Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Located just east of St. Helena in Napa where Conn Creek flows out of Howell Mountain. Their 26 acres of vineyards are in the heart of this 40-acre grape-growing paradise. Mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with a touch of Petit Verdot. A big wine with complex fruit and spice aromas. Juicy black berry fruits, with underlying smooth sweetness combined with smoke, spice and oak. Well structured, tannins still tight, gave in after 90 minutes, ending with earthy pepper character. Enjoyable now but let it sit in cellar. — 8 years ago

Jeanne Tanamachi

9.1

The always reliable Corvus comes through with a big red. Shipped from winery, $20 w/o tax and shipping, 4/16 — 9 years ago

Jason Hemming

9.0

Not your typical GV. Expressive nose that backed it up with powerful apples, honey and white flowers. Mineral notes thru/o and finishes with pleasant acidity — 9 years ago

Oskar Brauer

9.1

Notes producer: The chilly nights and warm, dry days in Barovo, located in the bosom of Kozuf Mountain, enabled us to craft an opulent, powerful and perfectly balanced blend of Vranec and Kratošija, which captures your heart with its aromas of blackberry, wild strawberry and blueberry, the ripe and lush tannins and the distinctively lingering aftertaste. — 10 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

Oh heart b still, highly aromatic, roses cinnamon, integrated tannins. This is a sweet spot in mountain Nebbiolo. Beguiling. — 10 years ago

with Paul and Owen

Chris McGuire

9.5

2003 Vintage - beautiful black berry nose and first taste, still has good tannins after 12 years. Classic Howell Mtn Cab! Yum! Thank you Michelle and Heart! — 10 years ago

with Rose

Mark Cochard

Sommelier phillywine.com, Chaddsford Winery

9.2

Classic briar and bramble with lots@of bakink spice 18 months in FO. Not for the faint of heart. Weighs in at a balance 15.7 abv — 11 years ago

with Anthony

Jennifer Suhd-Brondstatter

10

2012 love it — 11 years ago

Adam Bridges

10

Pure, pure, pure. Ariana O. eat your heart out. Alsastian Pinot with less funk. Mineral, gummy sour cherry cola bottles, red fruit. Sicily, I love you. — 11 years ago

Matt Nigg

9.8

80%cab 15pt 5m.. Spezielle cab-klone, minzige nase, schöni balance, adstringent wässernd.. Hen o an pinot vo elgin.. Rösselsrnasa.. Aber erdigs bouquet weniger him/erdbeere als daham, betz würziger! Pas mal — 12 years ago

Mono Head

9.1

2014 o shaugnessy Howell. - very nice Mountain fruit. Deep and bold with a good balance of fruit. 9.1 $100 — 8 years ago

Wulf Losee

9.0

2014 opened Feb 2018. Very tight right out of the bottle. Needs decanting!. Mint and leather on the nose. Puckery tannins on the front -- which loosen up as the wine breathes. No fruit, though -- but funky in a good way. I taste the limestone terroir. Mineral tannins all the way back to the swallow. This wine is not for the faint of heart. If you like smooth well-balanced Cabs, then this wine is not for you. If you like over-oaked Napa Cabs, then you probably won't like this. But if you're an oenophile geologist who loves the way soils are expressed in the grape, this wine is for you! — 8 years ago

Ken Swegles

10

This vineyard has a very serious place in my heart.. — 9 years ago

Justin Hart

9.2

2011 was a tough year, but Quilceda Creekvlade the best of it. Probably a bit early to be drinking this, seems tight and somewhat shallow even after defending, but after 2 hours of air, I taste the depth and quality of this wine. Deep dark fruit grips your tongue on the first sip and doesn't let go. I honestly can't speak to the nose because it is buttoned up and I just smell dinner. Fig, plum, and blackberry are all over this o the palette though. Sit on it until 2020... That's my advice. — 9 years ago

with Alex and Cherish

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.5

The heart of Red Mountain. — 10 years ago

Damon Shanle

9.2

One of my favorite Santa Cruz Mountains pinot noir producers, and this bottle was a great example of why. Fruity but not overly so, rich but easy drinking. A fun and enjoyable wine that I'm happy to drink anytime. — 10 years ago

Kay Cockerill

9.0

Intense, full bodied PS....Not for the faint if heart. Outpost is one of our very fav wineries & we especially love their Zinfandel. — 11 years ago

with Danny

Damon Shanle

9.0

Beautifully balanced Pinot, easy to drink by itself but worth saving for a special dinner. — 11 years ago

Mr Mac

9.1

Loire'ing the heart rate a little. Mental Meditation: sitting on a wet boulder surrounded by honeysuckle next to a mountain stream. — 11 years ago

Christina Turley

Sales & Marketing Turley Wine Cellars

9.5

Mountain man wine, not for the faint of heart or palate. — 12 years ago

with Turley

George Yasutake

9.5

Perfect end to our Wine Night with my whin-o coworkers. Drinking well, soooooo smooth! — 8 years ago

with Marvin and Mitch

J Greene

9.3

Amazing. Tight. Great spring mountain nose and still a lot of fruit for a 10 y/o wine. — 8 years ago

Michael Mathews

9.1

In Sonoma, Napa....with the Rettkes. Fifth Hill wine. Big, beautiful. Silky. Bordeaux blend....tobacco nose with peppery finish....lots o legs.... — 9 years ago

with Brad, PJ and 5 others

Stuart Rasley

8.9

Not my cup o tea but good! — 10 years ago

with Lisa

jason carey DipWSET

9.4

This was my 2nd Bottle and it is actually better than I thought last time. Blind I think it reminds me of an aromatic Nothern Italian red more than anything else I could use as a reference for other people to understand it, like a mountain Nebbiolo (Valtellina) and Pinot had a baby.... Nebbiolo with Pinot tannins. Truly a beautiful wine. — 10 years ago

with Melissa and Anthony

Damon Shanle

9.0

Family in town, time to celebrate with good wine! — 11 years ago

Christina Turley

Sales & Marketing Turley Wine Cellars

9.6

Wild roses, mountain heart. — 11 years ago

with Turley

Javier Torres

9.0

Buen vino para acompañar una carne asada o unas salchichas parillera. — 11 years ago

James Perez

9.6

Just one of the many Pinot's tasted on the estate of the late Alfred Hitchcock! Amazing good! — 12 years ago

Lamar Hannah

9.1

Really enjoyed had layers of smoothness to it was great with and w/o food #wine — 12 years ago