4/30/2024 - zimmy07 wrote:

I will not rate this. The wine is young, I decanted 8 hours, it opened up nice. No doubt lacking the massive perfume of a MB, the taste, still domianated by the oak was a bit muted but I was bracing for the worst. Now, my wife who has an incredible palate and knew nothing of the fires or even why I was tasting the wine said" it smells like a campfire and although not a bad wine, does not soar like a MB". I will take her note over mine all day long. To the okay palate I think very little to detect, to the better palates no doubt some issue with the wine. I most likely will take my credits towards future purchases

4/24/2024 - Montesquieu wrote:

As a Monte Bello collector since 2001, I normally don't open bottles until they're mature - 15+ years in good vintages, 10+ in an off one. I made an exception in this case to assess the smoke presence and whether these should be consumed younger as a result. My palate isn't the most sensitive, but I do believe I detected smoke, which challenged the otherwise good MB core. The wine was still a good wine, though not for the price, for the first 60 minutes. After that, the smoke became more prominent relative to other notes. Consequently, I'll plan to consume these younger than normal and without long decants.

12/12/2023 - Montesquieu wrote:

Cranberry juice and white pepper. Polar opposite of southern Rhone Grenache in that there's not a shred of terroir. It's all bright, thin, in-your-face fruit. Analogous to the difference between a Central Coast Pinot Noir vs. a red Burgundy. This is definitively not my style preference, but I can enjoy and appreciate it to a degree. There are plenty of <$50 Old World Grenaches I'd rate higher based on my preferences for earth and terroir of various weights/densities.

3/6/2024 - Cailles wrote:

Wow, wow, wow! This wine stands as a true work of art, astonishingly surpassing high expectations I had after tasting it 7 years ago (following its release) when it showed great promise (rated 97pts). I would have never thought that this still very young wine is that amazing today, especially as Monte Bello has a reputation of needing decades to blossom. The complexity is out of this world and up there with the very best wines I’ve ever had, with each aroma delivered in ultra-high definition, so sharp and precise. The profoundness of this wine is paired with a perfect structure, full of finesse, tension and freshness. One can only imagine how good it will be in 10, 20, 30 years. For sure one to load up.

TN: Very intense, yet balanced bouquet with layers and layers of aromas wafting out of the glass. Same on the palate with one wave after the other of aromas hitting all senses. Intense spruce tips, pine tree, several layers of herbs, a rainbow of fruit from fresh and ripe blue fruit to delicate, fresh red berries, coffee, just hints of chocolate, earthy minerality. Wow, every sip reveals something new. Extremely profound.The wine is anchored by a firm structure of fine tannins poised for further integration, alongside high acidity that adds to its dynamism. Despite its richness, the wine maintains a surprisingly light texture, culminating in a long, evolving finish. Approaching perfection, this wine promises to achieve a perfect rating as it develops even greater complexity with age.

Decanting: Decanted for 4+ hours. It needed the time (or could have even used more air).

3/1/2024 - glou.sf Likes this wine:

Wow, the first whiff is already captivating. Incredibly beautiful and complex on the nose with blossoms, lemon, orange, citrus zest, a hint of smoke, and a bit of mint and other herbs. New flavors emerge every time you smell the wine. Lovely acidity with more lemon notes, apple, lime zest, minerals, and a bit of reduction on the palate. Extremely long finish. Holy moly, what a wine! Deeply emotional and satisfying.

2/21/2024 - Montesquieu wrote:

Three years since my last tasting and review, I'm giving this the same score and wondering if even more time is needed for this to become something different than a very primary, crisp, minerally, flinty, grapefruit-infused wine. Consumed over about an hour from PnP, so my notes don't reflect long aeration. I have another 8 bottles from this and two other vintages, but I may conclude this style isn't my favorite.

2/14/2024 - Montesquieu wrote:

Rating just this bottle, and not a prior one, I'm underwhelmed by the experience relative to the price and hype. The lemon intensity overwhelms other flavors. I didn't experience great complexity or beauty. It was simple, crisp, clean - solid, but not 100 points or $200+. I've had $30 California sparklers of comparable enjoyment. My rating reflects glasses over the first two hours after opening and again the next day.

