3/23/2022 - Love4Vino Does not like this wine:

This is my second bottle. I just cannot get over the smoke/burnt rubber on the nose that overpowers any other floral/citrus notes. It did not blow away after 30 minutes in the glass. It had a refreshing flavor of green apples and lemons but still have a tinge of the smoke in the palate. Is this flawed?

8/2/2020 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Expressive nose of flint, lemon, tropical fruits. On the palate, the first word that came to mind was ‘spicy’. Good acidity, full bodied and flavors of citrus and green apples. Quite enjoyable on a warm afternoon!

5/6/2016 - Love4Vino Does not like this wine:

Cork elevated about 1/8"... not a good start. The cork was soaked through. Nose was more like a Cali pinot... it went downhill from there. The palate was just awful, all acid and no fruit. Tossed it down the drain.

4/5/2015 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Drank this at our 30th wedding anniversary dinner. Excellent bottle of a mature burgundy. A little browning at the edges but otherwise still reddish purple in color. Notes of earthy loam and mushrooms mixed with hints of raspberries and some coffee. The tangy cherry raspberry palate was delightful. I would have guessed a wine half its age had I tasted this blind.
It can probably last another decade. Wonderful wine.

11/24/2014 - Love4Vino wrote:

Lots of fruit but lacking structure. I don;t mind the big flavors but want some acidity to it. Tannns were present but not persistent. Lots of dark fruit flavors (blackberries, currants). I can see it as a party favorite but sadly not me.

5/14/2014 - Love4Vino wrote:

Showing advanced age. Golden straw color with citrus and sea spray notes. Still enjoyable with a clean finish but I can sense that it is on its decline and I'm afraid a steep one at that.

3/1/2014 - Love4Vino wrote:

Sadly, it was undrinkable. Oxidized!!

1/11/2014 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

A wonderful showing from a tough vintage. Drank with my daughter for her 21st birthday. Fruit is fading but is was enjoyable. Sour cherry notes on the nose and palate with bright acidity. Went well with food.

We need to drink our other bottle soon.

2/28/2014 - Love4Vino wrote:

Strong Brioche notes upon opening. Advanced oxidation. Hate when this happens to a 5 year old wine.

12/27/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

I got lucky in the premox lottery. This bottle was a far cry from one I opened in February. This one is fresh and holding up with age. Notes of sea spray, meyer lemons and key limes abound that carries into a rich mouthful of flavors. Delightful!

12/18/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Great bottle. Wonderful nose of crushed raspberry and strawberry. As it sat in my glass, i got some surprisingly good coffee notes, loved that in this wine. Light-bodied mouthfeel, lots of tangy starwberries carried through with a long finish. Love what Wells is doing at Copain! This wine is in my top wines for 2013.

12/13/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

I was not expecting anything when I opened this one based on the experience with the one I opened recently. This is bottle is the total opposite. A still vibrant 20 year old! Lovely Sous bois, dark earth, mint on the nose. Medium bodied mouthfeel with lots of fruit left; balanced with good acidity. Glad this one turned out better than the first bottle.

12/13/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Showing it's age. Brownish hue in color. Initially at opening, a little stinky but blew off after decanting for 15 minutes. Lovely rose petals and tar on the nose. Medium body with tangy licorice flavors. I don't think there is anymore upside to aging them. I plan to drink my other two bottles in the next 6-12 months.

Went really well with my homemade spaghetti meat marinara.

11/26/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Another good bottle. Cool climate pinot with lots of sour cherries on the palate. Loving it with some stilton blue and crackers.

11/4/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Rich and bold nose (notes of buttery lemon peel). A very full bodied and rich mouthfeel with citrus and pineapple balanced by a good bit of acidity. A very good example of a very good california chardonnay. Went well with grilled chicken pesto pasta.

10/12/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Is there a "I love it" button? My new favorite NV. lemon lime scent beautifully balanced acidity and a hint of residual sugar.

It paired great with curried coconut chicken.

10/8/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

All the 2005 Brocards I have opened have shown advanced age, this one included. The cork seems to be lose on all the bottles I have opened. This shows as a mature chablis with a golden color and notes of lime and seashells. Full smooth mouthfeel with flavors of lemon lime. I would have to continue to drink my stash of Brocards.

9/1/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Wonderful bottle. Like an adolescent, it has both youthful characters and some maturity. Leather, cedar, and very floral notes. Great mouthfeel with cassis and currant flavors, power with finesse.

9/25/2013 - Love4Vino Does not like this wine:

Took a flyer on two bottles. First one that I opened and this bottle was way past its prime. No fruit flavors left. Down the drain.

7/22/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Wonderful summer wine and an even better price point. Lots of refreshing watermelon flavors. Enjoyed it!

5/24/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Opened after golf with friends. Not oxidized! Good wine but flat at mid-palate. The 2000 J Boillot Mouchere we had after this was much more vibrant and more flavorful.

4/11/2013 - Love4Vino wrote:

The cork was soft and was wet halfway. Showing advanced age. Deep straw color and some toasty notes already. Still drinkable but I will have to consume my other bottles soon. My fist bottle 6 months ago did not have this wet cork and advance age character.

Drink up.

3/30/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Lots of bluebarry and rhubard notes. A bit 'sweet' on the palate that distract from an otherwise wonderful experience. Great value.

