Matt Hanley

9.0

Juicy, balanced cherry and raisin—almost like a port, but still elegant and balanced. Nice, easy to drink. Complex. A little hazy. — 6 years ago

Jay Kline

8.9

Ripe dark cherry, spiced meat and violets. Very easy drinking. A remarkable value at $40/Magnum and perfect for parties. — 7 years ago

Ryan Guy

9.7

Barnyard funk, dark cherry, pepper, manure, tar, smoke, lifted violet, and leather. Makes you slow down to take it all in. Palate is in balance, with persisting acidity for the age. Red fruit - cranberry and strawberry - and forest floor. Finish persists carried by acidity more than tannin, dryness is there too. Finish is long and smokey, sexy. Pop and pour and ready to go, but this has many more years in it. Excellent. — 8 years ago

Anthony Taormina

8.9

Dryer than usual cabs. Alcohol note early and through the sip but still ok. Little cherry, little vanilla, medium bodied. Enjoyable to drink but wouldn't be my first choice. Vintage 2013. — 9 years ago

Justin Gilman CSW, CSS

8.9

Great #Rhone #wine. Love this producer, and this was the first taste of the #Lirac. Smooth deep cherry, but not stewed. Balance. I like how the palate finishes light and lifting with brighter red fruits. Plenty of character for the price! — 9 years ago

Matt Bouret

9.0

Medium:acidity smells: cherry, vanilla — 10 years ago

Olivia Mason

9.1

Black raspberry, black cherry, and black currants are ripe/dried with some definite spice. This cab has a nice mineral quality that was unexpected...something like dusty rocks. Velvety tannins and a long finish. — 10 years ago

Corey Zamora, CSW

9.1

Some sweet and sour sauce action going on here. Nice tannin and acid level, cherry and strawberry flavors. — 10 years ago

Penny Nichols

9.0

Nice big fat red wants to walk out of the glass into your mouth. Sweet cherry with palate cleansing spice final notes. — 11 years ago

Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe

9.4

Red licorice, black cherry, savory herbs, damp earth. Lots of power and depth. Was hand carried back by a friend from Jadot last month. — 11 years ago

Canon Thomas

9.9

Cranberry, cherry, red currant with some darker fruit. Cassis, pungent spices, dry earth/forest floor, hint of tobacco and leather. Birthday wine. — 6 years ago

Gil Krakowsky

9.7

Deep, heady, dizzying nose of strawberry compote, cherry liquer, sandalwood, maybe some eucalyptus, and other exotic woods.
palate also brings damp earth, light rose , and a slight sanguine note. More muscular Than I would have expected out of a volnay. But at the same time precise and fresh with energizing acidity creating a nervy tension. Sensational

I should mention that it needed considerable time. Started off very floral and strawberry but somewhat one dimensional. Several hours later was a different wine
— 7 years ago

Murat Rakhimzhan

9.2

Beautiful wine with light ruby color, and rich aromas of raspberries, cherries, leafs of tomatoes, cheeses, meat, soil, leather and spices.
Soft tannins, good acidity.
Good balanced wine, I in taste - cherry juice, dried red berries, black pepper, leather and mashrooms, long finish.
Drink now or keep holding. — 8 years ago

Daniel M

9.1

This beaujo tastes a bit like a Côtes du Rhone. The nose is syrahesque with some pepper, cherry, cherry jam. I would have put the palate in saint joseph or crozes, perhaps more on the acid side. Cherry, a bit rough tannins, moderately long finish. Cool, surprising wine — 9 years ago

Adam Knoerzer

9.0

Dark raspberry and cherry, some mushroom and funkiness, decent tannins. Enjoyable wine. — 9 years ago

Rebecca Fletcher

9.8

Black cherry, plum, cassis, nutmeg, vanilla and cocoa. M- acid, body and round tannin. Everything well integrated. Balanced. Elegant and powerful. — 10 years ago

Alder Yarrow

Wine Blogger Vinography

9.2

Tangy sour cherry and cranberry with just the right amount of funk. A gaminess that mixes well with crushed green herbs. Nice juniper note in the finish. — 10 years ago

Gladys Xiques

9.0

High acidity with cherry notes. Age is something you notice over the layers as the wine evolves on your palette. — 11 years ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.2

Simple and nice. Dark cherry and mocha. But chalky on the finish. — 11 years ago

Steve Hupfer

10

The Louis M. Martini Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon exhibits a deep burgundy color with aromas of dark fruits, smoky cedar and dried herbs. Concentrated flavors of black cherry and blackberry are framed nicely by cedar and toast notes on the finish. Rich and broad in the mouth, this wine has a long finish with an expansive palate. This is a well structured and balanced wine that is medium-to-full-bodied and is ready to enjoy now or can be aged up to 5 years. — 12 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Nice drinking Cote Rotie with notes of dark cherry, kirsch, iron, blood, olive, pepper & licorice spice. — 6 years ago

Jeremy Noye

CEO Morrell & Company

9.0

Delicious. Soften nicely. Bacon. Smoke. Tar. Dark cherry fruit. Hints spice. Medium body. — 6 years ago

Kevin Cahoon

9.4

This is just lovely with hints of black cherry and plum with creosote, black pepper and soy accents. Palate is full of spicy Syrah flavors with lots of white pepper, plum and black raspberry. Tannins are present but sauve with lifting acidity. Just a great level of balance on the earth driven finish. — 7 years ago

Scott Petrus

8.9

Light, fresh, with high acidity, and bright cherry flavor. Soft tannins. High qpr — 9 years ago

Craig Williams

9.3

Wild strawberry, red cherry scents float off the brilliant red surface of this wine. Similar favors combined with a touch of anise are framed by salivating acidity and contrasting, modest tannins. This is quite good and while opened too early, a wine that will surely deliver loads of berry fruit years to come. — 9 years ago

with Gavin

Kapyrick Wine

9.2

V12. So simple, but so good. Mocha and smoke bouquet. Clean, tart, bright cherry fruit. Earthy finish. Well done. — 9 years ago

Knightsbridge Wine Shoppe

9.6

Dense and chewy. Lots of dark red cherry, meaty, nice earth component. — 10 years ago

LM Segal

9.3

Light berry and woody nose, beautiful. Dark core of sweet cherry with an acidity that suggests this has a very long way to go. Would have guessed an '05. Big and round, purity of fruit resonates on long finish. — 10 years ago

Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.2

Brett. a bit pushy but with time in the glass the earth was buoyed by a luscious cherry fruit. — 11 years ago

Meg Tipton

9.5

Smells like still rosé but light on its feet. Cherry, stawberry, cream, yeast. Fantastic. — 11 years ago

with August, Ian and 2 others