Isaac Pirolo

9.3

Leviathan is the creation of husband and wife team Andy Erickson and Annie Favia-Erickson. They also collaborate on their Favia label, each bringing a resume boasting serious cult winery experience. Andy has spent time as winemaker at Screaming Eagle, Dalla Valle, Ovid, Dancing Hares and Arietta, with prior work at Harlan and Staglin, while Annie got her start with John Kongsgaard and Cathy Corison, before spending more than a decade as a viticulturist with David Abreu. The San Francisco Chronicle’s Jon Bonné said about the Ericksons, “Together they could probably create a 98-point wine in their sleep.” Their 2012 Leviathan is a blend of 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Cabernet Franc, 16% Merlot, and 14% Syrah all coming from Northern California, and mostly from Napa. There’s no dispute that this is rich and extracted, but there’s an underlying savoriness that balances out this fruit bomb. Blackberry, black cherry, licorice, mocha, cigar box, crème de cassis, and sweet tannins that carry with them that savory herbaceousness. — 8 years ago

Joe Lucca

9.3

Super rich. Spends a full extra year in barrel. Semillon and SB. The nose is perfumed with honeysuckle, orange blossom, crystallized honey, and apricot. The palate is dense with mandarin, beeswax, roasted nuts, dried apricot, Meyer lemon, and some petrol. Really nice. — 9 years ago

with Frank, Bob and 2 others

Steve Anderson

9.2

@miles raymond Get over it....this is great F*ing Merlot. — 11 years ago

Magnus Eriksson

9.3

2002 drank very well — 11 years ago

Anna Lo

9.0

Blackberry, slight jamminess but overall good balance. — 12 years ago

Robert Yett

10

Wow!!! Tasted this years ago at industry tasting at Chateau Boswell in Napa: it’s better than I remember. Arietta, Bevan, Barbour, Realm...you name it, they were there. I thought CORRA was the “Best of Show”!!! — 8 years ago

Joe Roth

9.6

Wonderful! — 9 years ago

with Michael

Julia Weinberg

9.3

This is an inarguably great wine. And all the more impressive to me that it is stylistically not my typical leanings. Serious power, depth, balance - still so young - and I'll be damned if this wine isn't mindblowing in 10 years. Bravo @Fritz Hatton — 10 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.3

Third bonus wine after Arietta wine dinner. God I love Howell Mtn wines!thanks @Dustin Cano. Fantastic wine and great dinner tonight. — 11 years ago

Kendall Mix

8.9

Has lost a little fruit. Very smoky oak has moved to the forefront. Probably better a couple of years ago. — 11 years ago

Pete Talala

9.4

Beautiful, smooth, dark, long finish. Life is too short for crappy Cabernet. — 9 years ago

Mark S.

8.9

Color:raisin, Aroma:raisin, First Impression:raisin, Taste:still with acid and tannin. It should be kept for 5 years. Now I understood this. This is made of merlot rich with Syrah. @, Popina, 170611 — 9 years ago

Scott Wren

9.0

This is sav blanc and semillon from Napa. There's a fair amount of oak and med to full weight but it's well integrated with a basil cumin spice profile that is compelling. — 10 years ago

with Jeff

Pooneet K

9.0

Excellent white blend from Arietta, with what is probably the right amount of age. Amber in the glass, deep and mouth filling, fat, but not oaky. Very nice. — 10 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.1

Bonus Wine #2 after Arietta wine dinner. a bit of barnyard on the nose. Consensus was this was past prime, but still a nice treat. Thanks @Dustin Cano ! — 11 years ago

Jen

9.3

Mk. Very nice, floral. — 11 years ago