Neil Valenzuela

9.7

Deep purple color. Beautiful aromas of red and purple fruits, leather, dried herbs and spice. Layered with complexity, pencil lead and cigar box finish. Insanely good, glad I got to partake.

🏅 100 Points - Vinous
🏅 98 Points - Jeb Galloni — 2 months ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Bruce Phillips and his wife were pouring their 2021. Talked w/ him at length. Very nice couple.

The 2021 showed well young with room for improving with 10-25 years in bottle and beyond. It showed some evolution, wasn’t all primary. Elegant, very well balanced with excellent structure and finish. Drink 2033-45 properly stored.

The general Napa consensus on 2022 vintage will be a story of did you pick before or after the 6 days of extreme heat during the harvest window. One producer told me his would add 5% of 2023 to some of his 2022’s, which is allowed. He mentioned that he was going to add 15%. But, I think he just misspoke? Get ready for an amazing 2023 vintage from Napa. It was a cooler, not hot-hot, which was a near perfect growing season for long slow even ripening. Some say a vintage of a lifetime and others would only say exceptional.

The Saturday-Sunday Pavilion tasting at Pebble Beach Food & Wine is an excellent four hours to taste a lot wine, taste curated dishes from chefs from all over the country and meet the people behind the bottle. These short ribs were one of the top two or three things I tasted at the Pavilion Saturday. — 2 months ago

John Jaye

9.0

A fine drink — 2 months ago

Nathan Renfro

9.3

Same notes as before — 3 months ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

Could go another 10yr easy. — 4 months ago

Paul T HB

9.6

Decant 2-3 hours,
Can hold another 10-15 years — 4 months ago

Cameron Parry

9.4

Still holding up well. Many years left. Beautiful acid, balanced tannin. — a month ago

Kyle Fortman

9.0

Very good napa cab. Dark fruits and chocolate, but smooth with good structure, not overpowering but a good tannin finish. Bought at total wine for $55 — 2 months ago

Frank Artale

9.3

Worth the wait for the 2009. Dried fig, black cherry, anise,tobacco, violets, dust.. Tannins softened and just a little acid to keep things fresh. — 2 months ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

The Tench slightly better than the Sugarloaf. But, did show some light alcohol burn. — 2 months ago

Paul J

9.3

Short decant and definitely drinking young. Needs age as it was up to par with other bottles/vintages. Tannins definitely present and fruit was restrained. Still great though! — 3 months ago

with Brooke

Jason Smith

9.9

2012 worth every penny — 3 months ago

Jake Hajer

9.3

Balanced and aging well. — 4 months ago

Kevin Dale

9.4

McWilliams Oakville Vineyard, Oakville — 2 months ago

Billy L.

9.5

PNP, Oakville Ranch Vineyard, 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, integrated tannins, deeply concentrated dark fruit profile, ready for enjoyment now. Cheers 🍇🍷👍🏻 — 2 months ago

leon egozi

9.4

305 group annual 10 yr Napa cab retrospective — 3 months ago

Nathan Renfro

9.5

Ripe black fruit. Expected more oak, tobacco, leather but it’s really a juicy fruited lovely fruit forward wine drinking very well right now. Soft silky mouthfeel. Tannins softened very nicely. Backbone still there, would guess has 3-5 yeqrs left. Nice long finish. Holding up very well and a joy to drink now. — 2 months ago

Jane Bassett-Powell

9.3

Really yummy with shrimp salad and crusty croissants! — 3 months ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

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. — 3 months ago

Mark

9.3

At Feast in Tucson. Great wine list. Drinking very well now. — 4 months ago