Joseph LaPanna

9.5

Deep, dark, dense, inky purple with a core as dark as the devil's heart! Notes of blackberries, blueberries, bay Laurel and cinnamon on the nose. Expressive and powerful, deeply extracted ripe fruit, balanced acidity and a flinty, mineral laden finish with a touch of smoke. Spellbinding!!! — 8 years ago

Adam Hawkins

8.9

Nose: mountain Laurel, grape koolaid, good balance of acid/sweetness

Taste: smooth, thin, effervescent, rusty after taste, — 9 years ago

with April

Doug Burress

Sales K&L Wines

9.5

Santa Cruz mountain gin of balance and deliciousness. A list of organic herbs make this gin a top pick. Visit the distillery if you find yourself out West. — 10 years ago

Scott Conroy

9.3

Thanks to Southern Wine & Spirits for unloading all their good stuff at absurdly low prices. $30 for this - seriously!?!? Beautiful. Not all that different from the '07 Bancroft Cab from last weekend. You could have told me this was a cab and I wouldn't have questioned it. No decline here. Great fruit. Elegant, but not light. A little floral. Mellow tannins. Brighter than the cab. Wow. $30! That's silly. Bought 6, but should have stuffed the trunk with more. — 11 years ago

Ki Punwar

Owner, California Wine Republic

9.0

It's crazy old vine rose #laurelglen — 11 years ago

Linda Long

9.6

Wonderful! — 12 years ago

Amanda Thomas

9.6

One of my favorite spirits of all time. Extremely herbaceous with rosemary, other herbs, and (I swear) fresh mountain air — 8 years ago

with Tim

Katy Mary

9.0

Very good but definitely needs to be eaten with food, can have a cough syrup aftertaste. — 9 years ago

Chris leslie

9.5

Sweet nectar flavor. Completely different to anything I've had before. — 10 years ago

Jim Westby

9.0

1986 vintage. Distinctive cabernet flavor that reminded me of California mountain cabs from the '80s--Laurel Glen and Mayacamas. Nice, but not as good as previous bottles (and not as good as Laurel Glen and Mayacamas). — 10 years ago

Morgan Twain-Peterson

Winemaker Bedrock Wine Co., Partner Under the Wire

9.7

Perfect bottle in cork and fill. From laurel glen and Steiner vineyards on Sonoma mountain. Old school, room-filling perfume of iron, lifted red fruit, laurel bay, pink peppercorn and sweet pipe tobacco. A real beauty drinking at its peak. — 11 years ago

Rachel Macalisang

Lead Sommelier - The Bazaar by José Andrés

8.9

Wine for this morning's theory group. We were all in good spirits despite the earthquake that rocked the bay today. — 12 years ago

Greg Borden

Sommelier/Wine Director Mas Farmhouse & Mas Grillade

9.0

exotic. floral. plummy. Kind of reminds me of Blanche. — 14 years ago

Dick Amundson

9.3

Anniversary wine. Nice fruit and herbal notes. Amazing for a 26 year old cab! — 9 years ago

Xun Lou

8.9

Surprisingly smooth? — 9 years ago

with Lilian

Niki Privette

9.7

We buy a case of this every time we are in Yadkin Valley. Easy to drink. No sharp edges. Soft enough to drink alone, bold enough to pair with hearty dishes. — 10 years ago

Richard Lewis

9.4

Stewed red currant and black cherries, leather on the finish. Raspberries on the nose at the start. — 10 years ago

with Lynne

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.2

Auction lot! — 11 years ago

Josh Breinlinger

9.3

Very good. But pricey. — 11 years ago

Doug Burress

Sales K&L Wines

9.2

Local Massachusetts gin from our friends at downtown's Federal Wine and Spirits. — 13 years ago