Garen Staglin

9.8

Evolving nicely. Drank even better the second day. — 4 days ago

leon egozi

9.6

WOTN number 2 — 4 months ago

Donald Williams

9.2

Uneven quality from bottle to bottle. This was a nice one. — 10 months ago

with Bonnie

Norman Gennaro

9.5

Solid 9.5. Did not match up to the Maybach/Abreu/SQN last night but still excellent. Much lighter on the palate even less than than an Aubert Pinot, great aromatics, classic Cab flavors but not the rich, dark, deep flavors of last night. — 2 years ago

with Nicholas

Paul T- Huntington Beach

9.7

09 Jones nose with some grit to it,
Fantastic introductory level bottle from Abreu — a month ago

Vino Joe

9.8

Phenomenal! This was an amazing wine. Very powerful and notable even from the small tasting pour. This was ready out of the blocks. It zipped immediately. Fruit was bursting but it was also soooo long. Structure and depth. It has a very nice weight and lingered beautifully. The alcohol is muted and the bouquet is all fruit. Fleshy fruit some tea notes on back end but subtle. This was an impressive wine. — 5 months ago

Tom Garland

9.3

Cliff Lede Winery cage match tonight. All wines decanted 2 hours.
2012 Cliff Lede Poetry..Stags Leap Vineyard
2012 Cliff Lede Songbook...Abreu Madrona/Thorevilos vineyard.
2012 Cliff Lede...Beckstoffer To Kalon vineyard

Poetry(9.3). Wine to drink now. Subdued nose. Taste: smooth, velvety, soften tannins, dark cherry, cedar, spice, orange rind, dark chocolate.

Lede To Kalon (9.2). Very expressive nose. Taste: smooth, soft, velvety, red and blue fruit, cedar, cinnamon, spice, smokey oak.

Songbook(9.1). Wine I would like to drink with 5 more years on it and might move to top score. Subdued nose. Taste: smooth, red fruit, cedar, spice, cassis, charcoal, touch of heat on the end and some still there kicken tannins — a year ago

with Brenda and Jill

George Hesse

9.4

Excellent. Fitting tribute to what may be our last dinner at CYC. — 3 months ago

with Jennifer

Tom Garland

9.4

Inspire Napa Valley Sat. afternoon tasting with Antonio Galloni. Panel includes:
Brad Grimes - winemaker Abreu
Helen Keplinger- Keplinger wine
Mary Maher - Silverado farming
Francois Peschon -accendo, vine hill ranch
Jason Smith- MS

WINES
2018 BV George de Latour
2019 Stags Leap SLV
2018 DVO Napa Valley Red
2017 Bond Quella
2019 Lingua Franca estate chardonnay
2019 Domaine de Bichery brut champagne

Each panel member picked a wine that had an impact on them. — 7 months ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.3

Fruit from Abreu Madrona and Thorevilos vineyards.

Decant for sediment (lots of chunky/fine sediment). A startling purplish reddish magenta color. On the nose: plum, creme de cassis, smoked meat, mint, vanilla nuts. Taste: This Songbook is singing! A smooth, velvety, balanced medium body wine with blueberry, bitter chocolate, red currants, spice, tar, and a minerally cedar semi dry finish. Nice start to the weekend! — 2 years ago

with Brenda