10/25/2012 - G Kapoor wrote:

Singing from the get go with popcorn butter, salty caramel, light rose water. On the palate it was at an inflection point where the youthful exuberance is paired perfectly with mature notes.

6/30/2012 - G Kapoor wrote:

Deep ruby color with a hue around the rim. Nose gains strength and complexity with time, approx an hour to unleash black fruits, meat, Sweet figs and white pepper. The purity of the fruit and definition on the palate is quite endearing with finish that is elegant and long. This is a great great CdP.

6/21/2012 - G Kapoor wrote:

peachy gold in color with minimal bubbles as it was served in a chard glass. A reductive nose of honey and tangerines that has vibrant acidity on the palate. A beautiful example of aged champagne delivering on secondary flavors while still holding on to the acidity from its youth.

6/21/2012 - G Kapoor wrote:

This wine grabbed you from the get go and did not let up. I have enjoyed some older montrose such as 66, 70, 75, but this was just on another level.......and then some. The color was extremely rich for a 57 year old wine. We all thought it resembled a wine from the early 80's. Nose was typical Bordeaux with elegance (something I don't ever associate with montrose) and symmetry to behold. Every aroma, flavor, nunance was in perfect balance providing pleasure individually and in aggregate. Hot bricks, leather, cherry, strawberry, dried leaves, cedar are some of depiction I can recall. Over the 3.5 hour course of our dinner, this wine delivered the fireworks. To our amazement, practically no sediment from this bottle.

6/21/2012 - G Kapoor wrote:

This was a wine that defied all of my expectations, it was delivered from Germany to California then transported to Montreal in checked baggage within a matter of 7 days. We opened this bottle less than 2 hours after being secured from baggage claim. It started off slowly but like a fine thoroughbred kept on getting stronger with each passing moment. Much lighter in color than the montrose, as expected, but still I thought it was dark for its age. Very feminine and delicate nose of dried roses, raspberries, and other tart red fruits. Over time the nose became richer with leather, tea, and spices. Even the fruit on the palate was richer. The finish which upon opening was a little clipped became full and long. This bottle went through a metamorphosis over the course of the dinner with the last few sips being otherworldly. Longboarder is probably correct that this bottle probably would have shown best with a 8-12 hour decant, for a 57 year old wine.....go figure.

2/7/2012 - G Kapoor wrote:

his a baby, decanted for 6 hours, at the moment it is sappy with purple fruit and oak. Yet it is not hot or out of balance. Anyone who is lucky to have a or some bottles, don't even think about it for another 5-7 years. It has the power and structure to challenge the 01 down the road. Too young to rate.

2/7/2012 - G Kapoor wrote:

Decanted for apporx. 1 hour. Nose is opulent and generous black fruits with secondary aromas missing at the moment. On the palate is where one get sense of how this wine should develop in something special. It is a hedonistic dream right now. Rich and exotic with a plush feel on the palate. I also picked up strong espresso flavors. The beauty of this wine is how it carries such power with a nonchalant attitude. The Mrs., who most folks have reminded me multiples times that she has a better palate than I, absolutely loved this wine. Thought it is the best red she has ever had. This wine also has the structure to age effortlessly for 10+ years. 95pts, for now....

2/7/2012 - G Kapoor wrote:

Decanted for approx. 4 hours. Nose and palate on this wine got better with each passing hour. The nose is intoxicating with so many nuances some which I thought were pepper, capsicum, tobacco, and sweet black fruits. Palate is rich and smooth with excellent weight on the midpalate and finish. My pick for the WOTN primarily due to it being mature at this point in time when compared to the 01 and 06 tonight. 98pts

9/18/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Double decanted for 2 hours. Ruby red in color offering up something different on the nose throughout the night from dried flowers (violets), truffles, game, red fruit, mint and crushed stones just to name a few. On palate this wine is balanced in every sense of the word but penetrates with furiousity of a much younger wine. Game and fruit take center stage early on with other components showing themselves throughout to a beautiful lingering finish.

This wine showed no signs of tiring as it was evolving further at the 5 hour mark. Normally I give scores, for personnel reference only, but this wine needs no such accolades, it is simply a complete wine!

7/28/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Beautiful expression of cali fruit! Nose of cassis, light vanilla, and herbs. Lush on the palate with layers of black/blue fruits ending with a concentrated finish.

6/12/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

- Ruby color, initially very burgdian on the nose which with time revealed traditional aged Rhone aromas of meat, minerals, and dried flowers It's balanced and has flavours of tea, meat, and elegant fruit with a medium body. Polished texture with a long finish.

4/28/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Audozed in the bottle for 3 hours. Nose and palate of warm dark fruit, cedar, chocolate with excellent balance. Sweet tobacco on the finish. I wish they still made this type of wine.

