Young Bock Lee

9.4

deep, dense perfume of violet, lavender. dried cherries, hint of muddy soil. balanced among fruitness, acidity(med plus), structure. med plus tannin. lovely! — 10 years ago

Howard Yang

9.5

Medium to dark burgundy in color, edge showing some brick hue, smells of anise, violet, cinnamon, white pepper and fig, medium to full body, very refined sweet tannin, started out slightly muted with high acidity, takes more than an hour to open up, tastes of cedar, tobacco, clove, black cherry, black berry, and anise, extremely smooth and balanced mouthfeel, with a long and lingering finish. Beautiful! — 11 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.3

Nicola catena is the Robert Mondavi of Mendoza they advanced in 15 years what it took the rest of the world 200 years to get to this level. They take from the five family vineyards for this wine. The historic rows are now put on the label. This is the best vineyards and they look for the best location in those vineyards Angelica named after his mother and this is the mother clone material. All the wineries built in Spanish or Italian architecture. Dark berry fruit blackberry and blueberry fruit with notes of licorice spice dark tobacco spice. Another vineyard has a dessert effect because of its low altitude this site gives it structure. Adrianna vineyards is one of the highest and this is the most important violet flowers and freshness and acidity — 11 years ago

James Lake

9.2

Aroma of plastic and gooseberries and Lemon. Slight funkiness like musky grape skins. Taste nice medium body. Good acidity medium. Slight salinity hints oh lemon custard. Currents. — 10 years ago

Luca Confortola

9.5

Simply Gourgeous! Full body, nice long aftertaste, vanilla, violet, lot of leather. Reccomended ;-) — 11 years ago

Victor Hwang

9.4

Young but so much potential. Nose has intense lilac and violet with dark red fruit. Mouth coating but so pretty. Tannins too intense. Easily ready to age for 20 years and will gain complexity. Tons of potential. — 11 years ago

Ben Cane

Head Winemaker, Westwood Wines, Sonoma CA

9.5

Wow! Great year, intense dense and nuanced all at once. Earth spice and lifted violet perfume — 10 years ago

Slim Mello

9.0

Black fruits with a hint of violet
Great body!
Some spices
I really liked it! — 11 years ago

DrinkBordeaux

9.7

Intoxicating nose of blueberry, violet, and chocolate. Concentrated and silky smooth on the palate. Very enjoyable after 2+ decant. Young wine, save this one for longer! — 11 years ago

Magnavita Cellars

8.9

Deep purple colors & youthful aroma of dried cherry, starfruit with lighter violet, lavender & coffee aromas. Flavors of dried cherry, coffee & pepper. Medium plus acidity, length complexity & tannin. — 12 years ago