1/30/2024 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Enjoyed after each of three nights of the Chateau Lafleur event with Omri Ram and Martine's Wines at Blackberry Farm, TN. 45 second length. Full of soft spice, wood lacquer. Acidic. Smooth and pretty for Madeira, but dryer than we had anticipated. This Madeira is the perfect pairing with a fine cigar.

12/26/2023 - zimmy07 Likes this wine:

Ridge MB is a top 3 wine for me and by far my most collected wine. They are best at 20 years of age or more to me, but 2011 is in a great wndow. Yes not the greatest vintage, but that is what I like most. I like it not being a huge fruit bomb, 2011 with a 5 hour decant is classic MB. Bordeuax ringer, with cedar, blue fruits, and the Amercian Oak perfectly integrated. Ths wine is rounded out to near perfection. This will get better with time, but with a decant rip one open. Damn good!!!!

8/15/2023 - N.Bonaparte wrote:

After 7 hours in the decanter this was still a block of stone. Extreme dry extract up front. This was my first of 12 bottles and I’m going to hold these for another 5 years before trying again. I thought the 2010 classic cuvee was exponentially better.
My recommendation is to decant this over night at this point. This certainly has potential but is probably 15 years away from prime time. This is a 50 plus year wine. Revisit 2028

7/26/2023 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

My third time trying this wine and definitely an improvement with the added time. I'd rate it 93 today after an hour decant with clear potential for 94-95 after a couple more years. It has the stuffing for another decade or two. The first taste upon pop and pour had some tar and tannin, but it smoothed out quickly. Plenty of earth to balance the fruit. Terrific wine for the $46 I paid.

6/14/2023 - Hugo Hilde wrote:

Perfection (Tøyen, Oslo): Wow, wow, wow.

After a superb bottle of Cheval 47 did not compell me to grant it a perfect score, I feared I would never be moved to sign off a 100 points to any wine.

This wine, however, defined the word flawless. Immediately after pulling the cork, it was clear I was in the presence of greatness.

An explosion of a nose, I could smell it clearly 25 cm away from the glass. It featured blackberry, blackcurrant, so much mineral, sous bois, umami notes, freshly picked stone mushroom, clove, white pepper, shoe polish, leather and vine smoke. My god, I literally smelled this in silence for hours into the night..

Full-ish bodied, at first bitter, then a growing sweetness before an intense coda of forest floor and nuts.
Perfectly integrated tannins, still a small bite, countered by on point acidity, keeping it so balanced and fresh. Not at all heavy, power and intensity without any heaviness.
Also here blackberry, as well as plums, a crazy mineralité, wet soil. The finish is literally endless with sweet orange rind and cherry pits.

This was firing on all cylinders until the bitter end, (2AM, as I and my co-host sat 2 hours after the guests had left, drinking the sediment from the bottle, never wanting to let this experience end..) not at all worried it's going to fade, but for me, absolute perfect maturity now.

What an experience, quasi religious..

4/21/2023 - RPHC Likes this wine:

Legendary in every way. On the addictive nose: peaches, sweet-smelling fragrant white florals, and a touch of minerality. The palate is very savory, with a kiss of brine, and displays the fruit almost in the background: peaches, citrus and crunchy red apple. Herbal notes also appear. Outstanding density of flavors. A touch of effervescence. Drier than expected in terms of sweetness, but in a very good way. Ample acidity for long-term holders. Surprisingly complex given the age, as there were plenty of layers on both nose and palate. Medium force finish that really lingers with mild pepper and savory spice. *The winery is named after the castle built in 1074. After changing hands about 19 times, it was eventually sold to the Cistercian monks in 1740, who are the current owners. Schloss Gobelsburg is the location of the oldest winemaking in the region, dating to the 1100s; in 1996 Eva and Michael Moosbrugger were granted the winemaking and viticultural contract and they run it to this day. *The vineyard, Ried Gaisberg is designated as Erste Lage by the OTW.

4/19/2023 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Concur with my rating and note from 2020. Not the most complex or exciting mature Port, but enjoyable for its smoothness.

3/18/2023 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Deeper in color than flavor. I concur with the crowd rating of 92 instead of pro ratings of 95+. Decanted two hours before first glass. This might get a second wind with a few more years but today sits in between primary and mature evolution.

