Muralee Murugesu

9.5

2015 Purple Angel is inky yet velvety with blackberry, blueberry and plum mixed with granite earthy tones. The small percentage of petit Verdot provides a classic Bordeaux hints on the nose. Still young but man it drinks well. Perhaps the best Chilean wine I have tried. Blockbuster aging potential — 8 years ago

Shawn R

9.5

Slightly green on the nose, no go for me. That blew off with a decant. Deep and heavily extracted yet light and refined when you take a sip. Traditional black and blue fruit yet, drinks more left bank with the Cab Franc peaking through. — 9 years ago

Rob Reynolds

8.9

1978 drinks almost like a sherry. — 9 years ago

with Bill

Brett Birman

8.9

Big robust Pinot. Light silky mouthfeel with big and rich fruit. Blackberry in color and in taste. Jammy with a long lingering finish. Not a typical Pinot, drinks more like a zin/cab. Would give it a 9.0-9.1, but dinged it a bit given the price point. — 10 years ago

Skip Smyser

9.5

3L for Logan's Birthday. Incredible wine that drinks better than it's ratings which are incredible. What a pleasure on a beautiful fall day🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷 — 10 years ago

Heather Lane

9.0

Ocean spray, crushed sea shell, beautiful minerality, drinks like a Chablis...elegant — 11 years ago

Fred Calatayud

9.3

I read on Delectable that this Pinot is a Cab lover's Pinot and she was right. I usually pass on Pinot because a good one is so hard for me to find. But this one is really, really good. I've had the Belle Glos from Meiomi, which I've liked as well, but this is equally as good. Great spice along with the fruit. Found this on sale on Cape Cod for $17 - a bargain for wine that drinks like this. — 11 years ago

Kyle Doucet-Walter

9.3

My mom never drinks the wine she gets as gifts, lucky me. Crushed green apple, a wisp of citrus, puff pastry dough and fennel seed. Fantastic stuff, could drink two. — 12 years ago

John Hollar

9.8

Over the top amazing. Maybe the best red bottled in Napa in 1985. Drinks beautifully right now. — 13 years ago

Joakim Bogström

9.2

Approachable.
Lemon, lime notes w/ mineralic crushed stones notes.
Friendly acid levels
Medium body. Creamy texture. Lime, green and yellow apples in its characteristics blends w/ toasted pain. No distinctive oakyness.

Drinks well, but could age for another 10+ years. Try again in 5. Pair w/ tuna sashimi, gremolata and pickled apples. — 8 years ago

Dan Flores

9.0

Earthy nose, silky on the palate, cigarette ash into firm balanced tannins on the finish. Drinks like it had many years of age-ability — 9 years ago

Kalpesh J

9.1

This drinks bold, can be paired with food or without. So damn good. Another bottle please. — 9 years ago

Raul de la Torre

9.1

Drinks beautiful, like a Lafite — 9 years ago

Peter 0'Neill

9.3

I have suffered through a number of dull uninspiring bottles from this case but thankfully this wasn't one of them. Really delicious perfectly mature claret which drinks beautifully now. — 10 years ago

Saman Hosseini

Writer Maison Abattoir

9.2

Drinks like a Graves with a decade or so of age.... Stellar composure. — 10 years ago

David Roylance

9.2

Maturing well and softer tannins for a cab sav than other Serge Hochar wines. Drinks well now. — 11 years ago

Mauricio Rojas

10

This wine is incredibly good, great price, drinks well with red meat. — 11 years ago

Gilbert Van Hassel

9.5

Great drinks beautifully — 12 years ago

Wine Snob

9.8

Oh so good. $39. Fruit forward and drinks like cab, better than most cabs. — 12 years ago

Patrick Hurley

9.8

Needs to breathe a bit at first, but drinks well. Tastes more expensive than it is. Good red! — 13 years ago

Raj Harb

9.4

Cab of the night. Tannins are still quite firm but it drinks classically with graphite, cedar, bitter chocolate, and dark fruits. Drink or hold — 8 years ago

Chris Dockrey

9.5

Needs a decanter, but drinks very well with a full body taste. Excellent with a strong main meal. — 8 years ago

Sherri Cornett

8.9

Val drinks often. Fun label and well rounded, very drinkable mixed well with our holiday, game playing atmosphere. Others were drinking single malt. — 9 years ago

Larry Copeland

9.0

Young nice wine. Nose little fruit - stone red and little fresh leather - drinks red cherry- lite — 9 years ago

Larry Copeland

9.6

Wow - splendid with Xmas beef tenderloin. Rich berry/dark cherry and fresh cut leather on nose. Drinks very smooth with surprisingly light tannins for 10 y/o red wine, predominantly can franc — 10 years ago

Steven Gage

9.2

Great Cab. Drinks very nice. Smooth, with flavors of dark berry and cedar/mahogany. Medium bodied. Will only get better with age! Buy some for the cellar. — 10 years ago

Curtis Anders

9.0

Fruit forward. Heavier tannins than expected but drinks great. Will be outstanding in a few years. Ridge never disappoints. — 11 years ago

with Courtney

Ben Sandstrom

9.4

I've loved it more that last few times I've had it. But if I remember correctly, it was the Italian wine of the year. A little tapenade-ey, but still some sweet fruit and great mouthfeel. Drinks NOTHING like Bordeaux. — 11 years ago

Seba Stian

9.0

Great Georgian toast is to your neighbor - he is the most important, especially if you moved into new place.

Here are neighbors from one river banks, but different countries. Sogevinus Fine Wines & Bodegas Emilio Moro - made this opulent, rich and silky wine. Elegant fruit, wrapped into noble oak, great wine -with each sip I can contemplate about toasts wisdom - vostok delo tonkoe.

Maybe missing a bit of length,but I forgive them, the balance is perfect. Don't expect claws, this is tuxedo dress code. — 12 years ago

Jordan Gianelli

9.8

Lean, round, rustic, rocky and other worldly. Literally, it drinks like a slightly chubbier Bordeaux. The only problem with this wine is that I shared it with people who were expecting Mindavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve style wine. Sigh. I miss you. — 13 years ago