5/10/2024 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decanted and began drinking after one hour. Opened beautifully showing little age on the rim. Medium body, good fruit still, well balanced and full finish. Classic 05 vintage and perfect with the right meal. Cellared since purchase.

4/10/2024 - skipwine Likes this wine:

This tiny St-Emilion estate is more widely known as Lucia. Cellered since purchase, this is a gem. Showing little age on the rim, it is drinking beautifully now with years to go. Opened beautifully to a classic right bank nose, body, finesse and finish.

4/3/2024 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Open for 1 hour, medium body and fruit, still good with pasta

4/1/2024 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decant for one hour, great nose, fruit and balance with long finish. Drinking beautifully now!

2/9/2024 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decant for minimum one hour - full rich body, balance and bouquet and long finish. Drinking perfectly now with some years to go. Cellared since purchase.

1/9/2024 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Classic CDR at its peak and a total joy to drink, medium full body, great fruit, balance and finish.

1/2/2024 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Clean, medium light body, fruit and bouquet. Good food wine.

12/28/2023 - skipwine wrote:

Fruit faded, but decanting brought out bouquet - medium body and solid finish. Excellent food wine showing it's age

12/19/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Classic cru bourgeois; well defined nose, age showing on the rim, classic medium body and bouquet and finish. Drinking perfectly after opening - short decant best if serving multiple people. Great food wine - complemented a hearty beef stew. Cellared since purchase. Drink up with the appropriate meal.

11/29/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Nose, fruit, acid, balance, finish - absolutely a great wine and drinking perfectly now.

10/31/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Full, rich body and bouquet, great fruit, still fresh, medium finish, a delightful surprise and still drinking after one day in the fridge- cellared since purchase on release

9/22/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Light body, lively balanced fruit and acid, classic Mosel

8/3/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

30 minute decant and opened up beautifully; big, rich body and bouquet, great fruit and great finish. Classic sangiovese

7/22/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Outstanding fruit, bouquet, balance and medium long finish! A classic!!

7/19/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Sup[erb after a short decant! Great nose and loads of fruit, no age on the rim, medium/full body and bouquet, long finish. Drink soon after opening. Drank for 2 1/2 hours

7/10/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Still drinking well after a 30 minute decant which took the edge off the nose and allowed the wine to balance and drink beautifully, in particular for its age. Classic medium body Gigondas , good balance and a wonderful finish. Cellared since purchased. And I will drink up my remaining 2 bottles soon.

7/10/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Opened up quickly in the bottle and drank for over 2 hours (until reluctantly finished), Great nose and bouquet, medium body and long finish. Great balance of mature fruit and acid. A classic cellared since purchased.

7/10/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decant for one hour minimum, drinking superbly now. Great nose, bouquet, fruit balance and long finish. Classic Right Bank offering from this truly great vintage, in particular from this area. Plenty left in this one - cellared since purchased as a future.

6/26/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decanted and began to drink after 1 1/2 hours. Began to open up and continued for another 2 hours when the bottle was finished. Medium/full body and bouquet. Great fruit and long finish. Classic Bordeaux and a testament to this outstanding vintage. Drinking superbly now and should last at least another 5 years.

5/24/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Tight, but started to open up after about 30 minutes showing good fruit, medium/full body, solid finish. Continued to open for another hour and improved through dinner. Cellared since release. Not gone yet.

5/2/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Amazing light color and very flowery nose, good balance and opened up eventually overcoming the floral bouquet. Medium sweet and a huge surprise. Cellared since purchased on release at the winery.

4/30/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Drinking perfectly now. Great fruit, balance, bouquet and finish.

4/30/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Superb body, great fruit, balance and bouquet and finish. 1 1/2 hour decant and still drinking perfectly after 4 hours. A classic!

4/3/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

At its peak. Superb after a short decant; medium body, good nose, fruit and bouquet, well balanced with a clean full finish. Great with food! Cellared since purchased on release. Drink now.

