David Annis

9.5

Wow. Just wow. Cork was perfect. Black licorice on the nose, particularly the cork. Cedar and wild berry notes. Medium mouth feel. Jill thinks it's just starting its decline. She's probably right. After 23 years it's unlikely to get better, but the other way to look at "starting its decline" is that it's peaking. And on a personal note, having visited Seavey and having met the owners, it makes me happy to have enjoyed this bottle as thoroughly as we did. — 10 years ago

Gail Sitterson

9.0

Our go to and about the boldest red i drink. I Find it to be mild with strong berry flavors without being sweet. Wild horse is an easy bottle for hubby and me to share. — 12 years ago

Milan Franeta

9.5

The Ferrari-Carano Cabernet Sauvignon comes from mountain-grown fruit in Alexander Valley. Cedar and spice aromas delight with a soft mouth feel that boasts flavors of mocha, black tea, wild berry. — 12 years ago

S Butterfield

Sommelier Flask Fine Wines

9.2

Elegant, soft and silky even at 16%! Big wine, an inky bastard. Toasty fig, dark berry, wild herbs. Steakhouse wine. Streamlined tannin. Explosive finish. Great stuff. — 11 years ago

Keith Levenberg

9.1

Old vine syrah from the wrong side of the tracks in the Cornas neighborhood, so it's appellation Cotes du Rhone, but the hope is that it's kind of Cornas-y even if it comes from the flats. At first it's super-structured and backwards but also very hearty and dense with that rich old-vine concentration. The flavors at that point might have passed for something grenache. With a bit of air it gets more civilized, though, retaining that hearty richness but the structure turning almost silky even though it builds and toughens up on the back end. How Cornas-y is it? Well, it doesn't have any of the wild meatiness or much non-fruit stuff, and the particular berry flavors still coulda fooled me on the syrah vs. grenache thing, but that dense inner core and muscled structure seems about right. — 11 years ago

JohnQ Boxler

Sales Berkeley Wine Company

9.3

This year's model. Relative to 2011 this seems more fruit-dominated. This is not say over-ripe or blowsy. There is plenty of mineral tension and loamy goodness to balance out the wild berry notes and raspberry palate. Served cool with chicken in a mustard tarragon sauce. This is just silly inexpensive-not to mention Bio-and great for a daily red. — 12 years ago

Jörgen Lindström Carlvik

Owner, Brix Wine Consultants

9.4

Just amazing, this Casbah-spiced-up PN holds plenty in reserve, apart from its wild berry aromas and flavors, as it also invites you to party, thanks to generous fruit interwoven with layers of chocolate. Long, seductive and rewarding finish, with the ripe vintage shining thru. Leave it to settle down for a few years. — 11 years ago

Dmitri

9.0

Smoky-gamey macerated wild strawberries with mint. On the palate, surprisingly light and fruity, riper berry concentration, medium acidity, and low tannins. DOC regulations require 85% Petit Rouge, the most widely planted grape in the region, but this is 100%. Medium licorice finish. Overall, this is a more rustic Gamay and quite pleasant.
— 12 years ago

Bradley Brown

Owner/Winemaker Big Basin Vineyards

9.4

Delicious, fresh, tons of tannin, sappy melange of wild berry fruit — 12 years ago

Reinholds Zviedris

9.1

Nice and sweet Lambrusco - rich wild berry aroma. — 13 years ago