4/28/2024 - Frank Schneider wrote:

Ready !! Drink !!

4/28/2024 - BradleyL wrote:

Ready to drink now and there is some slight bricking as alluded to, but I would still suggest some air to open up the wine and smooth out the denseness of this wine. Definitely thick legs and loads of intensity on the palate as alluded to so would suggest spending some more time with this wine in the glass to let it open up.

4/28/2024 - soyhead wrote:

decanted 3 hrs
nose- strawberry. airy and inviting
mouth - sexy red fruits tittilate but before you can really form an impression a tidal wave of unpenetrable tart overwhelms the palate. To me there is evident quality but this wine, today at least, lacks balance.
As expected, its went quite well with my snap-pea/shitake stir-fry. for a stand alone sipper, however, i had to open something else.

4/28/2024 - BradleyL wrote:

Sock this wine away in the deepest recesses of your cellar - this bottle felt very shut down and felt like it needed significantly more time to integrate the tannins better. "Stern" feels like a weird word to describe wine, but I think the intention is to convey the seriousness of this wine - I am sure this wine will be a great bottle in 20-30 years. It's not a bad bottle now, but I really do think this will be much better in many more years.

4/28/2024 - BradleyL Likes this wine:

I frankly enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would - and this feels like this has all of the best qualities of a Beaujolais with none of (my personally perceived) grievances. So much freshness and vibrancy on the palate, lots of stewed strawberries and great acidity to balance (but not overwhelming by any means). No brettiness at all which was one thing that had turned me off from trying to explore more Beaujolais, but maybe I should explore more given my (very) pleasant experience with this bottle...

4/28/2024 - kevin h wrote:

Lovely sweet fruited bottle of this. Good concentration. Fine raspberry fruit. Drinking beautifully.

4/28/2024 - graemeg wrote:

{cork, 14%} Tannins have settled down after some years; a solid, medium-weight dry red, with black berry sort of fruit, low/medium powdery tannins and medium acidity. Decently ripe fruit without being too sweet or fake-tasting. Short-medium finish, but generally an OK wine which could hold another half-dozen years easily enough.

4/28/2024 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine:

Better than my last bottle, but not as good as the bottle noted previous to that bottle. This time, there is a bit of bell pepper and less pure Merlot. Pretty nice for a $20 twenty-six year-old wine. 5-12-15-8: 90/100.

4/28/2024 - jackandjasonshouse@gmail.com Likes this wine:

We tasted this wine at Castro Wine Village in San Francisco before we purchased the bottle. This Granache stood out in the tasting because it was intense but nuanced and structured. Notes of rasberry, truffle, crushed flowers, and forest floor delighted us both. We both agreed this will be better in a few years while still drinkable now.

4/28/2024 - Papies wrote:

Carlsberg of the east , ha! Well said us.

4/28/2024 - graemeg wrote:

{screwcap, 9.5%} Full-sized bottle, which has staved off the premature aging that this wine tends to show in this century's vintages. This example is straight from central casting, with a darkening coppery colour. Copper flavours too, apricot, lots of botrytis, medium-sweet, fullish bodied flavour. Still enough acidity to keep it fresh. Medium length finish. Right at peak - drink now.

4/15/2024 - MN Wine Junkie Likes this wine:

A gorgeous wine, showing slightly better than the one two days ago (probably because I had less wines preceding this one and because it got more air). On smell and one sip and you know you are in the presence of greatness! The aromas are perfumed with some noted of mocha and cocoa beans. The palate shows layers of red and dark cherry with a chocolate creme, also some cassis and blueberry. The wine is also showing a little earthiness, some black olives, some vanilla and some toasty oak. The tannins are plush and provide a velvety mouthfeel. This wine will definitely get better with time, but it will be difficult to keep my hands off this beauty! 96+ to 97. Even at this price, I think it offers an excellent QPR!

4/28/2024 - ftsai71@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Nice wine though doesn't rank for me among Hall's best. It's still quite tannic and has nice balance and rich dark fruit. It has a nice concentration and intensity but lacked some complexity. Still an excellent wine. We had it over two days. It was slightly better the second day. I might want a year or two before I open the second bottle.

