1/8/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote:

Rich, lush, opulent, slightly oily in texture, the wine explodes with white peach, vanilla, lemon curd, tropical fruits and honeysuckle. This is quite long, intense and leaves a big impression. Only produced in magnum, this is probably going to be better and perhaps deserving of a higher score when it matures.

1/19/2024 - Mbad77 wrote:

Ticking upwards since last bottle. Dry finish , sweeter core coming through , gently developed nose - really enjoyable

1/16/2024 - fcxj wrote:

Quaffable.

1/11/2024 - Bryan995 Likes this wine:

Drinking incredibly well right now. Scored this beauty on clearance at my local Costco. Was marked down to … $6.97! Purchased 18 in total. If only they had more out back.

10/28/2023 - gzim wrote:

Firing on all cylinders- worked as a pop n pour. On the more feminine side of Barolo, zero austerity
Great fruit - everything so well resolved and very hard to put down

12/26/2023 - Motz wrote:

A strikingly traditional Left Bank offering to grace any aficionado's table, on any day, alongside any other wine. Reminiscent of d'Armailhac terroir. Holding form nicely. Off-the-chain QPR!

9/11/2023 - aajder wrote:

Great color. The nose shows perfumed aromas of ripe berries, spices, flowers, minerals, and a hint of oak. This is medium full bodied on the palate with very good concentration and excellent class. The fairly long finish features elegant tannins ad refreshing acidity. Full of finesse! A lightweight vintage that drinks well out of the gate.

9/2/2023 - colinbell wrote:

This is at a great moment in its life. Honey apricot marmalade. No harshness at all. Complex. A delight to drink. Many more years but definitely in its prime but not peak.

9/29/2023 - JRockEsq Does not like this wine:

Method: opened 45 minutes prior; starting at cellar temp; Bordeaux glass

Look: medium garnet

Nose: black cherry / blueberry pie, vanilla, baking spices, very faint cedar

Palate: red plum, dried herbs, graphite; long finish bitter dried herbs, graphite; dry; medium body with hallow mid palate; high- drying tannin; medium acrid / tart acidity that makes it hard to drink

It gets worse with every sip. It’s bitter and tart. Acrid. Drying tannins. I’m tempted to rate this in the 50s, but I didn’t actually spit it out, though I was tempted. I can’t drink this. Is it possible the cork completely failed (although, it doesn’t look like it).? Horrible. One of the worse wines I’ve ever had.

9/29/2020 - YackAttack213 Likes this wine:

92. Red apple, yeasty, hint of peach pit. With Popeyes today.

1/30/2023 - AlyssaRock12 wrote:

Wine ranked #2 of 12 for 2019 CdP tasting.

Nose: violet, floral, pie crust, sugary, blueberry; very expressive

Palate: Smooth w/ tangy acidity; bright & lively; full - body

87 pts

6/11/2023 - redders Likes this wine:

Deep copper colour. Fully mature with layers of complexity. Botrytis a little burnt orange. Great energy still on palate. Sweetness resolved , perfect acidity takes it through to long clean finish. Just delicious

6/18/2023 - Purple Tooth wrote:

Really fun with all that aged fun that mature champagne can bring. If it had more acidity, it would be more eye popping but its actually slightly flabby, but rich, vinous, and toasty. The bubble package is also a little lazy and behaves like old bottles would. DRINK

4/26/2023 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

Bienvenue a Champagne; 4/20/2023-4/29/2023 (Les Crayeres, various restaurants, Les Avises and a many wonderful producers): I’m not 100% sure this release has made it to the US yet or at least we haven’t seen it as much as the 2012 that’s been around. Interesting because all of the hype for many years has been around the ‘08 and I don’t remember anyone telling us we need to look out for the ‘13 but on this trip we’re hearing it a lot more. A vintage that is meant to be very long lasting. Earlier in the day we’d tried the Rare ‘13 and here again there’s just a great acid backbone to these wines. Really young and needs a lot more time. But overall great stuffing.

2/11/2023 - hoservin Likes this wine:

Dispensed half bottle by Coravin. Aromatic nose of honeysuckle, orange marmalade, apricot, honeydew melon, clove and lemon peel. Honeysuckle, apricot, orange marmalade, lemon and clove on the palate. Long layered finish with good acidic balance. Served with crème brûlée.

12/9/2022 - Matt Scott Likes this wine:

Decanted for an hour. There’s an obvious divide between structure and primary, yet this remains very delectable and quite elegant. Structured. Long. There’s vibrant, fine tannins and a full body, that has bass and treble notes. A gorgeous profile. Blackberries, hot chocolate, char-siu, cherries and red lava. This truly unfolds… Drink 2024 - 2038.

