Deep purple in color with a short purplish rim.
Beautiful nose with lots of chocolates and light earth notes.
Full-bodied and elegant with medium acidity.
Dry and very fruity on the palate with nice complexity.
Showing black currants, cooked plums, cedar, tobacco, vanilla, dried figs, raisins, licorice, light earth, peppercorn, cola, spices and dark chocolates.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and crushed peppercorn.
This is a gorgeous Cabernet Sauvignon based Bordeaux blend from Napa Valley. Big and bold. Spicy and tangy. Showing nice complexity at this point.
This 6 year old is drinking beautifully now. Rich yet elegant. Extracted and easy drinking. Well balanced and really delicious.
A beautiful surprise. I had the 2016 a few years ago, and this is drinking much better now. I did not expect it from the 2017 vintage.
Good right out of the bottle, and good by itself as a sipping wine. Robert Parker 93 points.
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot.
15.2% alcohol by volume.
94 points.
$110. — 4 months ago
Excellent cab, very dark notes and fruits. Smoothed out the longer it was opened so the smoke and charcoal dissipated. Bought at smyrna beverage warehouse for $99. — 5 months ago
Had at twelve thirty club in Nashville. Very good with Waygu Bolognese. — 7 months ago
Great wine. Celebrating the life of Matt. So good. — 9 years ago
2012 worth every penny — 2 months ago
1st wine of the new year and had to open something fun. Of course, enjoyed with its classic pairing of chicken wings 😉
1.5 hour decant(minimal fine/cloudy sediment). A stunning dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: brambly red berries, herbaceous, wet forest floor, graphite, floral. Taste: silky, soft, juicy, layered beautiful mouthfeel wine with red plum, dark chocolate, dried herbs, touch of spice and a cedar espresso captivating long finish. YUM! — 4 months ago
Harry Browne's Christmas Eve dinner — 5 months ago
13.8% ABV Raspberry, red fruit — 8 months ago
Turkey day wine — 10 years ago
Could go another 10yr easy. — 3 months ago
Best Pinot tonight — 4 months ago
Fantastic! — 4 months ago
Holding up nicely. Lost some fruitiness but otherwise quite good. — 5 months ago
Deep purple color and a very rich wine. Figs, blackberries, cassis, cherries, and a bit of chocolate. Slightly bitter aftertaste. — 5 months ago
An excellent Chardonnay. Rich, fruity and a touch of oaky flavor. — 6 months ago
Full bodied balanced, dark cherry, oak, Tabacco. — 8 months ago
Great find from the Napa trip this winter. Very nice midrange Cab. Thumbs up — 8 years ago
A bit oaky on day 1, better on day 2 and even better on day 3. — 9 years ago
David T
Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator
93 that leans into 94 and will see another point or two with 10 years in bottle.
Sofia and I used to go to their futures luncheon for many years. This vineyard consistently yields fruit that makes one of their best Cabernet’s.
It’s lush as it enters and falls onto dry, meaty tannins. Blackberries, creamy black raspberries, black plum with skin, dark cherries & purple fruits. Dry crushed rocks, dry top soil, limestone & volcanic minerals, moist clay, dry tobacco, new, raw leather, still very woody, mixed mid & dark berry cola, plenty of baking spices-clove, nutmeg, cinnamon & vanilla, dark spices with some heat, some dry herbs, dark melted, chocolate, cocoa powder, caramel notes, bright, fresh & candied florals that are dark, red, blue and framed in violets & lavender, ver nice round acidity with a highly structured, tensioned, well balanced and polished finish that lasts 90 seconds but still lands squarely on wood. — 2 months ago