4/15/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Plumish color with ruby red on the edges. Very consistent with the previous bottles, meaning this wine has hit its primo drinking plateau. Nose of cold stones, sweet and tart red fruits, chocolate, and a slight vegetation which I enjoyed. Palate is lively and fresh with a plummy finish. A joy to drink.

4/10/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Popped and poured. Purple color providing no indication that this is a 24 year old wine. Nose just explodes upon opening of cassis, blue fruits, and cigar box. Palate is all class, balanced, and pure with a long finish. The tannins have not fully resolved but are not intrusive, leading me to believe that this wine will improve over the next 2 years.

3/6/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Nice nose of orange marmalade, honey, and white fruit. However, the palate was thin and the finish was short with a slight lemon zest taste.

2/24/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

I stood this bottle up for 2 weeks and decanted in the bottle for appox. 2 hours. Ruby color throughout. Some barnyard funk upon opening which blew off by the 1 hour mark. The nose has dried flowers, cherries, and meat. Palate is very well balanced with a long fleshy finish. It is so fleshy that I could taste the wine for over 90 sec after the last sip. excellent.

2/18/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Dark plum in color with bricking at the rim. Nose jumps of sweet cassis, tobacco, and cedar. Medium bodied and refined on the palate with berries at the forefront leading to a very nice finish. After 30 min the finish was dominated with a bloody animal meat aftertaste which I enjoyed. 93pts

2/10/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Popped and poured, drank over 2 hours. Mose of cherries, orange peel, sweet vanilla oak. Palate is quite fresh with the fruit becoming more prominent at the 2 hour mark

2/7/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Best showing for this wine when compared to the bottles i have consumed over the last 2+ years. The warm dark fruits jumped out of the glass with meat and mocha. Tannins are pretty much dissolved leading to a round finish with a core of dark fruits. Drink up!

1/22/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

Popped and poured. Nose of honeydew, wax, light orange citrus, and slate. Palate has an oily texture with sweet wax and citrus coming through very clearly. Nice balanced finish.

1/18/2011 - G Kapoor wrote:

I stood this bottle up for three weeks. Decanted for sediment and poured. Nose has wonderful precision of cherries,meat,pepper,and wood. Palate is very fresh with some tannins. This was the best showing for this wine. Now I agree with Aries that this wine will develop with few more years of age.

12/29/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

This is a wine that I could just sit in a corner for hours to take in all the aromas. Very complex on the nose with different types of citrus, tropical and exotic fruits, and driven with minerality like no other other white wine I have experienced before. Palate is intensely vibrant with all the flavors and a finish that persists for a long time. Hope Didier's son can continue making wines such as this one. 96+

12/28/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Stood up for sediment for only a day. Decanted for 3 hours hours prior to the first taste. This is some good vino. Dark purple in color with nose of cherries, leather, and wood. On palate it is a velvety full bodied wine with balanced sweet fruit that rushes to every corner and finishes with some sweet wood and black tea. Very enjoyable now 92+pts.

12/11/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

First bottle from the two cases in the cellar. This is a wine with gave slight to med funky notes for the first hour. By the third hour in the decanter it was singing with nose of red fruits, cedar, and currants. The palate is consistent with a medium finish. A very good wine which could improve in couple of year if the strong cedar notes give way to other secondary aromas/flavors and slightly more weight is added to the palate.

12/7/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Decanted and drank over 4 hours. Pitch black in color with nose of vanilla, pepper, and blueberries. Palate is silky with sweet vanilla and fruit that is not over the top but still not in balance, which should occur with time. Therefore, rating held.

12/5/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

This is a powerful wine which has a long life ahead of it. Nose was muted for the first couple of hours due to the bottle being too cold. Palate has excellent freshness with granny smith apples, caramel, and biscuits.....all in balance for a long powerful finish.

11/25/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Decanted for 2 hours (4 hours recommended based on this bottle). Nice purple color with soaring nose of dark fruit liquor and vanilla. On palate it has delicious fruit supplemented with hints of coconut milk. The finish was awkward for the first four hours as it was dominated by spicy wood. However, after four hours in the decanter the finish had begun to round out with sweet fruit. The rating is based on the last glass I drank after four hours of decant.

11/10/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Good wine with soaring aromas of honey, clove spice, and sweet citrus. Smooth and round on the palate with good weight. I prefer some acidity in my whites which this was lacking, however, I can see how this could be a highly rated wine for those who prefer this style.

11/8/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

I have had other bottles of this vintage which were more evolved. This bottle was showing quite young with green apples, biscuit, and tart acidity.

10/30/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Beautiful gold in color. Drank over 3 hours with initial nose of white pears and sweet sugarcane bark which turned to hints of sweet vanilla over time. During the last hour the nose was full of orange marmalade and citrus. The palate was creamy with slight hints of sweet oak leading a luscious finish.

