Duane Mason

9.8

Absolutely great California Cab. Wonderful wine with fruit and tannin in perfect balance . Great job Mike Smith — 4 months ago

Billy L.

9.8

Thanksgiving week wines: 2014 Magnum Old Sparky -TRB: Winemaker Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻 — 6 months ago

Raul Puga

9.4

Huge wine but well balanced and really delicious — 7 months ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.7

Had this in 2015, why I opened so soon 🤷🏼‍♂️? Rookie mistake. The extra 10 years has made a huge difference. It has the stuffing for another decade at least.

Still not much of a nose to it but pairs well with a good Steak 🥩 — 9 months ago

Brandon T

9.6

In a great spot after an hour of air. A fantastic complement to lamb chops. Bravo, @Mike Smith! — 3 years ago

S.R.Alexander

9.4

Just an infant, but under the covers, there’s a very tor style ripe profile with pie spice, violets, blueberry, and blackberry. Very rich and needs lots of breathing room. Thanks @Eric ! — 5 years ago

with Eric

Joe Flo

9.7

Nothing better then a nice sunset with a great Carter 🍷 — 4 months ago

Joe Flo

9.5

Much better than I expected for a 2011  — 5 months ago

leon egozi

9.4

NY wine spectator event — 7 months ago

Khary Bizzell

9.5

Damn good — 7 months ago

Joe Flo

9.7

Excellent 🍷 — 9 months ago

leon egozi

9.2

This was very good but did not stand up to the other wines that eve — 3 years ago

Carlos Gonzalez

9.6

Plush fruit but structured. Textbook use of how new oak should be used. Not overwhelming but enough to frame the beautiful fruit. This is my ribeye wine. — 4 years ago

Laith A

9.3

Hard to rate this fairly given it’s young age and lack of decanting.. it was a little tight and closed initially but started to open up as the bottle was consumed .. Has great upside and I can see this easily being a 95+ point wine if given the proper treatment! — 5 years ago

Joe Flo

9.7

Every bit as good as the last btl — 5 months ago

Joe Flo

9.7

What can I say it’s a Carter — 5 months ago

Ana Bumgardner

8.9

2018 vintage on 10/19/25 with homemade bake rigatoni. Nice cab that went well with the red sauce. — 7 months ago

Ron R

9.6

Brilliant. Especially with home made beef wellington. Never had a poor bottle from this producer. — 8 months ago

with Andrew and Rick

Paras Maniar

9.5

Treated by a great friend who opened this incredible bottle. A celebration of refined, jammy, bold goodness. — 2 years ago

with Minesh

Tom Garland

9.2

Decant for sediment(some fine/cloudy sediment). A sublime dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: dark plum, mint, licorice, smoked meat, floral, wet cedar. Taste: smooth, creamy wine with subtle blackberry/plum, cedar, pepper, graphite, and a dark bitter chocolate dry medium plus finish. Drink em if you got em, fruit is fading....nice price for a Beckstoffer To Kalon. — 4 years ago

with Brenda