Rick Phillips

9.8

Smooth deep flavors of plum, cherry and chocolate. Great finish. In a class by itself! — 7 years ago

with Letha

Carl Fischer

9.4

Pop and pour goodness. A blend of To Kalon, Cimarossa and Mast. Always reliable. Great balance between old and new world to me. — 8 years ago

Nena Madonia

9.4

I want to drink buckets of this aug 21 — 9 years ago

with Andrew, Dana and 2 others

Rick Phillips

9.4

We let this 2008 decant for a couple of hours and it was very smooth. Soft tannins with rich fruit. Great with Dinner! — 10 years ago

with Letha

Sandy Lieberman

9.5

Premiere Napa Valley Cimarossa 2009 — 10 years ago

Carl Fischer

9.5

Very balanced with dark blue and red fruits, brown sugar, a hint of anise and chocolate. Soft tannins, medium-full bodied. Decanted for 2.5 hours. Mia Klein is the winemaker (same as Cimarossa) so not a surprise that I love this. — 7 years ago

Matt Gibstein

9.2

W/ Connor, Brackin and Paul — 8 years ago

Kyle Groombridge

9.0

Very fragrant, more earthy than I expected it to be. Crushed rose petal, mineral, spice and dark fruit. Nice but definitely atypical for Howell Mtn — 8 years ago

Mike Mayer

9.4

Deep dark fruit and cocoa on the nose. A very interesting blackberry pie and spice on the palate with very refined tannins. A very good Howell Mountain Cabernet that I love. — 9 years ago

with Lisa

Richard Adams

9.2

Good Cali Cab to kick off Grateful Dead's Farewell Tour. Blackberry, licorice, menthol. Epic year. — 10 years ago

Ryan Foss

9.2

Really delicious but needs at least 3 hours in the decanter to shed some of the fierce tannins. Will be much better in 5 years. — 12 years ago

Mark Knobles

9.0

Full bodied. Nice finish with black fruit and peppery. Quite tannic. — 7 years ago

with Kim

Mark Flesher

9.6

Tasted alongside a 2010 Cimarossa and was rather similar in structure and character. The nose is raspberry licorice and a hint of herb. The start of this one is darker, has a similar volcanic note. Dark blackberry. The middle is where the dirty raspberry licorice starts to take over. This wine on the finish is a little more tart. Has a raspberry bread finish. Still has a TON of life left in it. This wine was really good. I will be trying to find some of this current vintage wine. This wine, to me, was WOTN. Incredible complexity. Had a nice density to it, but it had more than just being a young fruit bomb. Cheers! (apologies for the label...zoomed in way too much!) — 8 years ago

with Shay and Keith

Elizabeth Jones

9.7

Beautiful elegant plush — 10 years ago

Nena Madonia

10

Delish. Jammy. Heavy. Dark — 10 years ago

Tim Herrmann

9.7

The complexity...blueberry, blackberry, coffee, orange zest, forest floor, leather...a long finish, intense aromatics. Up there or better than the wines from my recent visit to cimarossa. — 11 years ago