10/23/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

This will develop in something very special. Color is light gold with persistent fine beads. Nose of granny smith apples, warm walnuts, white pear, and a stream of minerals. Palate will round out with time as currently it is dominated by acidic minerals with a very good finish. Glad I picked up a case of this wine.

10/23/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

consistent with prior note

10/23/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Dark Dark Dark inky purple with nose of meats, currant, and graphite. Palate just expoldes with blue fruit like eat a blueberry pie and ends with a little bit of spice. This wine is massive but balanced and not hot at all. Probably would rate it higher had been paired with some better food, like ribeye's.

10/23/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Dark purle/black in color. Nose of dark chocolate, jammy dark fruit, cassis, and earth. The wine is young but it is drinking quite well. Silky palate with very good weight throughout leading a very good finish.

10/23/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

As always, a solid bottle of bordeaux. Probably my best QPR purchase. consistent with previous notes.

10/23/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Drank over 5 hours. Color after 2 hours was golden yellow with an intoxication nose of caramel, orange marmalade, sweet ginger, and minerals integrated beautifully with the wine. Palate was quite fresh and vibrant, with time it turned creamy and round with a long finish.

9/18/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Nose is bursting with sweet black fruits and chocolate. Palate is round and lush with a core of fruit which is beatifully balanced. The finish is very smooth. Perfect example of why I love me some ACV cabs, very good wine for the money.

9/18/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Nose is very appealing with citrus, guava, and minerals. Palate has bright fruit with a nice minerally finish. The last bottle had showed better when compared to this one

9/4/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Popped and poured with some delicious Thai food. Nose really developed after 30 mins of air with almond oil, pineapple and sweet tangerines. The wine is subtle yet strong with an oily roundness. I liked this wine and will buy more at $20.

9/4/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Bricking on the edges with a beautiful nose of sweet cheries and extract. Palate has good good weight which carries the fruit to an earthy finish. Drink up.

8/22/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Disgorged October 2009. Bought from a store with temp of 70 degrees which might be a reason why this bottle was more evolved than I would have anticipated. Color was pure liquid gold. I poured it in both a champagne flute (for the wifey) and in a chard glass (for myself). The bubbles in both glasses were aggressive. We drank this wine over a period of 3 hours. Early on the citric fruit was dominant but in balance with yellow/green fruits. As time passed this champagne become more vinous with butterscotch, yellow/green fruits which were in balance with the minerality of this wine. It went extremely well with the chicken and basmati rice we had for dinner. Actually, my wife who probably has a better palate than I thought this wine went better with food than any champagne she had tried to date. Me on the hand am sold on this producer!!

8/8/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Drank from a 375 with raw scallops prepared five ways. This champagne was an excellent match for the dish, liquid orange/gold in color with fine mousse and bubbles. Palate of citrus, caramel, stones and white fruit.

8/8/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Decanted for over 2 hours and drank over another 2 hours. Purple plum with a slight ruby hint in color. The nose over the first three hours was intoxicating with cherryliquor, cedar, thyme, and mint. The palate was balanced with dark fruit liqour, spicy wood, milk choc, and herbs. I enjoyed this bottle over the first hour more, thought I would rate it in the mid 90's, but over the last hour the liqour dominated too much and the wine lost weight on the palate. But still a good wine!

7/22/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Intense nose of exotic fruits, yuzu, melon, and white pear. On palate the wine has good weight with heavy fruit concentration but in balance with good acidic backbone and a very long minerally finish. My first Didier as such I am suprised by the intensity of the fruit but without the overoaked vanilla flavors.....which is a very good thing in my book.

7/18/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

This wine has developed nicely over the last 12 months. Ready to drink now with a few undeveloped tannins. Not sure if it will improve further. Dark purple in color with nose and palate of leather, blue and black berries. Nice fleshy finish.

7/17/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Golden peach in color with fine mousse. Nose of steely minerality, slate, and pear. Consistent on palate with a citric and acid backbone. Long finish of citrus and minerals.

7/11/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Very nice champagne with good color. Nose and palate of citrus, minerals, ripe pear fruit. The finish with streak of minerality.

7/11/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Ruby red with slight bricking on the edge. Nose of dusty leather, oak, and red fruits. Medium bodied on palate dominated by spicy wood and a lingering dusty taste with decent red fruit coming through as well.

7/11/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Dark purple in color with nose of smoke, meat, and roasted herbs. Polished on entry but the tannins rob the wine of much pleasure leading to a herby finish. I did get some licorish fruit after much coaxing. 89 today but should improve in couple of years.

5/16/2010 - G Kapoor wrote:

Dark ruby color, nose of stones, slate, mineral and dark fruit. Same on the palate, with an added dimension of milk chocolate. This bottle did not have the same concentration of fruit as the previous bottle. Still a very good wine