romo

9.4

Impressive depth after a previous flawed bottle. Baking nose with firm length. PdB benchmark. — 7 months ago

Marjorie Duyongco

9.5

1996 vintage and drinks amazing. Smooth — 5 years ago

Matthew Bull

9.2

Don’t stop now....my word. Parker was right. It drinks beautifully early. Wow. — 6 years ago

Lisa Saenz

9.5

Quite good, earthy notes with lovely color — 7 years ago

Sherwin Taghdiri

9.1

Great fragrance of dark berry, stone fruit and dark cherry. Drinks quite smoothly with a silkiness on the palate. Has flavors of dark cherry, currants, stone fruit with a hint of pepper. A little rich but very nice to drink! — 7 years ago

with Boris and Anne

Sony

9.0

HIGH QUALITY wine that drinks very expensive and has an amazing fruity nose but finishes dry and velvety like a Bordeaux with blackberries and currants. A little “alcoholy” but overall an amazing bottle. Worth a 9.0 from total wine for $14 but more like an 8.8 for $19 from Publix aka ripoff central! — 7 years ago

Rob Reynolds

8.9

1978 drinks almost like a sherry. — 9 years ago

with Bill

Marcus Chacos

9.2

A fortified wine [Tawny]. Wow, smooth, not overly sweet - absolutely delicious. — 8 months ago

Tom Garland

9.1

Tried 3 years ago, and it was a tannic bottle of disappointment, it's changed for the better.

2 hour decant(some chunky/fine sediment). A splendid dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: dark fruit, cocoa, pencil shavings, floral, cigar box, menthol. Taste: soft, elegant wine with some black/red fruit, currants, crushed stone, and an earthy black tea lean medium finish. Not the depth and power of a great year, drinks well now...not sure how much more this will improve. — 2 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.6

Drinks on pop & pour if needed.
Easily available so no problem trying one early, — 7 years ago

Lisa Saenz

9.9

Buy all the bottles! — 7 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.1

An early evening HH at home with a fabulous Bordeaux wine. Color is a dark brown especially on the edges Red fruit and dark plum with a subtle barnyard lingering on the nose. Tastes of black fruit, currant and leather with earthy and smoky flavors and a sweet finish; tannins are mild and drinks smoothly. — 7 years ago

Kalpesh J

9.1

This drinks bold, can be paired with food or without. So damn good. Another bottle please. — 9 years ago

GaryWEdwards

9.5

Beautiful tempranillo led wine with 10% graciano from one of the benchmark vintages in the past 25 years. This Gran Reserva has legs for the long run but perfectly approachable now! — a year ago

Nick

10

Love this wine - Christina — 5 years ago

Matt

9.1

Has a cool vintage personality to it, the acid is elevated and tannins are still firm albeit softening from the wines upbringing. Im a fan, there’s a lot of complexity on the nose, taking this classically-styled Rioja beyond what archetypal things might come to mind with this benchmark wine. Soulful and almost old school Bordeaux-like. Current, dried raspberry, stewed plum and dried black cherry, gravel pushing into graphite, tobacco, sous bois, wet leaves, juniper, leather, American oak, pipe smoke. Considerable freshness for such a tertiary wine. The elevated VA could be a problem for some, I enjoyed the lift. — 6 years ago

Fredrik Finn

9.8

Absolutely outstanding performance by the 2011 Opus One. Dense and concentrated with a mesmerising complexity, a fresh and vibrant core that keeps the wine very much alive with a penetrating sensation through an everlasting finish. The nose shows an multidimensional complexity, ranging from cassis, blackberries, lavender, through cedar, pencil shavings, coffee, cocoa powder before finishing with a gravelly sensation. The palate is marked by its high, yet powdery tannins with a good acidity with an athletic stamina that holds the complex profile a length that lasts for minutes. Drinks well right now but with plenty of life ahead. — 7 years ago

Lindsey Cash

9.0

A little sugar and Chablis — 7 years ago

Clayton Kinsey

9.0

First New Zealand Pinot...really enjoyed it! Light body and finish, but very flavorful and a bit spicy. — 8 years ago

Nena Madonia

9.0

Roeroe in town. This was ok — 9 years ago

with Andrew and Mary Anne