Doug Powers

9.2

Rich red fruits, despite the 15% ABV, this smells and tastes like a cool climate Syrah (my vague recollection was that 2008 was a cooler year, though this vineyard usually produces the ripest and most high-octane Syrah in the Tensley stable), nice balance, lingering finish, very fine!’ — 17 days ago

with Jim

Andrea Watt

9.1

Cedar, smoke, lavender, and blackberry. Rich and flavorful. — 10 days ago

Jol

9.2

Apres vingt ans c est du velours selon Serge dubs — 16 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.3

Medium deep ruby with a thin garnet ruby rim . Quite closed with some grafite, hickory , cedar and crème de cassis , dark cherry , red plum , quite dense but with quite a classic , dusty profile . On the palate this is again quite classic , with crème de cassis , cedar , blackberry, plum . Good acidity and fine , gritty tannin , well balanced . Pretty good length with a saline, grafite touch. With time
in the glass this is drinking quite well , still showing dark fruit and youthfulness but at the same time quite classic and serious. Probably will improve over the next 5 years or so and last well a further 5-10 — a day ago

Andrew McIntyre

9.6

Deep, rich and complex. Proper mature chardonnay with walnuts and vanilla. Very enjoyable. Served with beetroot and goats cheese — 21 days ago

Tom Garland

9.5

+2 hour decant(decent sediment). A marvelous dark magenta color. On the nose: perfumed red fruit, potting soil, graphite, cedar lined cigar box, herbaceous. Taste: Powerful, structured wine with red fruit, currants, planting soil, spice, and a cedar-minerally-mocha lingering and evolving finish! YUM! — 13 days ago

with Brenda

Ericsson

9.7

The best Chablis ever. At lunch in Pomerol Bordeaux. — 13 days ago

Doggfather

9.6

Perfect Santa Barbara Syrah — 6 days ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2006 Comtes de Champagne pours a straw color with a persistent mousse. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of white peach, lemon curd, white flowers, lightly toasted brioche with chalk and limestone minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and creamy. This is delicious and fabulously balanced CdC. Drink now through 2036. — 13 days ago

Jason Sliwa

9.6

Toasted bites set this apart from other champagnes for me. This was fantastic. — 7 days ago

with Eli