Wow! This is the first time I've tried this wine. Amazing juice. Great body, mouth feel, and a long finish. Plums, a hint of coffee, slight mocha, and chocolate covered berries. This is really good, but I paid $61. Not a great QPR, considering that the Whitehall Lane was almost as good at $29. But really good... 94 pts. IMHO

Good to hear that you liked the PR-SL quite a bit - sounds very rich/concentrated - lots of body - but not overly tannic or oaky? Still on the young side or drinking OK with/without decanting? I picked up seversl of these (yet to try one)...and at the $38-45 range. So if truly a "94" I'll be very pleased. thanks for the notes...

CWG,

Glad to hear some positive feed back regarding this wine because I picked up a bottle of this specifically for a future Chicago-Area get together.

Thanks,
Rob

I had this upon release and bought 3 more bottles after trying it. Every bit the 94 pts. it was giving. Great Cab. However...I was at the winery about a month later and had it again there. The sample I was poured was nothing like what I tasted from the bottle I purchased...it was nowhere near as good, and tasted like an 87 pt. wine. I belive this was discussed in depth months ago in a TN thread on this wine. Many varied opinions and differing tasting notes. Some of the conclusions were that there has to be some bottle variation. Who knows???

-DRAB

So much wine.....so little time!!!

had the 1973 Bolly RD on 1981. It was really gross!!!

It was light brown like a good 40 year old tawny port. no bubbles at all, like a still wine. Very sour and pucker taste. Oily taste with peanut butter scent with strong smoky vanilla scent. So is it normal to have a 30 year old champagne turn to a light brownish color?

what are your experience with real old champagne?

thanks!