11/4/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Fragrant, old-world barnyard, horse sweat, a bit tired, whereas the 1989 was in a totally different place. The '89 was much fresher and had the acidity to carry it many more years. The '90 developed nicely as the evening progressed, integrating the barnyard with herbal characteristics. The '89 not as much. This was a thoroughly enjoyable and fascinating bottle, but I would recommend drinking any you may have very soon.

10/8/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Light in color, and a beautiful fragrance of dark fruits plum and cherry. Light and deft in the mouth too, a perfect choice for my crippled palate.

9/11/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Classy and exotic, with a great, fragrant nose and a lot of deeper fruit on the palate. Juicy red plum. A beautiful 2nd wine for Cos.

6/3/2023 - WineAggregate wrote:

I should have followed the CT drinking window advice. This bottle was well past its prime, rather overripe and pruny.

5/10/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Heavy vanilla component on both nose and palate.

4/28/2023 - WineAggregate Does not like this wine:

Something is "off" with this bottle. Not corked, but out of balance, way too sweet, cloying berry flavors, and a disagreeable finish, like rust. Dark cherry backbone.

3/30/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Light, fragrant, spicy, lean, a very nice quaff.

2/18/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Taken to a cassoulet dinner, proved to be the hit wine among several high-end bottles. Aromatic, exotic, good conc, this was a great recommended buy.

2/11/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

A bit sharp, acidic for my taste. Could use more bottle age.

2/11/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Consensus favorite of 7 Italians. Powerful.

2/11/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Clean aromas, very nice.

2/11/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Rich and exotic.

2/11/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Not having had Monk's for quite awhile, this really surprised me with its aromas and mature flavors. Dark stone fruit, fully mature but not over the hill. The consensus favorite of 5 PNs.

2/11/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Many of the ladies in the tasting really liked this one.

2/11/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

More complex than the 2008, and a bit lactic to my taste

1/28/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Good bottle of wine, but not a good PN. Seems like a pinot trying to be a malbec, perhaps. Lots of sediment, very saturated and a bit gritty.

1/15/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Everyone loved this, even me with my impaired palate. Juicy, long, luscious, saturated mature fruit.

1/7/2023 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Saddle leather, damp fall forest floor, nice saturation, enough fruit to keep it lively, just a beautiful bordo.

11/27/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

A bit of roughness (similar to Rutherford dust) and, surprisingly, eucalyptus. Last of the 6-bottle blind tasting. Three Pauillacs, three Napa cabs from Howell Mtn., the differences were striking among the 6, but difficult to pick out the Bordos from the Napas. This one in particular could have been mistaken for a Napa wine.

11/27/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

A bit of sweetness, very concentrated, luscious, hint of liquorice, intriguing and elegant.

11/27/2022 - WineAggregate wrote:

Corked. The two Pontet-Canets were a disappointment in a tasting of Bordo & Cabs of about 30 years old.

11/28/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Nice richness, very concentrated, dark fruit

11/27/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Rich, some tannin, a very nice wine in the Bordo/Cab tasting

11/27/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Dry, tannic, but came out towards the end of the tasting with some complexity.

11/14/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Even with my impaired taste, this was fresh, concentrated, soft and delightful. A staple of my cellar.

11/5/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

2003-2008 vertical. Group rated best of the bunch.

11/5/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

2003-2008 vertical. A bit thinner than the rest, but very nice nonetheless.

11/5/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

2003-2008 vertical. Herbal notes, excellent.

11/5/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

2003-2008 vertical. My favorite, but only slightly. The whole lineup was impressive.

11/5/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

2003-2008 vertical. Held its own, but starting to age.

11/5/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

2003-2008 vertical. One of the best.

11/5/2022 - WineAggregate wrote:

As an add-on in a unique vertical tasting of all Bryce vintages 03-08, this was distinctly ordinary. Sulphur at first, but blew off. There was nothing wrong with the wine itself, but Bryce Bagnall and his subsequent winemakers made more distinctive wine in the earlier years from this standout vineyard. Ken Wright should have done better.

10/29/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Mature, rich, concentrated, luscious, honest pinot.

9/29/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Excellent, a bit sweet, a fine example of a CA pinot

9/27/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Rating very subjective with my taste issues, but beautiful rich aromas, dark, saturated, and polished.

8/26/2022 - WineAggregate wrote:

Ripe, a bit pruny, one-dimensional, brownish, tired. Not impressed. Drink the rest up.

5/14/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Hard to judge with my impaired taste, but others enjoyed and I did find it very nice. But sorry, Suckling, it is NOT a 98-pointer.

3/26/2022 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

With my impaired taste, I can't reliably rate this wine, but the group of 10's consensus was that it was the WOTN out of 6 very nice cabs. It scored at least one 96. Decanted and aired 4 hours before tasted.

12/10/2021 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Barnyard, leather, dark cherry, a really nice bottle.

10/17/2021 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Nice rich barnyard aromas, plum fruit, great mahogany color. No comment on palate, as I'm currently taste impaired, but others assured me it was rich, full and flavorful.

9/10/2021 - WineAggregate wrote:

Rather disappointing for a Lemelson wine. Perfectly adequate but undistinctive.

9/10/2021 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

There was an impressive lineup of Ken Wright wines in the 2014 Cellar Crawl pack, but this on topped them by a bit. Concentrated and full-bodied, he is turning the Bryce vineyards wines into a more masculine direction.

8/14/2021 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

The favorite cab of the evening. Still too young, let the rest go. Exotic, complex and a bit hot. Probably about 93 points.

8/14/2021 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

The favorite pinot of the evening. I thought good spice, depth, and sophisticated.

8/14/2021 - WineAggregate wrote:

A plug of tartrate crystals stuck to the inside neck of the bottle at the bottom of the cork. Good honest wine, however.

8/14/2021 - WineAggregate wrote:

Showed surprisingly well. Good fruit and tannin for me, but a little off-putting on finish.

8/14/2021 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

I thought well made. Good fruit. One of my favorites of the evening.

8/14/2021 - WineAggregate wrote:

Wide range of opinion. Some thought good, some thought not so, others said it improved later in the evening. No brett, little fruit.

5/30/2021 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Leather, spice, barnyard funk, a very nicely balanced and fully ready Bordo.

4/16/2021 - WineAggregate Likes this wine:

Great fruit, a bit of tobacco and tar, softer than expected for 100% syrah.