Jonathan Warren

9.1

This was fantastic honey, apple, waxy, and mineral all for less than 20 dollars — 6 months ago

Henry Fuseler

9.0

8/2025. Very nice cab Merlot blend. Nice flavor and finish. Nice on the palate. — 9 months ago

Megan

9.2

Majestic - really nice, a little different. Quite strong — a year ago

Henry Boshoff

9.3

Nice and spicy... — 5 years ago

Kojo A

9.3

I think mom might like this one — 6 years ago

Luis A. Vegas V.

9.0

Loved it, surprisingly smooth and silky.

Great floral taste. — 7 years ago

E Siodmak

9.0

Really good, paid $8. Bought a couple bottles January 2019, need to get more. — 7 years ago

with Miranda

Ntochi

9.5

My perfect wine. Loved it. Smooth, medium weight. — 8 years ago

Virgilio Ryan

Region Manager East, CRU Selections Terlato Wines International

9.0

Virgilio had this 11 years ago

Anne Clemons

9.0

Awesomely balanced SB. Medium body with good minerals and soft citrus. — 11 years ago

Nate Kresge

10

At Tres bonne annee — 13 years ago

with Lauren

Space

9.4

Выпито третьим вином на этой дегустации . 2023 год. — 6 months ago

David White

9.4

See earlier note, this is a great Bordeaux blend- 75% Cab Sauvignon , 14% Cab Franc and 11% Merlot.
A deep ruby colour with nice berry fruit nose and good acidity and long finish.
Excellent wine — 8 months ago

Tom Garland

9.1

Decant and pour. On the nose: Terrific nose of stewed plum, eucalyptus, herbaceous, smoke, black olives, and mushroom. Taste: smooth, creamy, dry wine with blackberry, pencil lead, dried herbs, smoke, dark cherry, earth, and a medium finish. — 2 years ago

with Brenda

Jeff

9.0

Strawberry and raspberry flavors melding with a sliver of minerality and the right touch of acidity bringing on a nice finish. 66% pink and 34% chardonnay — 6 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

I kid you not, Charles Hendricks is likely the most underrated & under known Winemaker in Napa Valley.

If you have not had his wines, you are missing out on great wines & relative real value for Napa. He makes his own private higher end label-Hendricks, Hope & Grace and midway through the 14 vintage for; James Cole, Regusci & T-Vine.

There are few Winemakers that can make wines that drink well young & some that will age two decades plus stored correctly.

This Santa Lucia Doctor’s Vineyard is really good but, his private label Hendricks Pinot from Santa Lucia is off the charts. His 2008 Hendricks Pinot Noir is the highest rating I have ever given a Ca Pinot Noir, 98.

The 13 Doctor’s Vineyard is better than his 12 & is still a little early right now. It will improve over the next 5 years & hold there a couple of years before its gentle decline.

The nose reveals, ripe, well extracted & slightly baked; blackberries, stewed, deep, dark, black plum, black cherries, black raspberries, baked strawberries, dry pomegranate & cranberries with shades of blueberries. Dark spices, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon & vanilla, touch of savory meats, anise to black licorice, black tea, wet clay, steeped black tea, touch of herbs dominated with Rosemary, rich, black, earth, dry stones, dry crushed rocks, fresh tobacco, leather notes, volcanic minerals, limestone with bright, fresh & withering florals that are; dark, red, purple, blue mixed in violets and lavender.

The body is full, rich, lush and gorgeous. The structure, tension, length and balance are just hitting their good phase. It is simply a beautiful & complex Pinot Noir. Nicely extracted & slightly baked; blackberries, stewed, deep, dark, black plum, black cherries, black raspberries, baked strawberries, dry pomegranate & cranberries with more blueberries than the nose. Dark spices that bring palate heat, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon stick & vanilla, touch of savory meats, peppery notes, anise to black licorice, black tea, wet clay, steeped black tea, touch of herbs dominated with Rosemary, rich, black, earth, dry stones, dry crushed rocks, fresh tobacco, leather notes, volcanic minerals, limestone with bright, fresh & withering florals that are; dark, red, purple, blue mixed in violets and lavender. The acidity is very good & excellent at containing the slightly higher ABV. The long, complex finish is, well balanced fruit & earth, polished and will persist until dawn.

Photos of; Their Doctor’s Vineyard, one of my favorite paintings that used to hang behind the bar in their tasting room & now hangs in Charles’ house (it reminds me of a Jackson Pollock), Winemaker-Charles Hendricks and the front of their tasting room in downtown Yountville.
— 6 years ago

Paula Strebig

8.9

Med body, Berry aromas, dry, berry flavored, like minerality that morphs into a light acid, moderate tannins w/ nice peppery finish. (Corn chowder, BBQ ribs, wilted green - on the front porch 😊) — 11 years ago

Landon Sutherland

9.5

Fantastic and delicious! — 11 years ago

Trish Barry

10

Nothing more to say about this wine except for AMAZING!!! — 12 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.0

Still a solid value — 7 months ago

with Sarah

Kristen Grimes

10

Light, crisp, bubbly and delicious. Tart green apple acidity and a long apple skin finish. Maybe our last bottle of this until we get to South Africa, so what a better way to celebrate our amazing Hawaiian adventure 🏝️🥰 — 10 months ago

Steven Goh

8.9

Touch of sweetness at first glance, perish and strong sensation after taste — 3 years ago

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9.1

Brilliant silver-straw. Lime zest, honeysuckle, succulent herbs and chalky minerals on the incisive nose. Dry, tightly focused and lithe on the palate, offering intense citrus and orchard fruit flavors that reveal a hint of waxiness and a refreshingly bitter quinine note. Shows a delicate touch and finishes clean, nervy and quite long, with resonating mineral character and a hint of lemon thyme. (Josh Raynolds, Vinous, July 2021)
— 5 years ago

Dimitri S

9.3

De Toren Fusion V 2001 please!!!
4Aug2019 evening, with our AMS’dam gang.. A fabulous dinner with a magnificent wine to match it!! — 7 years ago

Florent Peyre

9.4

Close to a Chassagne Montrachet — 7 years ago

Adam Knoerzer

9.0

You guys, the 2017 is bonkers good. Joyously bright acid that slices through full flavors of tart, underripe pineapple, apple, and melon all kissed by a whisper of oak. Talk about over-delivering for the price. — 8 years ago

Michael Kvasnicka

9.3

Tasted it blind. I was way off. — 10 years ago

Matt Duncan

9.6

Mint attack, coco prune, orange blossom. Robust tannin appears. Tremendous! — 11 years ago

Arian Ashworth

10

Matt keiser selection — 12 years ago

Patrick Dolan

9.7

Aroma of rich berries. Smooth and slightly sweet with a sour note. Very good. — 13 years ago