Pure Est

Château Palmer

Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1989

Gorgeous. Plush plummy fruit, iodine and salinity. Great balance and pure length. Glossy texture. Complete — 23 days ago

Paul WoollsAra Aslanian
with Paul and Ara
Jay, Matt and 9 others liked this

Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1961

Broad and supple. Very fresh fruit still. Great character. Smooth and pure. Excellent — 2 months ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
with BOT, Matt and 1 other
Ira, Jay and 5 others liked this

J. Lohr

Pure Paso Proprietary Red Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2021

Deep ruby color. Aromas of blackberry, plum and cocoa. Dark fruit on the palate, baking spices and oak finish.

🍇64% cab, 31% petit sirah, 2% malbec, 2% saint Macaire, 1% merlot.

🏅93 Points - Wine Enthusiast
🏅90 Points - Vinous
— 6 months ago

Bob, Ed and 8 others liked this

Pétrus

Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 1959

Beautiful and lush. Rounded plum with light floral notes. Cherry and dried flowers. Clearly mature but still sparkling with life. Lush, pure, intense and long. — 2 years ago

Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
with Matt and Paul
Joe, Tom and 10 others liked this

Domaine François Raveneau

Montée de Tonnerre Chablis 1er Cru Chardonnay 1996

Beautifully composed. Certainly aged with lanolin, gentle honey but still fresh, poised and beautifully balanced. Long and pure. Exceptional — 3 years ago

Bex GreenNaoko Dalla Valle
with Bex and Naoko
Bex, Shay and 18 others liked this

Trapiche

Pure Valle De Uco Malbec

Amazing easy drinking red — 6 years ago

Château Margaux

Premier Grand Cru Classé Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend 1986

Very dense and pure. Quite forequarter for Margaux but full of life and intensity. Great purity and length. — 23 days ago

Paul WoollsAra Aslanian
with Paul and Ara
Jay, Matt and 5 others liked this

Domaine Raymond Usseglio & Fils

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Pure Roussanne 2018

Big rich fruity wine with white fruit and berries. — 5 months ago

Thierry Allemand

Chaillot Cornas Syrah 2012

Shay A
9.5

Opened for a buddy’s birthday, alongside a 2005 Tatty Comtes, 2015 Cristal, 2018 Realm Falstaff and 2023 Kobayashi M/R.

I still remember my first Allemand seven years ago and how it immediately reeled me in and every bottle since has been the exact same. The rusticity and feral nature of Cornas is why for me, as a Syrah fanboy, it’s the best and most pure region for this wonderful grape.

Removed cork about an hour before pouring. Initial notes of olive, black pepper spice and herbs, some smoked meat and a brief blood-orange citrus aromatic. Deep red/black in the glass. There’s a layer of brett (low level, adds to the intrigue, doesn’t detract) and lavender bouquet before peppered strip, herbs, raspberries and blackberries, and a sanguine tang hit the palate. Not sure of whole cluster use here but seems there’s a little bit (which I love). Wild but civilized. Medium-plus bodied with beautiful acidity and plenty of tannin for this to cruise years. On the early side, but these are so hard to resist in every phase.

I wish I could drink this every day. I need to find a wine of similar style at a better price point.
— 6 months ago

David, Paul and 22 others liked this
Doug Powers

Doug Powers

Sounds fantastic!!

Château Léoville-Las Cases

Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de las Cases Saint-Julien Red Bordeaux Blend 1978

Birth year vintages are a roll of the dice but luckily I landed on a pretty solid classic - 1978. So for my birthday this year, we opened an LLC and wow was this perfect. The sommelier was surgical in removing the cork which split in half but he managed to extract it. The nose on this wine was a 10 - loads of cassis, licorice, dusty library and leather. Palate was extracted cassis, leather and great acidity and liveliness, just like my 44 year old self. It’s just pure magic when bottles this old perform - happy Friday everyone. — 4 years ago

Ira, Jan and 6 others liked this

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC)

La Tâche Pinot Noir 1950

A slightly stinky front. Then real deep clarity of raspberry fruit. There’s a gentle luscious center of hauntingly pure aged fruit (dried roses, soft cherry?) leading into the end palate. Really lucid. Delicious. — 6 years ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
with BOT, Matt and 1 other
Ceccherini, Keith and 14 others liked this
Jan A

Jan A

What year?
Alan Weinberg

Alan Weinberg

Supposed to be a great year for LT. Glad it was.

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2014

2014. Enjoyed a small splash at the end of a great birthday meal at The Oven!
Such pure stone fruit and honeyed aromas and flavors with balanced sweetness and acidity.
— a month ago

Clos des Papes

Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 2001

Red fruit. Resolved and contained. Softened edges with pure dark tangy fruit. Good — 6 months ago

Paul WoollsAra Aslanian
with Paul and Ara
Tom, ESF and 6 others liked this

Château Latour

Premier Grand Cru Classé Pauillac Red Bordeaux Blend 1982

Lovely stuff. Great fruit. Settled with a bit of plum and faint tobacco and a tangy sour cherry. Still vibrant and rich. Pure and delicious — 8 months ago

Matt Lichtenberg
with Matt
Jay, Bob and 5 others liked this

Vigneti Massa

Terra: Sic Est Colli Tortonesi Rosato Barbera Freisa 2021

Love it! Juicy AF. Minerally. Good with spicy shakshouka. I'd keep a bottle of this on hand all the time. — 3 years ago

E. Guigal

La Mouline Côte-Rôtie Syrah 2001

Initially tightly wound and pretty slow to get going, but it makes a big change after a sufficient decant and begins to show what La Mouline is all about. Pure class and elegance with seductive and complex aromatics of red berry fruit, bacon fat, campfire smoke and fresh violets. The palate is expansive with killer intensity, a velvety texture and a long and vibrant finish. Last sips were the best. This is still young. — 4 years ago

Matt, Jan and 4 others liked this
Shay A

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This was the very first LaLa I had, and it was only about a month ago. Astoundingly delicious.

Massaya

Cap Est Beqaa Valley Red Blend 2013

Interesting. Blackberries, raspberries, cherries, red and black plums, earth, black pepper, dried herbs and purple flowers. Dusty tannins. Some have complained that this wine is unbalanced. 6 years+ aging seems to have done the trick. — 7 years ago