Ron Siegel

9.3

Another great older Dunn HM that is drinking well in a Bordeaux style. This had the higher acid, lower alcohol & ripeness that I love in older Cali Cabs with lots of dry, sweet red cherry, berry fruits, cedar, dried herbs, licorice spice, & tobacco. — 6 years ago

Chris England

9.6

Fab £157 Sass now £234 😱 but life is short 😁

🍇 85% Cab S & 15% Cab F

🍷 Opaque ruby

👃 Stewed & spiced blackcurrant/berry & plum through smoked earthy dusty herbs & burnt oak w/ rocky minerals, leather, prune, liquorice & vanilla choc mocha

👄 Med smooth velvet body of herby earthy blackcurrant w/ mocha, prune & red cherry/currant tones in dry minerals & a liquorice hint

🎯 Med+ earthy dark & red fruit touch dry mocha herby earthy happiness 😍
— 7 years ago

Patrick Derdeyn

9.2

From CA vineyard royalty. Improves as it warms and with air time. This is a lesson in balance. Not a steely chard full of tropical flavors yet retains its minerality. Not an oak laced butter bomb but merely hints that it saw a minimal amount of oak in it's lifetime. Only 12.2% which is incredibly refreshing in a chard, especially one from a warmer climate. Tragic that 2013 was the last vintage before the chard vines were ripped out of the vineyard. — 8 years ago

Nick N

10

Wow. Like a berry pie with a little spice — 9 years ago

Juan Menendez

9.4

Very complex, perfectly balanced a ton of fruit with savory Syrah notes. Very special. — 10 years ago

John Gaviglio

9.0

Great wine. Nice fruit. Changed a bit after it was decanted for an hour. Even more berry/fruit. — 10 years ago

Beth

9.6

Little bit of bubble, very fruity - easy to drink, nice berry flavor. Sweet perfect. — 6 years ago

Frank Chen

9.4

American Oak dominates wine...but interesting approach ...good berry fruit...well made wine ... I Dig....Chug!! — 7 years ago

Nico J. Snyman

10

2nd bottle was the wine of the night, impeccably stored, still intense dark berry fruit intensity, outstanding. — 7 years ago

Jean-Francois Pelletier

9.4

Deep color. Intense nose of white chocolate, red cherries, some blue fruit and vanilla. Full body, beautiful balance and long finish. So good. — 9 years ago

with Chris and Michael

Ira Schwartz

9.3

Intense raspberry on the nose with hints of smoke. Amazed how time has tamed this wine. Rich and lush red fruit this has successfully transformed itself. Reverberated in every nook and cranny of my mouth Carries its alcohol effortlessly. Last of 3 bottles and this one was head and shoulders better than the previous 2. — 9 years ago

with Monica and Stephen

Kayla Wright

9.7

Very smooth with wonderful chocolate,dark berry, and oak flavors. — 10 years ago

Austin Baird

9.3

Highly enjoyed this half bottle! Full bodies, rich, subtle notes of berry and chocolates! — 11 years ago

Andrei Shustov

9.5

Always a blast!! — 7 years ago

Mike Daniel

9.0

Delightful bouquet full of candies berry landing on the palate with lots of layered flavor - fig, blackberry, licorice - and just a little glycerol, but a nice lingering and headed length. Might last longer still if I didn’t need another swirl and sip before it passed ;). Good value under $24 — 7 years ago

Doctor No

9.1

Wow. This is young, and the nose is a bit of dark red berry suffusing a sea of resolving American Oak. The American oak is so pronounced that, had I tasted this blind, I might have taken it for Ridge... :) This has decades ahead, even if -only- a Riserva. Like La Rioja Alta 904, a fantastic value in old school Rioja... — 8 years ago

Eric Floyd

9.1

Love what Pax has done over the years. I have a few bottles of his 2003 Griffins Layer... It's a beautiful wine that is probably mind-blowing at this point; however, this wine shows restraint, refinement and a sense of place. Looking forward to owning a bottle in a few years. — 9 years ago

Renato Hoyle

9.2

Magnum, long, berry. — 10 years ago

Casey Stringer

9.6

16.6 alcohol and didn't detect a thing. Who says Saxum can't age? — 10 years ago

Paul Lopez

9.8

I do remember....what a wine! — 11 years ago