David Newland

9.5

Beautiful dark purple color with long legs. Subtle nose of dark fruits and cherry. Medium bodied tannins and hint of SLV minerals on near perfectly balanced palate. Finish is wonderful. Great bottle of wine. Cab and Petit Verdot blend. Not sure why Delectable is calling it Merlot. — 8 years ago

Martha Richards

9.0

Light, red berry; surprisingly lovely the second day considering the lack of added preservatives. — 9 years ago

Charles Hudson

9.2

First glass out of the new Coravin. — 9 years ago

Cory Fierro

9.0

Highly acidic white that tastes of green apples and lemon Greek yogurt. This is a splendid food wine, especially if your food is oysters. — 9 years ago

James Zimmer

9.1

Super tannic at first with a lot of fruit. Over an hour it mellowed a bit and some acidity started to come out and balance things out. If you like fruity Napa cab with lots of tannin this is for you. — 9 years ago

Willie Carter

9.0

Did someone say cheap Nebbiolo? I'm game. Hailing from Northern Lombardy, it's called #Chiavennasca here. Slightly different, but just as good. While Piedmont tends more to power and fruitiness, the wines from Valtellina are a bit more earthy, yet graceful. This one has aromas of strawberries and flowers. The palate is soft and tart. It's also got that funk. As crazy as it sounds, this bottle reminds of a really pretty farm. That's a good thing.
— 10 years ago

Eva Wu

9.5

I remember 1st time reading the wine note , I 'm confused by all these words such as linden flower ,gooseberry,genet,locust.... Growing up in Asia,I am not familiar with so many fruits or woods I 've never seen in supermarket, I thought a wine note should be able to reduce the complexity of the tasting of wine , not the other way around. I could not find a way to resolve this till I meet this wine. When I taste cask23 , after a sip of of FAY, another sip of S.L.V and sips of some white, I felt like finally I meet the goddess. If FAY is a fair lady, SLV is a leaping stag or elf, Cask 23 is the godness. I could not find a other word to describe this wine characteristics overall , not by naming it after fruits, the complexity, elegancy, as well as amazing glimpse, everything makes her a prefect lady. A real goddess beats Old world wine in 1976 XD💪💃💃🎈👍😄 — 10 years ago

Hun Kim

10

Big red fruit flavor. Some light notes of sour cherries, black raspberry tea leaves. Notes of sage on the palate. 100% cabernet. Named after the owner of the land in Napa Valley. Fifty represents the 50th anniversary of the vineyard. Good luck finding it. It maybe allocated. — 11 years ago

Courtney Vassalo

9.7

Relaxing with my husband and little buddy after a day at Muir Beach with Eddie, Chase, Kaylee and Nathan. Gotta love the perks of my mom's job! — 11 years ago

Evan Frazier

Owner/Winemaker Ferdinand Wines

9.7

This is in the American history museum btw. Right next to Julia child's kitchen... — 13 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

While history of Failla (pron: FAY-la) is short it is not without its complexities. Founded as Failla Jordan in 1998, it took its name from the husband-and-wife team of winemaker Ehren Jordan and fellow debtor Anne-Marie Failla. That year they planted vines but began buying fruit to make wine. Fresh fruit aromas with citrus and honey scents. On the palate melon, pineapple and lemon zest flavors with light toasty notes. Savory, well balanced on lingering finish, great mouthfeel ending with mineral tones — 8 years ago

Michael Meyer

8.9

An amazing look into Napa's yesteryear. Thanks Robin! Completely tertiary in nature, redolent of Xmas spices, and a perfect wind-down from the powerful wines of the evening, — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

Core is blackberries followed by dark cherries, dark raspberries and a faint back palate of strawberries. Fruit are ripe. Dark chocolate, spicebox, cedar, powdery dark minerals, crushed dry rock and dry red roses. Good length balance and acidity. Finishes ripe fruit to medium dry tannins. NV wine. Likely it's mostly from the 12 vintage. — 9 years ago

David Newland

9.9

Ok....loss for words. Wow doesn't do it justice. 2012 vintage that just keeps getting better as it opens up. Beautiful deep purple color. Berries, dark cherries, something with a slight sweet hint I can't place and of course the minerals I love from SLWC on the nose. Nearly perfect balance on the palate with smooth finish. Only downside is I only have one bottle of this great wine. — 9 years ago

