Craig O'Donnell

9.4

A lot of layers delicious taste top wine — 4 years ago

M. Christopher Roebuck

9.1

Excellent... But it's interesting to compare this to #1 tonight--- Faust..both 2016 Napa cabs. Faust was $52, Krug $29. So what's the difference? A lot, you be the judge if it's worth 23 bucks. Take the Faust, and remove the blackberry, leaving a greenish-pine alcohol warmed bouquet. Take the spherical mouth of Faust and shave it such that you have angular, sharp edges. Then Krug ends with a dryer, perfumed drying tannins.

So, this is an excellent wine, about 1.5 points below the Faust. So make your own calculation, but to me, I'd spend the money for the upgrade.

91 points — 5 years ago

Bryan Kleppe

8.9

Very good not great. Prefer Faust or Groth at. Steakhouse but the wine did get better as it opened up. — 9 years ago

Elizabeth Shelton

10

Awesome blend from Chile from Faust. Fantastic with retail price under $50 — 10 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

A classic Bordeaux style blend dominated by 82% Cab Sauv with Merlot, Petit Verdot & Cab Franc from several estate vineyards. Aged for 19 months in 30% new French Oak. Deep Ruby, aromas of fresh berry fruits with cedar and spice. On the palate sweet blackberry and blueberry fruit, with savory oak & cacao notes. Smooth sweet tannins, savory, with an herb & mineral touch on the long finish. Nice! A Fav! Good value! Tasting Sample! — 4 years ago

brian baker

9.6

Fun night of cali cabs. 88 Mayacamas, 06 Lewis and 11 Faust — 7 years ago

Dawn Wilson

9.5

Earthy, but smooth. Robust yet palatable. Subtle in all the right ways. Tastes a lot Faust. — 9 years ago

Kristian Ekholt

9.5

Kjempe god til skalldyr — 9 years ago

Stefan Aichner

9.6

Fabulous Spanish red. No idea what it was — 11 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Just crazy. Elegant but so young and amazing length. Massive structure. Needs 5 years. — 5 years ago

Shannon McLaren

9.0

Sourced from stagecoach. Heavy oak and blackberry on the nose, ripe blackberry on the palette. Super long finish, nice balance of tannin. — 6 years ago

Abraham Axler

9.0

Without question the best tokaj vintage available. Unparalleled intensity of flavor purchased at Faust wine cellar in Budapest 2013 and probably wasn't stored well as I remember it being even better than — 8 years ago

c l b

9.0

First night stand (with my coravin).

This was my first love (in the wine world) shortly after popping my wine-cherry. But didn't appreciate it to its fullest till now. Maybe it just aged well, maybe my awareness of all the different characteristics got better...in any case, I fell in love all over again...

Nose: Perfectly ripe blackberries and deep ruby cherries. Nice baking spices. The 2012 Faust smells like a $5-bottle in comparison (even though it cost about the same price the times that I became proud owners of both, especially with this particular bottle back when I was a poor graduating college student). Maybe that's how 9 years of experience affects your maturity...maybe I just need to drink more wine and edumacate myself, which I don't mind.

Tongue/mouth: Even though it's 12 years old, the tannins hold on for dear life to your taste buds (hasn't really incorporated itself to the rest of the nicely developed parts of its body). Drink with something fatty (like my short rib I happened to have). Then you can really enjoy the berriness of the wine.

I'm just so purely happy that I can enjoy a taste of it without the guilt of having to commit to it fully and leave it [the bottle] feeling empty. Thank you, Cory. — 9 years ago