Slight sorbet front end to cream over the pallet — 4 years ago
Cabernet driven. Great value. No need to decant. — 6 years ago
Good to drink now, nice tannins, but could still use age — 8 years ago
Very light. Very aromatic. Powerful and floral. Wife really liked it. (Waiter brought a 2015 vintage but we pushed for the 2012 - I think it was worth it.) — 8 years ago
Does age cure the wood pathology? Or was Sandrone so much better in 1990? — 9 years ago
Wish I could decant this. Oak on the nose, but it hints at the fruit and tobacco/chocolate you're about to taste. Palate has noticeable but not assertive tannins and blends really nicely with the aforementioned flavors. Paired well with dinner but this feels like a pre-dinner sipper. Would buy again. — 5 months ago
Nose is tight out of the gates. Some cherry cola, dustiness. Pulverized rock dust. Really quiet at the moment but I have faith. 18’s are built like brick houses. More aromas coming but all mineral. Fruit is buried here. Palate is super closed. Wow. This will need mega air. Like mega air. Huge grippy tannins and terrific fruit on the long finish. Easily a 1er Cru length finish. But this needs mega air. My score will rise. As this air the fruit expands on the palate. Massive power, depth and concentration. Exceptional length. Nose picks up a hint of licorice. 9.2 to 9.3 after 20 minutes. — 6 years ago
No makeup pretty wine. The beverage is purple as it’s label and also tastes purple-y if I may say so. There was surely some oak at play, something cocoa-y and a touch blackberry jammy. It’s a wine I’d take to a Cure concert. I don’t mean to drink. Just personality wise I feel like it would listen to the Cure. If only wine could dance. — 7 years ago



Amazing anniversary wine — 8 years ago
PMS cure. — 9 years ago
Delicious. Drink now. — 6 months ago
A moderately expressive nose with white orchard fruit, some floral scents, bee wax and a touch of mint. The palate is amazing, complete, so well balanced, fine, elegant, classy and yet round and rich with just good backbone to go woth that width and that fullness, a very long delicious finish but mostly what impressed me the most is that texture, so envelopping, classy and perfect. I note generally on the low side and don’t give 94 too often but this is definitely the case.
Un nez moyennement expressif avec des notes de fruits blancs, de menthe, un petit côté floral et cure d’abeille. La bouche est magnifique, un équilibre exemplaire entre cette tension contenue, cette rondeur et richesse enveloppante sans être lourde, un vin plein, fin et riche à la fois, mais c’est surtout cette texture qui m’a séduite et m’a impressionné, quelle classe, une très longue finale savoureuse vient couronner le tout. Je note assez bas généralement mais 93 ou 94 sans doute.
— 5 years ago
Give me more of this juicy acidic bottle full of cranberries, pomegranate, vanilla and clove. A warm Summer’s day cure is found inside this bottle. — 7 years ago
At Cure in Pittsburgh. — 8 years ago
Still a few years young but nothing a couple hours of decanting won’t cure. Structured, fruity, earthy and balanced, great companion for your ribeye. — 8 years ago
Andrea Watt
Bright and fresh with citrus, lemongrass, and saline over wet stone. — 3 months ago