Bret Barker

9.5

Beast of a wine at 14 years. After two hours it really opened up. Dark cherry , tobacco some licorice. Long finish. Excellent — 6 years ago

Gerardo Suro

9.1

Pure and focused concentration of black cherry fruit with a mineral undertone adding depth of flavor and style. Oak presence is very well integrated after some bottle age. Keeps evolving on the glass with notes of menthol and tobacco. This beast of a wine shows enough restraint to keep you interested and seduced. — 7 years ago

Barry Evans

10

The best description that I can find of this wine is that it is massively glorious. Born and raised in and around the Napa Valley I have been able to enjoy a lot of great Cabs. But this one is literally now in my all-time top 10. The more air you give this fine 11 year old beast, the better. We are pairing it with the bay area's Best version of Chicago deep dish pizza. — 7 years ago

with Kristin

David Hale Smith

9.3

A beast indeed! Fabulous with chef's fancy Brunswick stew! — 8 years ago

Pavle Milić

9.3

The beauty and the beast. High toned fruit: cherry, cranberry battling rustic animalistic sanguin and iodine attributes. Oh, and a little savory sprinkle! — 8 years ago

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.3

Wow. Lots of fruit still on this vintage. Very impressive. I would drink soon if you still have it. — 8 years ago

Michael Housewright

Writer/Photographer Wine Enthusiast Magazine

9.2

Here I am again with a pop goes the bramble weasel moment. Even at a listed 15.5 alcohol (certainly a lie) this beast had some elegance and subtlety. I think it's a testament to terroir. Even over ripe as this is (to me) it has the depth, and more importantly, width of flavors to hold up to the glycerin floating on top, like grease from my father-in-law's chili cook-off, red ribbon special. On the third day it seems that the wine rested a bit, and it sang a good hymn with my bacony crepinette. — 9 years ago

with Juliet

Bryan Maxson

9.6

Simply a beast. When young it was blackberry sage tea with a dollop of sweet cream. Now it's bold tea, crushed herbs, fruit towards the backside. — 9 years ago

Miguel A. Nistal

9.0

Great Sirah with the boys before tomorrow's snowboard adventure in Killington. Pairs great with a bun-less beast of the east burger. — 9 years ago

with Dom

Michael Walsh

9.0

Something different from a distributor friend. Big, big wine for those cool fall nights. — 10 years ago

William Berger

9.6

Napa Gorilla Beast!!!!!! — 10 years ago

Justin Wilson

9.5

Birthday Dinner @Bern's Steakhouse

Tannic Son of a Beast! I'm too impatient to wait for these most recent GREAT Cali vintages to mature. If that makes me immature I don't wanna grow up...Will love to taste this in 10 years — 6 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.9

WOTN:
A truly spectacular and special treat which was so graciously provided by Shawn and Jennifer Rose 🌹. What a complex and gorgeous beast this was. The nose was hey little subdued but you quickly forgot that it was upon your first sip. Easley a minute and a half to two minute finish. This was firing on all cylinders. Beautiful, complex in as I mentioned before what a complex finish.
Minerality, dark fruit, berry and cherry. The fruit showed itself after two hours plus of decanting. This was just beginning to be in full stride. I'm thinking it's in its prime for the next 10 years. Truly a wine for the ages. Thank you so much for sharing this epic wine with us!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 @Shawn R — 7 years ago

with Christine and Shawn

Jon Tam

9.5

Hints of pine mixed with black licorice and chocolate. The perfect combination of sweet and robust flavor with a kick. This is a strong, hearty number - get ready to take on the beast. — 7 years ago

with Randy

Judy

8.9

Super jammy goodness!!! — 8 years ago

S Butterfield

Sommelier Flask Fine Wines

9.3

Thick yellow green gold color. Friendly. An oily nose, baked sugar, yeast, white citrus play along. A beast on the pallette, but contained by the bracing acidity. Cooler, challenging vintage, but its beautiful. — 8 years ago

Jayme Henderson-Steese

9.8

Bold, deep-fruited beast of a Cab Sauv. Dry on the finish. Exceptionally crafted. #cabernetsauvignon #harlanestate #2007 #moreplease #sommlife — 9 years ago

Devin Bray

9.0

Intense, creamy chocolate, licorice and cherries in the nose with a big alcoholic tang wafting off of it. Chocolate covered cherry and a bit of raisin on the palate, with a fair bit of alcohol burn and a big whack of Woody tannins. Mocha. Chocolate. More chocolate. Clearly not ready yet, but I wanted to get a concept of what the Mollydookers were like before I thought about cellaring more of it. One thing's for sure, it's dramatically different from French Syrah, and from the similarly styled Failla Syrah I had a few days ago. People say these wines are huge and overextracted, and so they are. It's lush and sweet, but with some sharp edges that reflect its youth and may round out with age. Not sure I'm sold on this beast. — 9 years ago

Jay McInerney

Novelist, Wine Critic Town & Country, Expensive Wino & Gastronaut

9.3

70 vintage. A beautiful beast. — 9 years ago

Marco Valverde

9.2

Great dinner at little beast and lovely wine! — 10 years ago

Eric

9.2

Total beast. Oak dominates at this point with brown sugar and vanilla on the nose and palate. Edges out some really nice dark blue fruit. Bigger fruit would really help IMO. Will be way better in a couple of years when things balance out. Very good deal for $90ish. Should have bought the -13 last week when my local store had it! — 6 years ago

Jean-Francois Pelletier

9.9

A beast of a wine. Dense, complex with dark and red fruit soil and spice. Incredible finish. Best wine I ever had. (Drank on 06/27) — 7 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.7

Oh boy what a beast! 97++. This 09 will peak in 30 years. — 7 years ago

David Kline

9.3

Waiting on this big blackberry briar beast to emerge from its dank herbaceous cave, Rosemary, morel, and blackberry nose, kafir lime, grape leaf and explosive tar and black currant dynamite stuffed between black teeth of smoke and granite. Look for an update! — 8 years ago

with Josh, Brenton and 2 others

Tom Kobylarz

9.6

A beast, this was showing well but the structure on it is still extremely youthful. Leave it alone for another 5 years for it to settle down.
#fontodi — 8 years ago

with Eric

Ryan Ramos

9.2

First time I've ever tasted a Roussanne. It has some smooth, buttery characteristics, a slight nuttiness, and a mellow sweetness that really rounds out this drink, making it an almost caramely drink. Recommend chilling it for 15 to 20 minutes if you don't want it to taste too rich. I'm a big fan of both grape wine and mead and this was a lovely sort of in between that I greatly enjoyed with my friends. — 9 years ago

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.2

Yum. Great wine for an amazing price — 9 years ago

Dean Lapthorne

9.2

2012 shows well; she's a beast and will improve come 4-5 years of bottle ageing — 9 years ago

Anthony Pro

9.4

My reaction to this wine was similar to the wine scene in the movie '17 again.' It's fucking beautiful. An absolute beast. Highly recommended. — 9 years ago

James G

9.1

Deep and earthy, with eucalyptus, really singing now. Thackrey is a beast. — 10 years ago