6/8/2017 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Dark Ruby with moderate tearing. Heady earthy aroma which is accompanied by some vanilla hint and medium tannins and significant 20 second codalie. Nice overall fruit and probably peaking in 2020.

2/15/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

Solid Bordeaux. Not quite a chateau but paired up well with meat. Now is a good time to drink.

2/15/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

This wine was unfortunatey past its best. Bottoms up.

1/18/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

Deep Ruby with rust development. The scent is that of Blueberry pie inside a wine-vat. Taste continues with gentle and beautiful taste, no complications, no complexity nor arduous tannin. This wine is made to drink in big quantities - a personal favorite and ready now

1/18/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

This wine is a perfect Pinot effort from Napa - sweeter than the brethren in Europe. It is satisfying with or without food. Perfectly drinkable now.

1/18/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

A bit rusty and brown at first. Initial whiff a bit like manure and wild. Taste is improving - with customary strawberry jam but a bt challenging with some tannins (mid Pinot). A nice wine to serve with food or have as accompaniment (in) coq au vin.
A farily good Burgundy - not a star, however

1/14/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

An interesting artefact and amazing historic value as I was 13 when this was bottled and in junior high school in Sweden /Playing Dungeons and Dragons. Sediments abound cloudy at best. Fairly good balance despite age thanks to the structure with a bit of a tainted "smokey" flavor. The cork held up (miraculously). This wine was probably best 2 decades ago

1/9/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

A lovely smoky taste of Cabernet Franc - a lovely little find and highly rated.

1/9/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

Perfectly drinkable and enjoyable - not star rating, perchance.

1/1/2014 - carlkallen wrote:

Great little wine - liked the way it developed although Lenny Drank it like water.

12/31/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

An ultimate Bordeaux - exceptional and at full peak of majestic maturity. We loved it

12/27/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Solid and nice as always

12/27/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

A bit over the top - acquiring secondary tastes and aromas. A good wine that was probably at its peak in 1995

12/27/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

A wonderful Pinot Noir drinking at its peak right now. Lovely, deep and with exceptional balance.

12/13/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Deep colour. Straightforward smell of creamed strawberries. Taste enhances the experience and adds a medim level of tannins. THe codalie is for 20 seconds. Nice wine. Drinks well until 2016

11/21/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Just not my taste in wine. Round smell and aroma. Deep taste of grape, meaty with lacing of pepper and strawberry. Some tannin but not deafening. Good wine but it does not appeal greatly to me

11/17/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

11/17/2013 Wine really very good right now. Hard to hold it further. Lauren's favorite during dinner. Maybe to 2020?

11/17/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Wine really very good right now. Hard to hold it further. John's favorite during dinner. Maybe to 2015?

11/17/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

11/17/2013 Wine really very good right now. Hard to hold it further. Steven's favorite during dinner. Maybe to 2017?

11/17/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

11/17/2013 Wine really very good right now. Hard to hold it further. Steven's favorite during dinner. Maybe to 2017?

11/17/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Wine really very good right now. Hard to hold it further. Steven's favorite during dinner. Maybe to 2017?

11/17/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Blackberry, large aroma and tearing spectacular. Great overall with slight gravelly / claying taste. A great wine with absence of unnecessary tannin . Keep to 2920

11/9/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Ink

11/2/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Very approachable and drinking well right now

11/2/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

A repeat of the previous good experiences. Not too challenging and drinking well right now. the drinking window is definitely in reach and estimated from 2012-2019

11/2/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Great big California Chardonnay with massive tearing, Big brassy colour and lovely aroma. Taste notes with caramel, oak and butterscotch (bordering butter). One the best in its class.

11/2/2013 - carlkallen Does not like this wine:

Passable screw-cork effort. very faint color and little tearing. Drank it cold and missing any type elegance. very average and missing the point

11/2/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Lovely little wine from 700ml bottle. Medium tearing with distinguishable taste of Leechies and citrus with pungency. lovely little museum artifact. drinking well but slightly faded. peaked in 2000

10/5/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

An amazingly beautiful colour of medium red to gaze at with strong tearing. Aroma of berries struck with earthy notes of cellar and musk. Clearing taste of the wine opens up nicely with hints of mushroom together with bright tones of fruit and berries. Slightly reminiscent of Rioja with medium tannin-level. This wine will continue into 2017

9/30/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Lovely dark garnet with significant tearing. Aroma clear and cleansing with hints of dark forest fruit - blackberry and black cherry. The taste accentuates the aroma and multiplies the forest elements and adds the minerality of and nuance of graphite and flint so prevalent in Pauillac. A loverly wine that will continue to perform into 2018.