3/29/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Opened up quickly and continued to emerge for over 1 1/2 hours at dinner - medium, somewhat delicate body, good bouquet and a subtle, long finish. Well made and still drinking well. It has been cellared since purchased upon release at Kermit Lynch.

3/1/2023 - skipwine wrote:

Very slow to open and showing lots of age on the nose and palate. Not going to get any better.

3/1/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

From a half bottle, superb, full rich body and bouquet, long finish, a classic!

3/1/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Drinking beautifully after approx 1 1/2 hours in the bottle and continued to open and drink for next 2+ with dinner. Classic brunello, medium full body, great fruit, rich mid palate and medium long finish.

3/1/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Drinking almost immediately and continued to open up - decanting not a must. Medium full body, good fruit and finish.

3/1/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Still drinking well after one hour + of air (no need to decant). Classic barolo, medium body, great balance

2/4/2023 - skipwine wrote:

Drinking well for 1 1/2 hours after one hour decent; good fruit and balance, medium body and finish. Drink up if you still have any.

1/28/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

A classic Sancerre in every way - fruit, body, finish and balance. Just open and pour for a delightful quaff! Excellent now!

1/28/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Superb about 20 minutes from opening as it began to open up. Rich full bouquet and body and medium/long finish. A classic CDR in every way! And still drinking well the second day after vacuvin and fridge storage.

1/3/2023 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Classic everyday California cab - lots of fruit with little structure, well suited as a before meal cocktail wine or with basic, simple red wine dishes or for cooking. Decanting not needed and faded in about an hour.

12/19/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Magnificent with first opened - full, rich body and classic bouquet, but began to fade after 30 minutes to a pleasant, but rather dumb medium/light bodied low acid wine that drank well for the next two days (using vacuvin and fridge). Best served at a dinner party where everyone enjoys the first glass.

12/15/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decant for at least one hour. Medium body, good fruit and bouquet and medium finish. Drinking well and good food wine.

12/5/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Do not decant - I did an aggressive decant and the wine faded too quickly. Pour from the bottle and the abundant fruit and body quickly show - a classic old, well made Bandol that needs to be drunk in the first hour. Fortunately I have two more bottles!

11/25/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Outstanding, full rich body, wonderful bouquet, long finish, perfectly balanced, classic Mosel spatlese which should drink beautifully for at least the next 4/5 years with proper cellaring

11/25/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Wonderful surprise, full fruit body, great nose and long finish. Classic Beaujolais drinking at its peak, but should last a couple more years if well cellared

11/25/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Began to open up after 30 minutes of decanting and continued to put on weight for another hour; superb bouquet, medium full body and long complex finish. Perfect time to drink, but should hold up for a number of years still

11/19/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Plenty of fruit and acid left, medium body and beginning to fade, lasted an hour. Drink up if you have any.

11/15/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Amazing, after a short decant and still drinking well. Soft medium body, good fruit and bouquet, fully integrated tannins, good finish, Excellent with an autumn stew.

10/31/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Superb! Short decant and totally opened up - great fruit and bouquet, medium full body, well integrated tannins and long finish. Drank for 2 hours.

10/13/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Great color, fruit, bouquet and drinking beautifully still. A quick decant is all it needs. Cellared since purchased in 2006 at 58 degrees.

6/28/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decant one hour and drinking for 2 1/2. Superb, full body, long finish, a classic

5/29/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decant - still needs to open up, drinking superbly and a classic example how this incredible wine can age. Plenty of life left

5/29/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decant - still in its prime and a classic which has got lots of life yet

5/29/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Decant - still holding up - good bouquet, smooth, medium body and finish

3/23/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

too young still - full rich nose and closed bouquet, but opened up the following day. Give it time and you will be well rewarded.

3/5/2022 - skipwine Likes this wine:

Amazing full body, fruit, and finish; showing little age.