4/28/2024 - Anders Bacher Nielsen wrote:

GI IL MA SYRAH 2018

4/28/2024 - graemeg wrote:

{screwcap, 14%} Partly aged, spectacular nose of pastrami and other deli meat. An undercurrent of composting red fruit. Really great stuff. Palate is very fine too, medium/full in weight, still with medium powdery tannin, medium acid, medium/long finish. Just a great pinot by any standard. No rush to drink either, it seems. (From Bron & Andrew)

4/28/2024 - BradleyL wrote:

As alluded to by other reviewers, this feels more like a Bordeaux than a typical California Cabernet - darker fruit, somewhat more graphite, and showing signs of maturity/being ready to drink. I think it does need some air to help round it out somewhat, but a very interesting contrast to what you would come to expect from California Cabernets.

4/28/2024 - vino_per_tutti Likes this wine:

Last of these, and long in the tooth now. Lively, even racy when bottle first opened - red fruits, cedar, herbal notes. Flavorful on the palate and still some tannic grip on the finish. Somewhat one dimensional at this point, but still checks the boxes. Great with grilled fillets. Au revoir, mon amie!

4/28/2024 - graemeg wrote:

{cork, 13.6%} Level right at the base of the neck. Cork about a third soaked. Decanted off plenty of sediment and then served. Classic old Coonawarra, with a lash of mint, but also leathery currants and vanilla oak, nicely judged (last JR made by John Wade I think?). Medium/full weight, softly resolved dusty tannins, medium acidity. Medium/long finish, very good indeed. Really impressive.

4/28/2024 - Decanthor Likes this wine:

Darker. Sweet rum up front with dark raisin on the back end. Interesting sipper. Would buy again at this price.

4/28/2024 - BradleyL Likes this wine:

At this age, this still needs quite a lot of air - after a 3-4 hour decant, this was so incredibly smooth - such silky tannins and literally no residual heat (despite being a 15% wine), with notes of berry and fig. Still youthful but with the air it is so incredibly delicious - as a friend put it, this is "slap yo mama" wine.

4/28/2024 - graemeg wrote:

{cork, 13.5%} Perfect level, no leakage, crumbly cork, decanted off medium sediment just before serving. Classic aged Penfolds nose, not too oaky though. Lots of leather, gentle tar and roses. Medium weight. Little tannin left now. Beautifully balanced and tasty but let down by an oddly short and dull finish. Passed peak in my view, but still quite drinkable for a while.

4/28/2024 - BradleyL Likes this wine:

Ridge really does last forever, and it feels like this bottle could still keep going. There is still so much great fruit and acidity left in this bottle, and doesn't really show any signs of fading. Tertiary notes are definitely present at this point but in a more harmonious balance with the fruit and acidity. What a treat to drink.

4/28/2024 - Mardocg Likes this wine:

Medium golden colour
Quince and red apple nose with some floral notes
Similar flavours on the palate
broad body where everything seems in the right place
Medium ++ finish

4/28/2024 - GuanYu Likes this wine:

Dark garnet red with 80% orange/20% pink rim, lots of sediment. Blackcurrant, stewed strawberry, prune, candied cherry, dried fig, tobacco, saddle, cedar, spices, honeycomb, tea leaves and earth. Full bodied, medium-high acidity, medium-high tannin, medium structure, medium-high alcohol and medium spicy finish. Bold, complex and explosive. Plenty of tertiary notes and tannins. Good bite on the palate.

Wine at prime or slightly past prime. It still had at least 10 years of life ahead of it if cellared properly. I would starting drinking them up before the fruits completely dried out.

4/28/2024 - BradleyL Likes this wine:

I think the bottle had some time to breathe before drinking it, but this feels like this is in a great spot already. The brioche notes particularly stood out for me but really quite open at this point and delicious (but that should hardly be a surprise).

4/28/2024 - graemeg wrote:

{cork} Not much to say - I thought this a bit bland and short-finishing after even a nv Joseph Perrier. A bir earthier in flavour, with fine bubbles and medium acid, but a light-medium weight only. Not great value at A$55 either.

4/28/2024 - renwom Likes this wine:

This was delicious and seems to have really matured with some age. Coravined this a couple of times as I was in and out of town the last couple of weeks, and didn't want to fully open the bottle; the first time felt a bit thin, but finally opened it tonight (about half a bottle left), and it was just delicious with a rich, rounded mouthfeel. Golden yellow in color, strong lime and some green apple on the nose and palette, with just a wisp of grapefruit on the finish if you're gulping this. Structure, acidity, fruit all dancing together perfectly right now. Lip smackingly good.

