Mark Flesher

9.4

The best thing about pouring for a producer is the leftover at the end of the night. Yesterday, this wine was meek and mild. Tonight? Quite the opposite. Power and complexity which is still there is magnified significantly. These wines are young! Tonight this one had a dense blackberry core with graphite, a hint of cola toward the finish. Licorice as it hits the back. Nice and dense core. 2013 Rian is even darker! — 9 years ago

Kate Newman

9.5

Milk and honey! Good deal at TJs, will return to this in the summer fo sho — 9 years ago

Mark Grammer

9.3

Dark red fruit on the nose. Beautiful spice and herbs at the start. Green pepper and black pepper on the finish. — 9 years ago

Eric

9.2

Mostly single vintage cab. Very nice. Not worth the price at $325. — 9 years ago

David Rowe

9.3

Great as usual! Drank on 2/6/16 at Grill 23 — 10 years ago

Michael Mathews

9.3

At Seven with my brother Brian and Olivia....roof top. Great drop, needs to open up a bit. Howell Mountain!!! — 10 years ago

Adrienne Stillman

9.9

Fantastic example of what 2011 Napa wines can be when done right. No green ness whatsoever. Opened at the Arkenstone harvest party today. — 11 years ago

Drew Miller

9.4

Was worried it was past it's prime at 11 years and my cork fell apart. Got lucky it still had life! Big wine. Wasn't exactly my fav but it was interesting. Solid finish. — 9 years ago

Shay A

9.3

This is one of the better cab francs I've had (though I need to try Detert on @Carl Fischer's recommendation). La Jota is becoming a favorite of mine...shouldn't be surprised as I'm a die-hard Howell Mountain fan. No traces of green pepper at all with this...got a nose of very slight toasted oak and blackberries. Long legs and a gorgeous purple ring/black core. Plum and cinnamon on the tongue. I'll take some more please. 👌 — 9 years ago

Michael Ray

8.9

Great at first then kind of vanished from the back. — 9 years ago

Martin G Rivard

9.5

Fantasy Football - Draft day at Rivard Insurance Agency!!! Awesome Haber Howell Mountain to kick off the celebration!! — 9 years ago

Joseph Mrak

9.3

Nice Howell man example. Well balanced. Not a heavy cab. — 10 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. — 11 years ago

Lisa Zaleski

9.1

Really good for 3.99 at trader Joes. — 12 years ago

"Odedi"

9.3

This week my Cabernet fix is a Howell mountain gem.

Deep inky in color with a short purple rim. Color does not seem to show the wine's age at all.

Soft nose of blackberries, sweet cherries, raisins, black currants, figs, light oak, vanilla, licorice, earth, graphite, spices, herbs and peppercorn.

Full bodied, smooth and elegant, with medium acidity and gorgeous legs.

Dry and extremely fruity on the palate with blackberries, cherry pie, sweet strawberries, plums, Cedar, licorice, vanilla, spices, herbs, earth and peppercorn.

Long, long finish with round fine tannins.

What a gorgeous Cabernet this is. At its peak now and drinking very nicely by itself. Good right out of the bottle, and got a little bit of complexity and tannins after an hour. Beautifully balanced, with nice complexity. This 13 year old is delightful and delicious.
Needs 3 hours to open up, but the bottle finished so quickly... (I must have gotten a smaller bottle 😉).

14.8% alcohol by volume. — 9 years ago

Jason Booth

9.1

Step into Wonka's Chocolate Factory and get ready to get sucked up the Gloop Shoot. This wine brims with cocoa cassis fantasy dreams but hear me now...to drink without at least a decade in the darkest corners of a cellar is to rob the magic of what it could become. Pouring it now would be like asking Harry Potter to defeat Voldemort after only his first week at Hogwarts. Let the wizardry develop in the bottle. Drink it with your filet in 2022. — 9 years ago

Henrik Poulsen

9.1

Surprisingly (over-) ripe for being Denis' style and labeled at only 13.8% alc.
I would think "hedonistic critics" (you know who I mean) would have rated this 98+. — 10 years ago

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S R

9.9

Ringing the n 2016 with cozy at-home dinner. Full, tart, peppery. Part of our Cakebread club shipment. — 10 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Syrupy strawberries, cherries, pomegranate, licorice, cola, vanilla toast. Smoother and more approachable at this stage vs. the Sonoma. — 10 years ago

Cobus Theunissen

9.5

Gift from Michele.
Was really really good with some wild boar at Hurleys. — 11 years ago