Eric I

9.2

Great wine to pair with an LSU loss — 3 years ago

Ola Lenin

9.3

Schoolbook pinot with warm strawberry and sloeberry fruit. Cranberries on the finish. Some oak and spices on the finish. Simply very enjoyable! — 4 years ago

Justin Lintz

9.2

Good everyday — 5 years ago

Kimberly Jensen

9.0

Not very good at rating wines flavors or essence or whatever it is wine people do! But this tasted like drinking dark chocolate and raspberry! — 6 years ago

Paul K

9.1

Nose is cedar, herb, and leather. Medium body. Raspberry, red currant, and dark chocolate with really nice tannin throughout. Long finish is currant and cranberry. This wine is delicate. Overpowered by aged Gouda. Drink with Brie and French bread.
I pulled a classic and was just a bit disappointed. Don’t get me wrong, still great, but for the anticipation... I have one more bottle that I’ll wait a long time and hope there’s a big payoff.
Interesting note, the 2013 Heitz Cellar in the background was remarkably similar in fruit, weight, and profile. 1/3 the price and I’m giving it a 92. — 7 years ago

Dimes

8.9

Not worth its weight in gold nor wine. Over priced but I’d pay for the label all day everyday. Hahaha the French are annoying — 8 years ago

Brett Pinkin

9.5

Always a winner :) — 9 years ago

Matthew Nocas

9.6

2002 holding up very nicely -- elegance with structure! — 10 years ago

Benoit Duhamel

9.2

Problème avec le bouchon à l'ouverture... Qui a terminé au fond de la bouteille. Peu d'attente, superbe bouteille. Phase tertiaire, très champignons, animal, cuir. — 11 years ago

Monica Lo

9.1

Like drinking chocolate — 11 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.3

Another outstanding vintage! Dark ruby color. Aromas of black currant, black cherry tobacco and dark chocolate. Bold blackberry and cherry flavors with vanilla, dried spices and oak. Long and smoky finish. Full bodied, lush, powerful and rich. Bright acidity and firm tannins. Beautifully complex. Revisited again in July 2023. My Boss loved it! — 3 years ago

Debra Copeland, WSET3, CSWS

9.2

Dark ripe black Cherry, plum and smoked wood. Dark chocolate, leather and spices - this is ageing nicely! — 5 years ago

Ericsson

9.4

Happy Father’s Day. Pop and pour Tig full of rustic elegance. Deep garnet color with notes of wet forest, tobacco, blackberry, plum, leather, and wet earth. Additional chocolate and oak notes on the pallet. Smooth as velvet, on the bolder side (definitely full bodied); dry with medium acidity, medium alcohol and smoothed out tannings. Cheers. — 5 years ago

Adam Eagan

9.3

Pretty young Napa cab. Blackberry, espresso, chocolate, good acidity and chewy tannin. Maybe not quite a “value” cab at $100, but definitely delicious now with potential. — 7 years ago

Joe Weinberger

9.2

2015 bottling. I don’t really drink stuff like this much anymore but this was very well made and delicious. — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

Ruby blackberries, blueberries, large presence of liquid violets, mint black cherries, soft warm spices, light crush rocks, plum, silky dusty tannins, dark powered chocolate with a richer leaner style for MollyDooker. — 9 years ago

Michael Tao

8.9

Nice Pinot - fruity and enjoying with friends — 10 years ago

Phjosephson

9.0

Crisp and clean, with lots of pear and apple flavor. No butter or oak. Great for $13. — 10 years ago

Carl B

9.1

Smooth and silky. Great Cab. Chocolate and vanilla. Not overly complex or oaky. — 11 years ago

Mike Anderson

Owner/Winemaker for MTGA Wines

9.5

As soon as I write a blog post about why I'm not the biggest fan of Napa Cab I start finding a few I love. Coincidence? I think not. — 11 years ago

Michael Chelus

9.0

Apple, lemon candy, dried apricot, oak and hints of peach. Great acidity and balance. — 3 years ago

Bruce Leboff

9.3

Elegant and polished. Drinking well. Hint of chocolate and black fruit. Lovely. — 4 years ago

with David

Nick Brandon

9.1

Deep, but undiscernable fruity characteristics on the nose.
Plummy, jammy notes and very drinkable. Full-bodied and spicy. Some dark chocolate notes, too.

Paired with wild grains, sauteéd greens, and baked salmon filets. — 5 years ago

Guillermo Gonzalez

9.1

Blue fruits, touch of cedar on nose. Big with plums and dark chocolate. Bordeaux on steroids, 15.3% ABV! Had with rib eye and wedge salad. — 6 years ago

Patrick Devine

9.2

Great for dessert, chocolate. Somewhat sweet. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.8

A treat. Dark in color, slightly cloudy. A powerful nose with dark, very mouton fruit. Incredibly aromatic, blackcurrant, mint,graphite, dried herbs, eucalyptus. The palate is extraordinary. So dense and powerful for a wine of almost 70 years. Dark fruit with a savory undertow- leather, thyme, sour cherry, dark chocolate. Really precise flavors and long. After an hour or two in glass there’s notes of coconut and soft wood. Extraordinary. Clearly there’s a lot of age on this but the sheer quality makes for a really dynamic wine. An exceptional bottle, and a teal treat. — 8 years ago

with Howard, Tony and 1 other

Patrick Younkins

9.2

Sweet and a good mouth feel. You can taste the berries and chocolate. — 10 years ago

Jeff Vejr

9.1

Almost as lovely as the Rimbert family themselves. Savory Southern French wine. Black rocks for days.... — 10 years ago

Adam Shobert

9.3

Well, what can you say? It's kind of an unfair fight whenever Hillside is involved. Beautiful fruit, incredibly rich, lots of chocolate and integrated oak and tannins. I'm very happy I've been able to taste this wine multiple times. A Napa classic. — 11 years ago

Miranda Morris

9.5

This is my go to red blend, that's very affordable! It's rich, velvety, with a chocolate undertone. A tad sweet, but very delicious! — 12 years ago