3/1/2023 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Fantastic Syrah in an atypical (for America) austere, elegant style. We paired it with Texas barbecue, with which a more typically extracted Syrah might have performed even better. But that doesn't make the extracted wine better. I prefer Alban all day long. Great young. Eager to see it aged.

2/2/2023 - David Paris (dbp) wrote:

Somehow this is my first bottle of this in 4 years and I still have nearly two cases left, so not sure what took me so long considering how much I loved it in 2019. Montesquieu's notes had me quite worried so I wanted to crack one soon. On first pour I was nervous, but then I recalled my comment from the last time stating it requires 30 minutes to blow off... ok... waiting 30 minutes before passing judgement. It definitely did still require the time, and became much more approachable after 45 minutes. The aromas remind me of a mall in the 1980s... I have no idea why. Perhaps a JC Penny. There's a cherry cough drop note, complete with a bit of menthol. Really none of that beautiful integration I noted with the bottle in 2019. Smells fine, but not compelling. Palate entry is quite soft and elegant. Really refined texture. Flavors are a little bitter, and slight bits of tannins come in. Flavors are actually fairly light, overall... kind of like chewing on a grape seed, and not much else. A nicer finish shows a really nice bloom of acidity and slight bits of earthy notes, coupled with a dark earthy raspberry, but the fruit character is pretty light. I don't think what we have here is a degradation in quality in 4 years... and based on Montesquieu's notes so closely grouped in time, offering quite a different experience, perhaps what we have is bottle variation. Now I don't find this bottle wrong or bad, but it certainly isn't the world beater Beaujolais that I drank in 2019, and if I hadn't had that bottle, I'd have thunk this is just what the wine is. No flaws are detectable. I had one other bottle after the first that I didn't note in 2019 that I also recall being very underwhelming. I'll pop a few more bottles this year and note which version they tasted more like to see if there's a randomness here, or if indeed this has somehow radically changed character. There definitely can be something special with these bottles, but hopefully the current releases which are $100/bottle aren't showing this bottle variation.

3/3/2022 - oxwombat Likes this wine:

Opened in Courchevel. P&P but enjoyed over a few hours.

Absolutely stunning bottle - arguably the best 1982 I've had in the last few years. Not tired at all, with vibrant fruit coming through balanced by perfectly integrated tannins and minerality that gave the wine a beautiful refinement.

Completely destroyed the 1982 Lafite we had a few days before. This wine is at its peak and don't hesitate to enjoy it now!

11/23/2022 - zimmy07 Likes this wine:

This was hard to drink after the 86, 96 and 2006. It was so big it was distracting. But, this is an incredibly well made wine. Already the fruit and oakstructure are in harmony. Althogh maybe the least enjoyable wine of the evening, it is the best made wine of them all and will be off the charts in 30 years. To bad I will probably be dead by then, but my kids should have a hell of a note...

10/3/2022 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

This was easily my 2013 of the night against Schrader To Kalon, Hobbs Dr. Crane (especially good, too), and Peter Michael Au Paradis. That surprised me as a collector of Dunn HM from the 1980s and early 1990s, as I normally focus on drinking Dunn with 20+ years of age. Even very young, this outshines exceptional competition from the same vintage. Put simply, you aren't wasting your money to try this now. It's fantastic. A 100-point experience someday? Can't wait to see, and I wouldn't bet against it. Might be Dunn's best release ever.

10/18/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Lenoir wine dinner for 16 friends (Lenoir restaurant): Fifth time enjoying this wine over the years from an original case. It's such a distinctive wine with its oxidative style and a touch of sweetness. Always a fun experience for wine lovers who haven't tried it before.

Follow-on note from day 3 of an open, decanted bottle. Yes, it's probably even better than on day one after its initial 7-hour decant. Joly recommends enjoying over 3 days, and this is the first time I've done that. This wine does not degrade over that timeframe; it evolves and improves. My rating of 95 reflects my taste enjoyment and preference, but if I were rating this on provocativeness and distinctiveness, it would hit the high 90s.

5/5/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Wow, I'm so excited to have experienced this wine. I have a bunch of the 2010, 2011, and 2012 vintages, which are far less evolved than this 2001. The 2001 is pure mushroom and forest floor. Any other descriptors, for me, and drowned out by those two. I love wines that evolve to this state, and this Galardi is one of the best pure 'shroom and forest floor I've had. Great depth and purity of secondary flavors, though not the ultimate length. I'm saving my Galardi bottles for another 10 years.