9/29/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Another bottle with defective cork. Charming and turning into something special. Sweet with hints of caramel and good dosage of dill aromas. A nice wine although on the downward slope.

9/29/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Solid, pleases and does not let down. A good wine without being too much of a gem. Better Erraduiz than others in France at the same price-point.

9/29/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

the tannins in this bottle were quite a mouthful!!

9/28/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

The best rose champagne around. Smooth, perfectly balanced, nice effervescence with clear hints of strawberry intertwined with a dash of kir. Too expensive for what it is but clear market-maker and category -leader. You just can't go wrong.

9/28/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

This wine was turning into something more historical/science experiment. The strawberry jam taste had disappeared and in its place a muskier aroma that was nice but had altered the wine's true spirit. Probably 8 years to old when had and past prime in 2005. Still a interesting object

9/22/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Exceptional and Magnifique.
Some early hint of caramel/creme brulee/flan. Intense overall and so easy to enjoy. Amazing combination and lovely!
One left...

9/22/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Scored high in the dinner-party. A Stag's Leap merlot with all that additional umph. Appreciated strong character and delightful

9/22/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

This champagne turned fantastic with 4 years of additional cellaring, despite being NV. Re-do!!

9/22/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

The stand-out at the dinner party - perfect balance with good acidity body and delectable aroma

9/22/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Very nice Ch-Montrachet hitting on all cylinders. Worthy and gorgeous

9/22/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Typical Pauillac with mild taste, earth and cellar. Lovely wine and in our opinion at its peak - delightful to 2018

9/22/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Plump and ripe. Ready to have - strong tannins. This wine will keep a few more years into 2016

9/15/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

edium ruby with good larmes. Fresh grassy aroma with a hint of cedar and evergreens (pine). The taste is fairly minerally with hints of flint and mulch-chips/eucalyptus with final aroma alluring and multi-layered. This enigmatic wine has some new taste-elements unexpected (possibly not welcomed) in a Bordeaux including tastes of wet pelt/fur. Although entering into a new phase, the wine possesses some strengths and tannins still holding up to 2015 under good storage.

9/15/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Medium ruby with good larmes. Fresh grassy aroma with a hint of cedar and evergreens (pine). The taste is fairly minerally with hints of flint and mulch-chips/eucalyptus with final aroma alluring and multi-layered. This enigmatic wine has some new taste-elements unexpected (possibly not welcomed) in a Bordeaux including tastes of wet pelt/fur. Although entering into a new phase, the wine possesses some strengths and tannins still holding up to 2015 under good storage.

9/14/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Gorgeous pale garnet with medium tearing. Sharp, fresh penetrating aroma composed of berries, pepper and soil. Taste is a perfectly balanced with a start of a secondary decline due to age. This wine has held up fairly well, tastes better after sitting open for 2 hours and is clearly drinkable right now. Wait no further.

8/25/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

A light and fragrant slightly buttery beauty with enjoyable qualities. Solid still until 2015

8/18/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Nice garnet colour and good viscocity. Floral aroma with a hint of herbs, including thyme. Cerise taste with other berries overlaying, leather and benign tannins. Drink this with joy and this wine should be had before 2016

8/2/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Brownish hue. Musky, cellar-like smell. Taste a bit meaty and slightly faint and lackluster but some small remnants of tannin remaining, with accompanying forest berry hints. A good wine that deserves drinking quite immediately. Latest 2015

7/27/2013 - carlkallen Likes this wine:

Lovely tearing and plum-prune color. Big aroma of forest, cedar and a hint of benign moss. The taste takes you up to heaven, uncovering sophisticated blackberries, raspberries, chewy tobacco and firm tannins in 23 second Codalie. This wine is a winner. Keep it longer if you can - up to 2018. Drinking well and a bit young in 2013

7/24/2013 - carlkallen wrote:

Dark Cardenal Red with intense tearing. Gorgeous smell with bountiful fruit/cerise and a cellar floor hint. Perfectly balanced cherry and dark berry taste with 20 Codalies. A wine that has hit its absolute peak and extremely drinkable now until 2014.