Mario Vaillancourt

9.1

Lots of red berries and some spices too, very charming, fresh, vivid, drinks easy with some depth, nice balance. 90-91

Un vin expressif, du fruit rouge à revendrez, frais, vif, énergique, minéral et ayant un bel équilibre. 90-91 — 3 years ago

no

9.2

Rusty Ruby with thin legs
Cherry nose
Thick rich port
Trace tannin
Very good, rebuy — 4 years ago

Lisa Albertson

9.4

Incredible with pork belly & apples! — 4 years ago

Matt Austin

Owner/Winemaker, Grosgrain Vineyards, Walla Walla, WA

9.1

Eucalyptus bomb. Like Heitz Martha’s Vineyard, early Turnbull wines were known for the character imparted by neighboring eucalyptus groves. I’ve never come across a wine where it was as apparent as with this one. Perhaps with age the eucalyptus sticks around as the fruit fades. Enjoyable experience all the same. — 5 years ago

Joyce Lin

9.0

Ruby red with pink hue. Fresh muddled strawberry and raspberry with stem attached to it. Hint of bubble gum, mint and tarragon on the nose. Med plus to high acidity, mineral, dry with med to med plus tannin. A food rose to enjoy with Mexican food such as chicken and beef tacos. — 6 years ago

Michael Mathews

9.2

With the Rettkes and the Judds at castellis in Palm Springs. Whoa, Heitz is big — 7 years ago

with Nicholas, Kelly and 4 others

Mathew McNamara

9.3

Took about 30 mins to open up, but this is one that's ready to go. Good luck of oak, chunky fruit. Great value! — 8 years ago

B

10

Magnum 1997 Joseph Phelps Insignia. Drank at Archetype lunch w B&K K, J&L B, and M&R H. Second of the red lineup, following a magnum of 1975 Heitz. Much bigger and its youth showed. Lovely wine that we all really enjoyed. — 8 years ago

Jake Schepps

9.1

Surprisingly great. And from a legendary vintage of Heitz. — 8 years ago

Jim McCusker

9.4

This is a 2005 from Brewer-Clifton, and is drinking beautifully. Fruit sourced from Melville (where Greg Brewer is the winemaker), this wine has a very distinctive spice on the nose that I always associate with Melville wines. Don't know if it's coming from the soil or the barrels used for ageing, but it's as recognizable as the menthol/eucalyptus oil that you pick up on a Heitz Martha's Vineyard cab. Beautiful balance, with a relatively high alcohol that is totally concealed by the fruit (and at 10 years old, that's saying something!). For anyone who thinks you can't make a great pinot with >14% alcohol, please try this wine! — 9 years ago

with Vanessa

Mario Vaillancourt

8.9

Great QPR, fruit and energy, delicious. — 3 years ago

Emily Biskup

9.4

Yum. 2013 amazing — 4 years ago

Manny Abascal

9.4

At a Corison, Mayacamas, and Heitz tasting. — 4 years ago

Kenta Hayashi

9.1

Reductive at first with some smoke. Not unlike PYCM. Reduction blows away rather quickly and reveals clean citrus fruit. Some salinity on the palate. Guesses were PM, SA, M. Relatively short finish indicated village level. Overall decent. — 6 years ago

Sarah C

10

Soooo good — 7 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

8.9

Nice easy to drink Napa port. Dark ripe fruit blend, chocolate cake with rich fudge frosting. — 7 years ago

Manny Canales

9.0

Enjoyed this beauty with baked salmon. — 8 years ago

with Sarah

Jay Clark

9.5

Crazy that his second vintage is such a great one. Loads of texture through the mid palate held together by core acid through to finish. Worth laying down for sure. — 8 years ago

Natasha Humphrey

10

Love it better with YOU! — 8 years ago

Molly Kelley

8.9

Delicious, still youthful but nutty, and lovely honeyed notes — 9 years ago

E & K G

9.1

Needed a bit of air to open up. Good acidity and fruit to balance out some of the oak notes. — 3 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.2

Slightly muted nose at first but with some dark fruit and violets. But what a gorgeous palate, from mid to strong bodied, a nice tension, fairly powerful but silky coated tannins, just enough, nothing rustic here, a nice balance to this delicious wine and even better when drank on day two. 91-92

Nez moyennement aromatique de fruits noirs et de violettes. Une bouche délicieuse, équilibrée, avec une belle tension, avec des tannins puissants mais assez enrobés, soyeux et sans rusticité. Bu sur deux jours et encore meilleur jour 2. 91-92
— 4 years ago

Greg Koslosky

9.5

Painfully young but with great potential . Tons of white flowers , lemon curd , minerals ; saline focused and precise needs some time but will reward . — 5 years ago

Neal Ferry

9.3

Inky indeed — 6 years ago

Monica O

9.7

Great bottle
Happy birthday Jeff 🍷
— 7 years ago

with Hermes and Jeffrey

Michael Meyer

8.9

An amazing look into Napa's yesteryear. Thanks Robin! Completely tertiary in nature, redolent of Xmas spices, and a perfect wind-down from the powerful wines of the evening, — 7 years ago

Ryo Hayashi

9.7

ブルゴーニュっぽく綺麗に熟成しており、いい意味でパワフルさがそぎ落とされてる。 — 8 years ago

Andy Kim

8.9

캘리포니아 나파 와인은 딱히 나쁘다라고 꼽을 것이 없이 대부분 괜찮은 수준이다. 그런데 그렇다고 아~! 이게 나파의 와인이구나 하는 특징도 없다. 굳이 특징이라고 말한다면, 프랑스의 세심함도 스페인의 강렬함도 없는, 그냥 이것도 저것도 아닌 애매한 것이 특징이랄까. — 8 years ago

B

10

No vintage Heitz dessert wine. Matthew treated us to this special surprise at Augustine. Had no idea this ever even existed. Such a treat! — 9 years ago

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.1

Another stunner from 1997. — 10 years ago