9/4/2022 - EM_MB Likes this wine:

2 hour slow ox. After reading other recent tasting notes, I worried that the drinking window was shrinking so popped open. Had a CdN tasting pitting 97, 99 and 06. The 06 was exceptional and IMO still has many many more years ahead of it before it even plateaus. Beautiful wine, no rush to open. Unfortunately my last bottle.

9/10/2022 - Lord of the Bottles Likes this wine:

In rememberance of Her Majesty, at dinner at home in London we drank one of Bordeaux’s greats - Chateau Palmer. Yes I know 2016 isn’t 1926 but it is supposed to be a 98 pointer…just sayin’. This bottle was a little sleepier than the ethereal one we had in the summer, but could be due to the longer decanting time whilst prepping dinner. Lot’s of dark plum fruit and hints of chocolate. Some fennel seed. Quite muted nose. 95/100. Paired with grilled flat iron steak and sweet corn succotash. God Save the King.

9/2/2022 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

This is a very good wine today for the $33/bottle I paid. It's big, rich, and chock full of green pepper and barnyard, both of which I adore. There aren't many red wines I'd pick over it for the price. However, I think it's nowhere near its peak. I'm no expert in aging Chinon, but I predict that this wine blossoms with more time. Scores of 95++ (on my scale) won't surprise me, but they may take 5-15 years. I have 11 more bottles to spread over the years, and I bought the 2020 too. Highly recommended if Loire cab Franc floats your boat.

4/1/2022 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Ch. Palmer dinner with winemaker Thomas Duroux (Jeffrey's, Austin, TX): 97-100. What an elegant, stunning, young Bordeaux. Absolutely standout in its purity. Given how the 1991 from an "off" vintage drank at 31 years of age, I can only imagine how great this will become. My rating reflects where I think this wine will go. Tonight, I'd say it was my #2 of 5 Palmer vintages on the night, behind the fully mature 1991. But it should approach perfection with time.

5/26/2022 - Montesquieu wrote:

Fourth time trying this over three years, and I remain confused by the high scores many others give this wine. This time, I tested it both over several hours on night one and finished the next night. I'm grateful to be able to try and share Leroy at such an approachable price point, but I would still rate this bottle overpriced for its quality.

4/30/2022 - oldwines Likes this wine:

Opened two bottles which were pristine despite their nearly decade and a half age. Dark lemon yellow. No sign of oxidation but nice evolution with hints of creaminess in the nose and palate that also seems to add a nice texture as well. Acidity is still bright. Layers of citrus, orchard and tropical fruits as well as a solid mineral core. Very long on the finish. Just delicious both alone and with food, especially with my signature crab cakes.

4/25/2022 - soyhead wrote:

Nose - earthy, olive, somewhat gamey, coming across Syrah like
Mouth - drinks delicious, dark fruits, fig, cocoa, still loads of tannins but good cushioning acidity. I suspect this is just now entering its drinking window, it’s criminal that I already blew through my stash. Drink or hold

3/13/2022 - zimmy07 Likes this wine:

We did a blind tasting, no one knew the bottles and I was as confused as I have ever been between 2 wines. I put a 2009 PC in, someone else brought the 2010 PC. I see peope talking about the vast differences, these wines were so similar it was amazing. I gave the 2010 the nod on WOTN, it showed a bit more integration but I am splitting hairs. amazing balance, not a hard edge on this. Blue fruits on palate with perfectly integrated oak. Tannin still hits on mid palate but these were approachable and very enjoyable. I suggest holding for another 5-10 years as not real secondary notes developing that make Bordeaux so great. But with a decant, this is rocking. I believe this was decanted 5 hours.

10/10/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Second bottle cracked within a month. Perfect once again. Grateful that nature and nurture 23 years ago gave so much joy these 2+ decades later.

12/23/2020 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Such an extraordinary wine. Among all of the many Cali cult cabs my friends have shared with me this year, none had the depth and beauty of this wine at age 19, and probably none of them will develop it in time. Dunn Howell and Ridge MB are my two favorite American reds, and they have yet to let me down, including plenty of Dunns from the 1980s bought second- (or third?) hand, as this case was. I see the CT drinking window starts in 2024. No doubt it will be great then and for a few decades thereafter. But I'll give it a 98 right now. Fantastic mix of primary and secondary flavors, all in harmony, with length and beauty. A great wine that is absolutely ready to rock your world.