4/28/2024 - graemeg wrote:

{diam} Clean and polished medium weight fizz, modest autolysis, white-fruit flavour, medium acid, fine bubbles. Medium length finish. Decent, but not especially distinguished or outstanding.

4/28/2024 - keenercoug Likes this wine:

Dark cherry with a touch of sweet on the nose. It continues with super ripe bing cherry that has a little bite. Mellows the more it decants.

4/28/2024 - BondJamesBond007 Likes this wine:

Nose full of ripe blackberry rich leather, cooked caramel, berries toasted oak. Palate is black fruit blackberries gush of warmed cassis plum preserves laced liberally with mocha-accented toast and carried by very plush structure. Fruit bomb with great legs French barrel oak lengthy finish smooth and supple. Enjoy!!

11/18/2023 - SuperSomm wrote:

Pale lemon colour. Pronounced and developing nose with yellow apples, smoke, mushrooms, wet leaves, hazelnuts and flor. Pronounced taste of yellow apples, smoke, mushrooms, wet leaves, floor, hazelnuts and caramel. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good Jura Chardonnay. Drink now or over the next six years. Goes well with cheeses or cured meat.

4/29/2024 - Shay.Aldriedge Likes this wine:

92-93

New producer I’ve started hearing about, and really enjoyed it. Looking forward to opening the BdN later.

2019 vintage. 80% fermentation in oak barrels, 20% in amphora. Disgorged May ‘23. 1 g/l dosage. 100% Chardonnay.

Bright, crisp and texturally really pretty. Classically grower champagne in style with the fruit center stage…borders on tropical (in a good way)…white peach, lemon zest, sea spray aromatics. IMO, a great example of where even 1gram dosage can help balance and lengthen out a champagne of this profile. Curious if the use of amphora adds to the mid-palate texture here? After an hour, little bit of sweet toast started to poke out, but it was second fiddle to the fruit. Balanced use of oak frames this well. Finish of chalk/limestone, sea salt, lemon confit, honeyed apple crisps. Worth seeking out.

11/17/2023 - SuperSomm Likes this wine:

Pale lemon colour. Medium and developing nose with ripe green apples, ripe lemon, white peach, butter, flint and wet stone. Medium tater of ripe green apples, ripe lemon, white peach, butter, toast, flint and wet stone. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good Chablis Premier Cru. Needed an hour of air to open. Drink now or over the next couple of years. Goes well with cheeses, fish or shellfish.

11/18/2023 - SuperSomm Likes this wine:

Medium (-) ruby colour. Medium (+) and developing nose with strawberry, wild raspberry, charred wood, forest floor, cocoa, rose petal, mushrooms and licorice. Medium taste of ripe strawberry, wild raspberry, charred wood, forest floor, mushrooms, licorice, black pepper and almonds. Long and dry finish. High acidity. Light tannins. Medium body. A very good single vineyard Mercurey with great potential. Drink now or over the next five years. Goes well with duck, pork or veal.

4/29/2024 - Johannes Kornfehl wrote:

zeit lassen
wurde immer besser 👍

11/17/2023 - SuperSomm wrote:

Pale lemon colour. Small and lively bubbles. Medium and developing nose with yellow apples, lemon, toast and wet stone. Medium taste of yellow apples, lemon, toast, bread dough and wet stone. Medium long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good Cremant d’Alsace. Drink now. Goes well as aperitif.

4/28/2024 - smenzies wrote:

the alcohol is starting to dominate ... suggest drink up now

11/16/2023 - SuperSomm wrote:

Medium pink colour. Medium and youthful nose with strawberries, raspberries and white flowers. Medium taste of strawberries, raspberries and red currant. Medium long and dry finish. High acidity. Medium body. A very good Spätburgunder Rosé. Drink now. Goes well with poultry or pork.

4/28/2024 - cfk49 wrote:

Weil produced at least three different KG TBA in 2003. This is more than just an amazing wine, it is perhaps unique in my experience, notwithstanding having tasted many of the most renowned TBAs from Thanisch's legendary 1921 Berncasteler Doctor on. No words to describe the complexity, intensity, and constant changing in the mouth. The only TBA to my experience at the same level, and it is very different, is the 1949 J.J. Prüm Wehlener/Zeltinger Sonnenuhr. A once-in-a-lifetime experience. Cellared since original release.