2/10/2013 - Love4Vino Likes this wine:

Lots of cassis and black cherry notes. Full bodied mouthfeel with lots of dark fruits, had a hint of sweetness and quite a bit of chewy tannins. Good value

3/11/2012 - Love4Vino wrote:

This is just makes me want to buy more burgundy! Clean, refreshing, lots of minerality. Perfect for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

1/29/2012 - Love4Vino wrote:

Oxidized

1/9/2012 - Love4Vino wrote:

Huge and Masculine. No fizzy/spritzy characteristic that others have mentioned. It is, however, quite flabby and all fruit all the time.

1/6/2012 - Love4Vino wrote:

Big and bold. Lots of blueberry pie notes. A crowd favorite.

1/5/2012 - Love4Vino wrote:

Corked was soaked through and wet, it was not a good sign. However, the wine was perfect! It was bold but elegant. Had lots of life in it. Nose had lots of crushed raspberry, some floral notes and a little underbrush. Wonderful dinner wine with some grilled lamb chops and some orzo pasta.

10/27/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

An awesome display of power and finesse.

7/10/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

The quintessential rose! Lots is strawberry and watermelon on the nose and the palate. Such a treat on a warm July afternoon. I can drink this all day long.

7/8/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

Terribly corked...a shame

6/19/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

This bottle was way over the hill.

4/23/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

wet shiitake and chantrelle mushrooms and underbrush, soy, violets, and dried cherries on the nose
mineral, red fruits, a hint of oak and pomegranate; lots of complexity in the mouth. harmony and balance.
Loving it!. kept better as the evening wore on. It is drinking well right now.

3/11/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

utterly premoxed and undrinkable

3/6/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

Very good given the vintage. Lots of ripe black fruit, soy sauce and spice on the nose. Good acidity accompanies the ripe blackberry flavors but still have quite a bit of mouth-puckering tannins. An enjoyable Sunday night dinner wine.

2/26/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

I have had this wine three times in the last 3 months and all experiences were freakin awesome. This is by far the best Maybach I've had since my first 2004. This is a masculine wine but with great balance. It is, for my tastes, the best Cali Cab I have had in a long while. I could not get my nose out of the glass. I got different notes every time I put my nose int he glass, lots of dark fruits, smoke, some spice, some mocha, some cedar, some mint. The depth of flavors was amazing, lots of currants and dark berries with very fine silky tannins and no hard edges, went on forever. I very seldom give a score to a wine but this wine neared perfection for me. I wish I can get cases more.

2/13/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

This is drinking fabulous now, much better than the one I had last year. Lots of rhubarb, dark pinot fruits and not extracted at all. Good balance and best of all, my wife loved it!

1/1/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

One of my good finds for 2010. I love ledru and this bottle was no exception. Yeasty, bready with crisp granny smith apple and toasty notes. Excellent flavors.

1/1/2011 - Love4Vino wrote:

One of our NYE wines. Popped and poured. Initially the nose was a bit restrained but still showing warm meaty notes, spicy/peppery characters, and some earthy but not horsey notes. Good depth of flavors and an excellent finish. Gone in Sixty Seconds. I wish I brought more.

12/24/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

This bottle has aged more advanced than my last one. Bricking at the rim with notes of roasted nuts, dark cocoa and a little bit of olives. Flavors a a bit out of balanced with the acidity over-running the fruit, a hollow mid-palate and a short finish. Kind of pedestrian.

12/23/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

It seems far more oxidized for its young age. Muted nose and flavors. Not entirely bad but just not enjoyable.

12/18/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

decanted half the bottle and put the rest in the fridge.
initial nose of bretty/stinky/barnyard character, at 30 minutes still stinky with vanilla notes, red fruits with the palate showing lots of drying tannins overcoming the fruit, a bit thin on the mid-palate;
after 1:15, stink blew off; nose shows green/stemmy notes with blackberry and cassis notes; tannins have mellowed and become more balanced. Enjoyable for $12

12/10/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

pop and pour. Notes of blackberry, currant and vanilla. well balanced CA cab with nicely integrated soft tannins. Drinking well now.

12/4/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

CORKED!! arrrgh!

11/25/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

Decanted for 30 minutes. Big bold and beautiful. Lots of blackberry and blueberry on the nose with a hints of white pepper, vanilla and tar. Weighty full bodied mouth feel with rich blueberries continue on the palate with a loooong finish. A slight sense of heat was the only detraction from an otherwise awesome experience. Enjoyed with some prime rib roast.

11/17/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

Decanted for about an hour before consuming over another hour. This was fantastic. So well balanced and not in the big Cali cab way. An awesome nose of pencil shavings, mint and mocha. There was no overt oak with lots of dark cherries, currants and licorice (in a good way) on the palate. Perfect pairing with venison!

11/6/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

wonderful showing. lots of brambly blackberries with no hint of the 15.1 abv

10/27/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

Popped and poured. It had more aromatics when it warmed up a little. Notes of stone fruits, a hint of jasmine and toasted walnuts that kept me going back for another sniff. Lovely mouth feel with bracing acidity. Drinking nicely for a young burgundy.

10/24/2010 - Love4Vino wrote:

The nose was hot and alcoholic, but the flavors were enjoyable. Lots of ripe apricots and mango flavors. Enjoyed with some baklava.