Opaque brick color maybe like rusty rose. Big dark fruit and a little leathery on the nose. Also a savory component mixed with dried fruit. First taste is bright acidity followed up with a rich mouth feel. Lasting finish. It is a little hot but loves food. The more I drank it the more dried cherry came through. — 11 years ago
This is another delayed review of a 2012 Double Eagle Red Blend. The '12 blend is 44% merlot, 36% cab and 20% cab franc. This was a big wine. It needed to be decanted for a bit but it is worth the wait. Upon first opening there was strong cedar, cherry and earth aromas. These gave way after a while to plum, berries and light cedar aromas. There are plenty of tannins for this one to last a while I feel. With that said it has a nice long finish with nice ripe red fruit, a little oak and earthy tones lingering in your mouth. This was very enjoyable. #napavalley #doubleeagle — 11 years ago
95% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Petit Verdot. Gorgeous nose of black currant, liquorice, and asphalt. Big and bold in the mouth, but not overripe, with integrated tannins, nice acidity, and a lingering finish of dark fruit and spice. Good now through 2025. — 11 years ago
Though it's called Petite Petit, there's nothing little about this wine. It's big, it's bold, and it's bursting out of the bottle. Both the nose and the mouth are dense with dark berries and vanilla with just the faintest hint of graphite. Very good, but not for the timid. — 11 years ago
Full flamboyant big wine. Luscious mouth feel yet with acid and tight mineral finish. Just a showy mineral driven wine. Not a hint of heavy fruit. — 12 years ago
Medium plus intensity in the color. Very elegant! Great acid, fruit balance. Red currant, blueberry, dried strawberry, anise, violet, sandal shop, gripping mouth and big — 13 years ago
Really tasty Zinfandel. Pretty big in the mouth, not too tannic, some smoky tastes as well as grilled stone fruit or stewed cherries and a little oakiness. Overall really well balanced. — 10 years ago
Got a tremendous deal on this one. Nice expression of a CA Zin, look elsewhere for subtlety. Not the late harvest style, it's mostly dry despite its ripeness. 16.4% ABV allegedly, didn't taste as much heat though.
Winemaker's comment: Rich bouquet. Big, bright, ripe complex fruity flavors. Mouth filling. Balanced fruit and acid. — 11 years ago
2012 Buccella Merlot. Simply amazing. Big wine, fills the mouth with blackberry; mid palate has lots of slate. Tannins well balanced. A Merlot that drinks like a Cab Sauv. . — 11 years ago
Dark inky purple. Black currant, fresh earth, and baking spice on the nose. A rich & powerful style. Tannins are nice and integrated in the mouth, leading to a medium-long finish redolent of dark fruit and mocha. This seems big and overripe on the nose but could be mistaken for top-growth Pauillac in the mouth. Not my style yet I love this wine. Decanted. #Napa #Cabernet — 11 years ago
Love this wine! Great aromatic characteristics, big body, sweet tannins that coat your entire mouth on the finish! Giampaolo Tabarrini is an amazing winemaker. — 12 years ago
Big, bold, very spicy, a naughty party in your mouth — 12 years ago
Deep red color. Nice fingers. Big bold flavors. Smoky with a nice mouth feel and lingering finish. — 10 years ago
Big boy haut medoc. At the outset it's dark, inky, and has a ton of oaky tannin. Give it time though and she'll sing. Within a couple hours, violets and purple fruits hum from the glass, with sweet black cherry and a now-resolved tannin rounding out the mouth. Oak still present but just accenting the purple plummy fruits. This'll last for days. Well made. — 11 years ago
Always a favorite from Venge. Big round mouth feel. Soft edges. — 11 years ago
Big bacon nose with floral honey front mouth affect quickly going mineral for a clean but lingering finish of flowers & white grapes. Enjoying this fine yet affordable wine with manchego and niçoise-coquillo olives, at PromiseLand Market, in Morehead City, NC... — 12 years ago
$50 at Wine Room. Very smooth yet big mouth feel — 13 years ago
Mike Saviage

Dark ruby. A little cloudy, almost opaque. Briary red fruit, wood and dust. Big rich and round in the mouth. Long finish. Needs air to show its stuff. Very nice. — 10 years ago