11/16/2022 - Vino Me wrote:

Opened a 750ml at an offline. 5th time I have had this wine and the best bottle yet. This is really coming into it's own. Beautiful golden color. Notes of salty pear, honey, carmel and butter. Wonderful acidity that holds all the sweetness in check. Long spicy finish. I have 2 more bottle and am in no rush to drink them. 98 points.

9/18/2022 - motuski wrote:

Love this CDP. Crunchy red berry with rosemary notes. Fine and present tannins

8/29/2022 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine:

The 2019 iteration of Ridge's Three Valleys cuvée is an opaque ruby blend of 73% Zinfandel, 13% Petite Sirah, 10% Carignan, 3% Mourvèdre and 1% Alicante Bouschet. Uncorked, poured and tasted over a three hour period, it fully opens after the first 90 minutes to reveal a ripe package of blackberries, Luxardo cherries, white pepper, allspice and bramble leaf. Medium-to-full-bodied, low in acidity and with well-integrated alcohol (14.5%), it incorporates a judicious amount of American oak that adds a whiff of eucalyptus but does not overpower the aromas or flavors. The tannins are medium in weight and silky-textured, making for a round wine that is voluptuous on the mid-palate and smooth on the lengthy finish. While ripe, this Zin-based blend is restrained and is a joy to drink. It should be at its best over the next five years. Drink now-2027.

8/20/2022 - WineCasaNova69 wrote:

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7/23/2022 - AAJR Likes this wine:

From Coravin - dark berries, spice, licorice & dark chocolate. High ABV. Loooong finish.

5/30/2021 - Juliansi Likes this wine:

Oak and leather dominated, and this Giscours 2016 is still at least 3-5 years before its greatness will shine!

The nose is delightful even though in a blind test it was outshone by its fellow 3eme but lesser Margaux, D'Issan 2014. Guess vintage is as important as the winemaker..

A delightful afternoon birthday celebration for the missus, brought forward due to impending C19 lockdown starting Tuesday!

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 30 May 2021

5/10/2022 - tphilca wrote:

Corked unfortunately. It was perfectly stored over the years. Batting a bit over .300 with this wine which unfortunately is only good in baseball

3/3/2022 - Bob H wrote:

Another wine that I had opened at the DiFara tasting on Tuesday - a number of the tasters, including Jay Miller, Brent Clayton and my wife and I, all preferred this wine to the Ovello from 2001.

And this is still drinking well today, but with tonight’s bottle of Ovello performing “to standard”, the hierarchy one would expect has been reaffirmed.

Still, if you have this in your cellar, this wine is really drinking well, and at 15 years of age has developed secondary nuances and really shows no signs of slowing down 🍷

2/12/2022 - tphilca Likes this wine:

This bottle was electric. A beam of strong black current and other marine influenced cab flavors with a great streak of acidity making for a long finish. The bottle was in the sweet spot. Plenty of life left.

2/21/2022 - parkline_wine Likes this wine:

In a perfect place right now! 30mins decant prior to drinking.

Great structure still remained. Great dried cherry - light but persistent. Earthy notes, a bit of leather and smoke.

Excellent, velvety, supple tannins.

Loved this showing

1/2/2022 - vide Likes this wine:

Denijsd writes below "This wine hasn't reached full maturity yet but is highly enjoyable already".

But that is the problem. Something really major took place in the style of left-bank wines after 2005-2009. That change was largely brought about by the influence of a noted American wine critic, who was brought up on Rhone wines, where fruit had to dominate over structure. Since that time, global warming has served to intensify this mode. So we have with all good Claret vintages, 2014 and upwards, forward fruit and accessibility.

But they are all boring. From St. Julien to Montalcino: they all taste the same.

There is perhaps one region where this fruit-driven mania has been held in check. and that is in Burgundy. Wines there are being made there of great delicacy, with sui generic qualities, from a younger generation of wine makers, who prefer style to over-the-top substance, although even the very best only register 90-91 points
Probably time to give this fruit-inspired register the big E.

1/1/2022 - bagelcat Likes this wine:

NR, but 90's NV bottling that had developed into a VERY nice bottle of champagne. Plenty of bubbles left, deep golden colour, fruit and caramel in nose and mouth - I could drink this all day.

Very rarely disappointed by older NV bottles of Moët, despite not caring for them at all when they're young.

12/21/2021 - Cablover1982 Likes this wine:

3 hour decant. This is tasting so delicious right now. Crushed flowers, baked plums, strewed cherries, raspberry pie on the nose. Addition of pressed green olive juice, juicy minerality, savory earth followed by ripe tannins and fine lip-smacking acidity on the long finish. Excellent wine!

10/14/2020 - rocknroller wrote:

Blowing in the Wind (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Very dark red/purple color. Drank a glass over 30 minutes. From 375ml. Boy this hit it right tonight. This is a lot better than the last time I had it nearly 5 years ago. This is now well integrated and balanced, black fruit, fully in sync, fig, spiced, oak, floral, black raspberry, great creamy texture, very supple and smooth. Loved it.