2/5/2022 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

This wine is Exhibit A why my favorite $50-$100 Bordeaux blends come from Italy, not France or the US. It's clean, elegant, and balanced. In comparison with a Howell Mtn cab we're drinking alongside it, the Howell Mtn is extracted, jammy, and top-heavy. The American is still enjoyable, but in comparison, the Italian crushes it. What I like about Sette Ponti and other great Super Tuscan cabs is their purity. They lack the extracted fruit jam of American cabs and the heavy earth/tannin of Bordeaux. The Bordeaux can become better with even more time, but it's best in act two, whereas this shines in act one. This is my final bottle of a half-case of this vintage. I think it's peaking now. Yes, it can last longer, but I love it now.

12/9/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

As I experience more Chenin demi sec (mostly Huet), my comparison point is lightly sweet German Kabinett, with which I have far more experience. My personal preference is for the racier, more mineral Riesling, which is electric in the best examples. Chenin is a pretty grape, but it has some odd flavor notes that are best balanced with the right food. If this is the best example of a great Loire demi sec in its youth, then IMO, I'll keep some on hand but continue to emphasize great Riesling in my cellar.

8/1/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

After three hours of decanting, this is unquestionably a terrific wine full of mature depth and complexity. I'd characterize the depth as black olive, melted road tar, herbs, and cigar tobacco. There's a bit of green stem, though nowhere near as much as in its Santa Cruz mountaintop "neighbor", Monte Bello. This can surely mature another 10+ years. If you have multiple bottles, drink one now without reservation, as I think it really is at a peak. I'm saving my other bottle in expectation of mushrooms sprouting from it.

7/5/2020 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

So good. I have enjoyed 5 prior bottles since release in 2012, and this was the best yet. If you've kept some this long, you're in for a treat. At Jardiniere restaurant a few years ago, I had a 16-year-old Mt Eden chardonnay, and it was still excellent. I think I'll stretch out my 2008 Reserve, 2010, and 2012 bottles through an even longer lifetime.

We once lived directly below the vineyards on Mt Eden Rd in Saratoga, and that biases my love for this winery. Though very different in style, Aubert and Mt Eden are my two favorite US chardonnay producers and the only two I accumulate. Mt Eden offers a wonderfully wide drinking window and special-occasion quality at a reasonable price.

6/20/2021 - Sourdough Likes this wine:

This is to me the most exquisite vintage yet. Sweet but subdued. And a swarm of light and lively citrus, lychee, almonds, peach, and so much more dancing on the tongue. SPECTACULAR!

6/3/2021 - englishman's claret wrote:

Imagine a wine where the entire aromatic profile is black and green. If you can, you’ve got the superb and intriguing 85 Dunn Howell Mountain in mind, showing its finely-detailed nose of blackberry, nori, squid ink, espresso, pine forest, and rosemary. This is a special wine, with the vigor to suggest that this is very much in its prime yet with fully integrated, refined tannin and impeccable balance. Superb.

5/5/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

I enjoyed two glasses from a bottle opened five nights previously and then pumped. Despite being open that long, it was amazingly elegant, lean, and beautiful. Great bottle.

9/23/2020 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Beautiful inaugural vintage of Dominus. Cork in terrific condition. Bottle had lovely secondary flavors. Very smooth. It lacked the pleasurable extremes of density and length, but was nevertheless a faultless time machine that took us back to earlier days of fine Napa winemaking.

4/13/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

I'm leaning into this winery after the glowing Vinous reviews and cracking a couple bottles young to see if the praise is merited. I believe it is. This was an excellent wine. Slow oxed and then decanted and drunk over 6+ hours, the wine opened nicely and rewarded early drinking. This is not an extracted, jammy style, so look elsewhere if that's your preference. Instead, it offers (dried) blackberry, raw cacao, volcanic scree, and some medium-roast espresso. My friend and I thought it delivered for the price.