4/28/2024 - Jason Wu Likes this wine:

Med Ruby
Med+ intensity, capsicum,tobacco,toasty, red roses, clove, underbrush, red plum,vanilla, developing.
Dry, high acidity, high alcohol, high tannins, med intensity, pencil shave, red plum, liquorice, blueberry, med+ finish.
Overall, this wine is a good wine. Drinking perfectly now. 10 years ageing has added complexity to the wine. Very delicious.

4/28/2024 - 831900_ Likes this wine:

Sherry-like oxidized nose, it reveals much more in the mouth and beyond. Beautiful crystallized strawberry. Extremely hard to describe. Very very good.

4/28/2024 - brasstab Likes this wine:

Fabuloso

4/28/2024 - Francophile Likes this wine:

A pretty representative and nice Anjou Rouge with Cab Franc as the grape.

4/28/2024 - dgl49 wrote:

Drunk (from tenth) with the “regular” 2003 BJS GKA (# 12), this wine(#15)was richer and a bit sweeter, but didn’t have the exceptional balance of the 12 (which was from a fifth). I loved this wine and don’t see it improving, but no hurry to drink either. The 12 is my wine of the year so far.

4/28/2024 - 831900_ wrote:

Feral and fuzzy on the nose, with obvious Brett or -like scents. Once in the mouth, however, it transforms into a kaleidoscope of flowers from violet to magnolia to orange blossom. Beautiful in the mouth, even if meaty and bandaged on the nose.

4/28/2024 - 831900_ Likes this wine:

The nose itself has some tension, with black licorice giving way to some stewed black fruits in the mouth with some tannin that is still slightly chalky. Finally it reveals a bit of jammy dark fruit. A bit perplexing, changing.

4/28/2024 - Ianjaig Likes this wine:

Caros Tasting, one glass. Butter and vanilla - quite bold and powerful. Nice, simple mid week wine. Would buy again.

4/28/2024 - 831900_ Likes this wine:

Elderberry, pineapple, apple, and a long delicious continuous finish that grows over time. Intense focus and clarity. Damn good.

4/28/2024 - BellevuePhil Likes this wine:

In the hallowed halls of oenological mastery, few wines command the reverence and mystique of the 1955 Pétrus. With each bottle representing a piece of vinicultural history, I embark upon a journey of sensory exploration, eager to unlock the secrets held within its ancient depths.

As the cork surrenders to my gentle persuasion, releasing decades of anticipation in a subtle pop, the air becomes charged with the aroma of aged elegance. Pouring the wine into the glass reveals a hue reminiscent of polished mahogany, its rich depths hinting at the wisdom acquired over sixty-nine years of maturation. With each swirl, the wine bestows upon me a kaleidoscope of scents—earthy truffles, velvety plums, and whispers of tobacco that dance gracefully upon the air.

Upon the first sip, time itself seems to stand still as the wine envelops my senses in a symphony of flavor. The palate is greeted by an opulent tapestry of dark fruits—black cherries, ripe figs, and sun-kissed currants—each layer unfolding with the grace of a well-rehearsed ballet. Yet, beneath this veneer of fruit lies a depth of complexity that can only be achieved through decades of patient aging. Notes of leather and forest floor intermingle with hints of cedar and spice, creating a mosaic of flavor that evolves with each passing moment.

But beyond the sensory delights of the wine itself, each sip evokes memories of a bygone era—a time when the world was poised on the brink of change, and life was lived with a certain effortless elegance. It calls to mind evenings spent in dimly lit bistros, the air thick with the aroma of Gauloises and the laughter of lovers entwined in the dance of passion. It conjures images of Parisian boulevards, where artists and intellectuals gathered to debate the meaning of life over glasses of velvety Bordeaux.

Yet, for all its historical significance, the 1955 Pétrus remains a wine of unparalleled beauty and grace—a testament to the artistry of its creators and the enduring power of the vine. Each sip is a journey through time and space, a fleeting glimpse into a world long past yet forever enshrined in the amber liquid that now graces my glass.

As I sit here, bathed in the warm glow of nostalgia and the intoxicating embrace of the 1955 Pétrus, I am reminded of the profound connection between wine, memory, and the essence of life itself. This is not merely a beverage; it is a portal to a world of dreams and desires, where every sip is a step closer to unlocking the secrets of the universe.

Maybe ill pen a song after this wine, and just a side not from a gentleman, why can't i find a woman like the 1955. Petrus?

NOTE TO SELF: DECANT ONE HOUR GLASS BY GLASS OMG AMMMAZING

4/28/2024 - 831900_ Does not like this wine:

Christmas flavors, weak body. Not for me.