plum, mint, tobacco and cedar. Great red berries and a bit of tobacco. A really nice wine on the nose. Palate: Excellent balance here with mature tart red fruits, mint and spice. Maintains the red current freshness through the palate and wafts of leather and graphite on the back end. Finish was fresh with good persistence. |
Red |
1990 Château BeychevelleSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/13/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 91 pointsNose: Blackberry, dark cherry, leather and cigar notes. Bordeaux fastball of a nose with good maturity and dark fruit. Palate: Opens with a nice mulberry, blackberry and leather note. Bits of spice and cedar beneath that layer and a good amount of clarity on the palate. Finish: Moderate length, but clearly fresh and vibrant. |
Red |
1990 Château Gruaud LaroseSt. Julien Red Bordeaux Blend more |
1/13/2024 - RockinCabs wrote: 88 pointsNose: Dark berries, pickled beets, bell pepper, turned soils, leather and horse. Palate: Good entry with dark blackberries and ripe raspberry, but there is a lot of garden note and a briney note distracts from the fruit quite a bit. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (1) |