3/27/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Perhaps like others, I decided to give this new winery a try after the glowing Vinous reviews. Included with my order of their top-end wines, the winery generously added a free bottle of their Reserve. Sincere thanks to them for that! Rather than wait, I cracked the Reserve to share with two collector friends outdoors on a beautiful cigar night. The Reserve is terrific. Very drinkable now, with a balanced style that is pure delicious cab, no extraction or jam. Don't wait for something different with this bottle. It's terrific now, and my friends agreed. Very much looking forward to the single vineyard bottles.

2/9/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Exceptional. Provocative mix of dark fruit with some green (stem) flavors that keep this nicely lean and balanced, unlike many other overextracted CdPs. I think this will further improve from here and am betting on 15 years age for my 2009s.

3/4/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

YPO forum (Joe's): This was an unplanned PnP addition that immediately followed a perfect 1982 Pichon. Instead of shocking our palates after such a delicate predecessor, this provided a really elegant, lightweight, ethereal follow-up. The descriptors that best resonate with me are the green ones, including bay leaf and juniper. It eschews extraction and bold fruit. Glorious for my tasting preferences. Wouldn't surprise me if I rate it even higher in years to come with additional tastings, but I also truly enjoyed it today.

2/15/2021 - rkww Likes this wine:

Proof positive that 36 is not yet over the hill, the rich, dark 1985 Howell Mountain still captivates with gorgeous blue and black fruits no longer as present in the ‘87 we enjoyed a few months ago. Pencil shavings, cedar, forest floor, and earth round out this classically styled wine, all in perfect balance and all distinguishable on the palate thanks to the relatively low alcohol content. Though these bottles will last another 10-20 years, I love where they are today. Last night’s reminded me why I fell in love with wine in the first place. If I can find more of this 3,000 case production, I’ll definitely snatch them up! As always with these old Dunns, time in decanter helped the initial funk blow off and gave the layered aromas and flavors time to sing.

2/12/2021 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

LOVE this wine. Violet, spice, a touch of licorice, and a graphite-like texture. So much flavor depth for a wine delicate and light in intensity. Enjoyed tonight with a well-paired Philippino adobo chicken. Wonderful over an extended drinking window from release to 10+ years. Why do CT reviewers who claim to love this wine only rate it 90-91? Extraction and intensity shouldn't be prerequisites for 95+. It's harder and rarer to achieve delicacy + purity. When I want exceptional beauty in a lighter younger red wine, a great beaujo like this fills my cup.

1/9/2021 - Montesquieu Does not like this wine:

This wine is a stinker. First time I've had Caymus in a while, and absent another gift bottle like this one, I'll go even longer before giving it another chance. Is it more blueberry Smuckers jelly, blueberry cola, or blueberry syrup? Plus bad alcohol? Not sure which. The winemaking objective is fundamentally flawed IMO. No terroir, depth, or classic blend of complementary grapes. If you're someone who likes this wine, then good, live long and prosper; you should henceforth assume my reviews aren't useful to you.

12/4/2020 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Great great great. Final bottle from a case enjoyed since 2010 or so. Now at full maturity, there's a great blend of the original primary fruit, some secondary pruned flavors, and the developing fungal/mushroom. It's provocative, complex, and not at all awkward. I've enjoyed even older Gigondas from the terrific 1998 vintage, but I don't think this will improve with more age than this. Could still be good for another 5-10 years, but I wouldn't bet on better. If you still have this, enjoy over the next five years. We really love our Gigondas with pork dishes and will miss this vintage. Onto the 2010 and 2015...

12/8/2020 - Montesquieu Does not like this wine:

First two bottles of a case. Had high expectations that were disappointed. Didn't think was particularly good, especially for the price.

10/4/2020 - Montesquieu Likes this wine:

Scores without notes from a nice night of drinking.
97 2009 Giovanni Chiappini Bolgheri Superiore Guado de' Gemoli
96 2013 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon RBS Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard
96 2009 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard
95 2014 Realm Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Houyi Vineyard
94 2013 Morlet Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Cœur de Vallée Beckstoffer To-Kalon Vineyard
94 2007 Two Hands Shiraz Ares
94 2016 Domaine Georges Vernay Condrieu Coteau de Vernon
93 1994 Graham Porto Vintage
93 2002 Taittinger Champagne Comtes de Champagne Blanc de Blancs Brut
89 1999 Ployez-Jacquemart Champagne Liesse d'Harbonville