3.3. Lush, pale yellow Italian white from historic Fiano grape. Nice minerals with some apricot taste. Gift from Susan Miller, probably about $25. — 8 years ago
Always a top tier wine. Thx. Steve and Susan!! — 8 years ago
With Barbara, Susan and MaryAnn — 9 years ago
Lovely dinner with Susan and Ed at Via Ponte in Stockton. — 9 years ago
Great evening relaxing wine. — 7 years ago
Really good Chianti Classico! A gift from Rich & Susan from our Independence Day party. Thanks! — 8 years ago
Ageable. Amazing acid. — 9 years ago
Spicy dry restaurant $50 Favorite wine of the night. — 9 years ago
BBQ and vino.. Are you kissing???? — 10 years ago

At Madrina with Susan and David. New resto and vino. — 10 years ago
Bottle bought in Beaune with Susan in 2015 — 7 years ago


Even up against the other two Sam Kaplan powerhouse wines (Nine Suns and Memento Mori), the Obsidian was my personal favorite. Maybe because it is his home field (Howell Mountain) advantage, having been there making wine with Ron and Susan Krausz for over 10 years. This Bordeaux blend spends 22 months in French Oak and another year in the bottle. Deep and brooding, complex and yet approachable, dense and balanced,...all the things I look for in a wine (and myself 😬). Robert Parker gave it a 98. While many of us don't always credit RP's scores, and as such, I am also going to have to disagree with him. I'm going for one of my all time high scores of 9.9. Again, personally to me, this wine is everything that I look for in a big Napa Cab expression. Sam Kaplan is doing great things up there in the hills! — 9 years ago


Steve Rura
Jammy spiced blackberry with a dry lightly tannic finish — 7 years ago