Benjamin Shirk

9.5

Target, $12

Very dark color with a hint of purple. Smooth dried fruit aroma. Immediate prune/dried cherry flavor coats the mouth, it's pleasantly slightly sweet with a little smokey dryness that quickly gets replaced by a sweet anise spice note that lingers for a long while. Medium amount of tannins adds a great and necessary texture to offset the slightly sweet flavor profile. Absolutely in love with this wine, especially for the price. I got it on sale for $12 but it tastes like it's worth at least double that. — 5 years ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Dark tary cassis, blueberries, stewed plums, black raspberries, dry floral bouquet, herbs, milk & dark chocolate, coffee grounds and underbrush on the nose. The fruits melt in your mouth upon entry. The fruits are full and round. Blackberries, dark cherries, blueberries, dry plum and ripe slightly juicy raspberries. There is a strong sense of dark barrel toast as I taste a fair amount of sawdust & baking spices. This couldn't have been in bottle very long. Mocha power & milk chocolate follow. Then, herbs dominated by sage, dry coffee grounds, dry dusty brown soil with crushed volcanic rocks, graphite, leather, dry florals. Tannins are still chewy. It's such a baby. This wine has all makings of a cult Cabernet. It's has great structure, length balance and nice acidly. However, It shouldn't be opened for 10+ years. Its so young, It's hard to score this wine higher than 95 but certainly has the all makings of a 95+. Sodhani's winemaker is Thomas River Brown has made 8x 100 point wines in his career. He's made wine for; Outpost, Turley, Schrader, Maybach, Aston Estate, Vieux-Os & Double Diamond. It's certainly worth keeping an on this very young estate. 2013 was their first vintage. Notes from a Coravin tasting.
— 8 years ago

Kevin McGuire

8.9

A little past its prime but after a double decant and some time to warm up, it began to show a little life. — 8 years ago

Alex Kroblin

Co-owner Thirst Wine Merchants

10

2011 Schrader Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Double Diamond TFA Cuvée, Premiere Napa Valley Lot 6 — 9 years ago

Shay A

9.5

What an incredible second day here in Napa. Jesus started us off with an amazing tasting at Davies/Schramsberg, Crocker & Starr gave us our cab franc fix, Montagu & Addax put on a double tasting, and Hourglass knocked it out of the park at the end of the day! I won’t post each wine we tasted, but I’ll highlight the best from each spot.

@jesus g was a killer host. He opened up some older sparklers to compare against new releases as well as poured some very impressive JDavies reds, including the Diamond Mtn Cab. This JSchram Reserve ‘08 though was on a different level. Honeyed almond, apricot, lemon curd. Texture and acidity were seductive at 10yrs old. Happy to have one tucked away for the foreseeable future. Legit, @jesus g ! — 6 years ago

with jesus

Paul T HB

9.7

This is so nugget worthy,
Double shift for 10 days straight has brought me to my knees,.
The buffalo sauce seems to over power the wine, I suggest the habanero ranch as the better alternative, bbq sauce is just for kids — 8 years ago

Nik Darlington

9.5

Charles Dickens' tawny of choice! — 9 years ago

Robert Rothfield

9.7

Double decant and wowza!
— 9 years ago

Ryan Mayes

9.6

Double magnum of Lokoya Diamond Mountain. Incredible wine with power and precision. Thank you for sharing, Pete and Tina — so generous! — 7 years ago

Eric

9.3

Total winner. Nose is purple- I know that's not a smell but that's what it smells like. Palate shows vanilla, oak, bramble, black fruit and a little heavy cream. Almost, but not quite sweet. Good value. Double decanted over 4 hours. — 7 years ago

Denis Malbec

8.9

Showing some unexpected age for a double magnum... — 8 years ago

Billy L.

9.2

From Magnum, Double decant, classic ToKalon Cabernet Sauvignon. Nice, not Schrader level, but, who is...Nice now, but needs to breathe to show it's colors. — 9 years ago

Drew DiMatteo

9.1

I made an analogy tonight of learning about wine and skiing. @DirtyandRowdy is definitely a double black diamond trail. You either love it (like me), feel exhilarated and thrilled. Other people might feel like just slid face first into a tree. One thing is for sure, it's never boring. — 10 years ago