10/11/2021 - DaleW wrote:

Unsure which release, discovered in a recent cellar cleanup, in least temp stable corner. . I had mixed results with these, some were premoxed, but at 19 I think we could just call it ox. This had only a hint of petillance, and some caramelly notes that said too old. Yet there was an interesting core underneath, a strong acid core, with flavors of ripe apple and honey (and yes, caramel). But I kept returning. B

1/2/2021 - rikipedia Likes this wine:

Deep ruby with a slight orange rim. Attractive sultry aromas of chocolate-mocha, dried earth, ripe blueberries and blackcurrant with a graphite note - almost Pauillac. A soft velvety texture, almost plush, with opulent flavours of chocolate and coffee, tobacco and pencil lead along with fine, powdery tannins. Some layers of complexity this harmonious wine has a heady intensity yet isn't punchy or showy. Certainly modern, this may not have the density and components of a more prestigious wine but is a fine and more-ish example to be enjoyed now. Tasted this only 6 months ago and this has improved markedly!

5/8/2021 - auldalliance wrote:

Coravined one glass. Oak too dominant, and not yet integrated. Needs a decant of a couple of hours or some more bottle age.

Prefer the 2005 at present.

2/2/2020 - Richard P Howden wrote:

2 hour decant. Ok shape, modest fruity nose. Good tart red fruited palate but nothing stands out.

12/2/2011 - Rossodio wrote:

Wow, to think this bottle was purchased within the last year for $15... this is a beautiful aged Bordeaux. A cabernet Franc component comes through along with mostly Merlot, bringing nice perfumed dark fruits with tobacco and secondary flavors of forest floor and cigar box with graphite. The finish is nice, and lasts about 30 seconds.

Extremely well put together considering this is a second wine, and one of the better purchases I have made recently. Drink now +2 or more years. There is good fruit here, but I'm not sure whether this is a more traditionally made (i.e. not fruit bomb) Bdx or whether it is more modern and the fruit is just beginning to fade.

8/30/2014 - J @ y H @ c k wrote:

Perhaps the best bottle of CSR I have ever had. Outstanding. The roughness you get in a young Gewurz is gone. There is the normal flavor profile of lychee and spice. There seems to be a bit of tart apple on the palate as well. The nose is lychee. The color is a bit darker than a young Gewurz. No sugar and no real apparent sweetness. I bought this when Jean Trimbach was in NY about 5-7 years ago. Holding to age a bit was definitely worth the wait. Glad I have more.

5/24/2014 - wineismylife wrote:

WIML93

Tasted non blind at a wine tasting.

Straw to light yellow color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of apricot, ginger, flowers and wet stones. Flavors of apricot, peach and red skinned apples. Medium acidity, medium to full bodied. Drink or hold.

10/25/2014 - bin905 Likes this wine:

In a sweet spot. Superb, elegant and well-balanced with ripe fine tannins.

11/13/2014 - Bluecollar wrote:

Decanted 1.5 hrs. This is a complex, well intergrated wine that comprises plum, boysenberry, cedar, and baking spice onto a medium weight frame. The finish was somewhat drying and of decent length.

This wine was somewhat overpowered by our pot roast dinner, which surprised as I expected this wine to be bigger. Would go better with a pasta dish and if served with other wines should not be served behind "big wines".

10/11/2014 - galewskj wrote:

Big Bordeaux VIII : 1990 (Kevin's house): Lots of stones and minerals. Rocks and acid. There is an oxidized quality that adds complexity and is not significant. I really like this style and wish that white Bordeaux was more available around here.

10/11/2014 - rocknroller wrote:

Big Bordeaux VIII: 1990 Retrospective with Montrose, LMHB, PB, LP, and more (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Deep gold color. PNP, drank 1 glass over 30 minutes. This certainly improved with time in glass and displayed some charming complexity. The nose is citrus, citrus zest, nutty. The palate is full bodied and bold with citrus, apple, nutty, and an oxidative character. Large scaled and burg-like.

2/5/2014 - cfk49 wrote:

Cellared since release. This bottle was L 9.141, and thus apparently did not contain any of the single vineyard wine in it. Attractive nose of tar and roses; mouth still somewhat tannic, but not too tannic, with dark chocolate flavors and some sensuality.

1/28/2014 - wineismylife wrote:

WIML94

Tasted non blind at a wine dinner.

Dark garnet color in the glass, clear looking throughout. Nose of soapstone, spices, pepper, currants, berries and plums. Flavors of berries, raspberries and cherries. Bright acidity, medium tannin, full bodied. Drink or hold. This bottle was really singing on this occasion.