J Choi

9.5

Great find! Wine from cult. Shopping by label. — 4 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.7

CULT USA Night — 5 years ago

Anna Vocaturo

9.5

Made by a cult, dried fruit, leather, tart, beeswax, tobacco — 6 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.7

Another drool worthy Napa cult. Beaming, pillared and utterly sumptuous - am explosion of black fruited goodness, without feeling out of the reigns. Young, but a pleasure to drink. — 7 years ago

Sommelara

9.2

Cult wine! — 8 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.6

Firstly we wanted to thank @Martin G Rivard for sharing this bottle with us. Stunning wine and such a treat. Really enjoyed these two beauties from Mollydooker Wines!


Tasted blind, theme was either Napa Cult Wines or High End Australian, not told directly to keep us on our toes.

Darkest of the lot so far, with a deep purplish red. Rich nose of caramel, black fruits, sweet spices and a touch of heat too. Heavy tannins (7.5/10) and full bodied. Rich, extracted and powerful on the palate. Layers of perfumed purple flowers, a bit creamy, tons of sweet spices, and dark fruits. Well balanced acidity. Insanely long finish. Drink till 2033.

The third wine, and without a doubt an insanely young Australian Shiraz. Needed the extra day for the heat to dissipate. This was decanted for three hours on day one, could have used more time. — 8 years ago

with Sean and India

Peter van den Besselaar

9.3

Vintage 2012 - violets, rich smell, widely fanning, menthol, velvety taste. I do understand why this wine has cult status, it's very complete and yet surprisingly elegant — 9 years ago

Brian

9.1

Cherry with a hint of spice. Thick aromas (smokey?) With just a hint of floral? Dry and well balanced. — 4 years ago

Matt

9.6

Everything a cult Cabernet should be. Very high quality yet integrated new oak, ultra-ripe and silky tannin, mouth-coating and voluptuous fruit, layered, and very lengthy. Seamless from attack to finish. The richness evident on front, mid, and back palate. showing some muscles under its fine velvet profile, very gorgeous. Aromatically not the most compelling with its high alcohol and elevated VA, all palate here though. However beneath the noise is some beautiful oak, exotic spices, and floral notes, still very complex just lacking a touch of detail. ‘Murica — 6 years ago

Bruce Evans

9.8

Oh my! Love this wine. Super ripe style that is so hedonistic in its Nose, color, sweet dark cherry fruit. Never thought a Sangiovese could be a clone for a Napa cult but here we are/were with the 2001! New world vs Old world going on with this one and New world wins big time with this one! — 7 years ago

David Shaw

9.0

Brilliant purple red in color. Red raspberry gummies, floral and mango notes in nose. Gamay like flavors - tutti frutti, cherry and butter - but actually a blend of Syrah, Grenache and Petit Sirah. Light, fruit forward. According to AZ Central, a collaboration between Brent Karlicek of Upward Projects and Eric Glomski of Page Springs Cellars and Arizona Stronghold, Exclusively available at Il Postino wine cafe — 7 years ago

Andrew G

9.1

Banti has a cult following for a reason; this wine is great (and under $20). Sangiovese/merlot blend. 91-92 — 8 years ago

John David

9.0

This is good. — 9 years ago

with Stefanie

Paul T HB

9.1

Good for $50.00, but come on@Eric Shanks
Re taste those beau vigne wines blind next time or while sober,🚼 definitely would buy again, just doesn't have that smooth, thick & viscousness of the Cult or Guest cottage,
Glad@Eric Shanks mentioned them though — 9 years ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

This wine was our unanimous winner in our cult Cali blind tasting held back in 2012 against some big hitters, Dominus, Shrader, Shafer Hillside etc. Med bodied in an opulent style with good balance & length showing notes of blackberry, creme de cassis, forest floor, graphite, licorice & violet. — 5 years ago

Pooneet K

9.2

We found this bottle in my father in laws cellar and frankly didn’t know what it was at first. Apparently this was one of the original Cali cult wines...which had me pretty skeptical, though at “only” 13.5% alcohol I was left with some hope that it would not be an overripe jam bomb disaster. My ending verdict is that it’s actually quite nice, especially with some air. Lots of berry fruit, in a way that is certainly a bit over extracted. But this has mouth watering acidity - even after nearly 30 years - that really keeps this together, along with some nice lifting menthol at the end. Nice. — 6 years ago

Pierre Costa

9.3

What to expect from a cult wine?big and bold — 7 years ago

Bryce Wiatrak

9.6

My very “first flight” with the ultimate Napa cult. Not what I expected - leaner and more crystalline in its purity and allure. Pepper, violet pastille, rosemary. So polished and impeccably crafted. — 7 years ago

Ned Gray Creed

9.6

We had side by side 2011 Saumur staring at us for three hours. There was a Cab Franc virgin at the table, his first ever bottle of the variety. We have a convert folks. If Cab Franc was a cult, we'd have a new member. — 8 years ago

with Brad

Ryan Mayes

9.4

Absolutely lovely second wine from 4G of South Africa. The fact that this is a second wine is a bit of a joke given just how good this is. Reminds me of a wine from a great Napa cult producer. Great freshness, tannic / acidic structure, purity of fruit without the teeming depth of its bigger, bolder brother. — 8 years ago