Omar 'Nacho' Campos

8.9

Aromas of green bell pepper, tomato stalk, raspberries, jalapeño and cooking spices; round and big palate, balanced acidity with firm tannins; flavours of raspberries, red cherries, peppery, vegetal notes and a bit jammy on the finish — 9 years ago

lon nuttelman

9.6

Nathan Christmas gift 2015.
Drake 1-15_16 Friday night after nathan request to start the contract to sell BECC
Very good, touch of mineral, b very full last forever,
Sad it was gone. — 10 years ago

Deborah Parker Wong

10

A region - Valtellina- and breed of Nebbiolo I've just discoved. Paired with a Persian summer dish of tart cherry rice and birds head kabob. — 10 years ago

Zachary Leinberger

9.1

Lovely structure, lots of acidity veining through layers of cherry and earth and a certain herbaceousness that I can't put my finger on. As per usual, Nathan and Duncan crush it. — 10 years ago

Russelton Handleberry

9.1

Waves of classic FAY aroma : cocoa, baking spices, and chocolate. Undertones of graphite & leather. Taste is rich with blueberry, cassis, underripe blackberry, and leather. Integrated, spicy oak and mineral characteristics distinguish the hillside from the more alluvial FAY. Good juice! — 11 years ago

Tommy Fogarty

Owner Thomas Fogarty Winery

9.4

Nathan Emilio gave me a bottle of this to bring back to the winery. Good stuff. — 12 years ago

Randy Tam

9.4

This is one of my favorite Stag's Leap Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. It's better than the Artemis and slightly less full-bodied than the Cask 23. It's medium to full bodied, with a complex bouquet of blueberries, currant, cedar wood, and a sense of expansive after-taste. It's balanced and well positioned, totally harmony. I love it. I hope you can still find this vintage in the market. — 8 years ago

Bill Bishop

9.3

We drank the 1980 Chateau Montalena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon with the 1980 Carneros Creek Turnbull/Fay Cab & Truchard Cabs. All three showing very well. All three acquired at release. The Montalena is very nice. It needed 15-20+ minutes to show its best. Great cherry, raspberry fruit. Perfectly mature now. Will hold for a couple years but peaking now. Enjoy if you have any of the wine. — 9 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.3

From a supposed "off vintage" Paul and his team nail it as this wine delivers in all aspects: color, nose, flavor, texture and finish. Personally I love Paul's wines and cut my teeth on his wines. Even if you dismiss all new world wine you can't ignore the perfect balance and concentration that Paul achieves. Truly unique wines that many try to be like in Napa but fail to achieve this kind of heady balance. It is indeed a style and is well done but not well copied, as much as many may try.
95% CS, 3% PV, 1% each CF/Merlot
Only 65% new oak for 20 months
Single vineyard sources: Properties: Nathan Coombs Estate, State Lane, Beckstoffer Dr. Crane, Beckstoffer Las Piedras, Stagecoach — 9 years ago

Kris Hysler

9.4

Staff tasted this at Market Table NYC. This wine is beautiful. The best of Beaujolais style and California in perfect harmony. Very fresh, bright and elegant gamay. Thank you Raj Parr, Duncan Arnot, and Nathan Roberts! — 9 years ago

Lulu McAllister

9.5

If this doesn't invoke a spring day, I don't know what does. You get the full length of the peach: the flower, the flesh, the seed, the leaf... The sunshine. — 10 years ago

with Nick, Angela and 3 others

Filip Slesarov

9.1

Actually tasting of FAY and SLV..
Which i like fay better..but both great wines.. — 10 years ago

Morgan Twain-Peterson

Winemaker Bedrock Wine Co., Partner Under the Wire

9.8

Delicious. Bright Zin fruit, lots of musky wild raspberry and orange blossom. Aromatically incredibly pure. One of the best coco zins I've had. Bravo Nathan! — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.8

Could not stop myself from returning again and again to this stunning beauty! Gorgeous sour stout with dry and underripe apricot, bakers chocolate, minerals all day and into the night!! Really a happy Halloween with this to start the night! Thanks Nathan! — 11 years ago

with Courtney

Fernando Motta

9.7

Wine of the Month! Perfect stake house wine. Deep Bold Cab with pepper notes and layered complexity. — 12 years ago

Tricia Bump Davis

9.5

Nathan Carlson winemaker. Dinner at Fish House in Del Mar after family winemakers. — 13 years ago