Mike R

9.5

Wine Nerd herd virtual tasting of various vintages from 90s, 00s and 10s - mine was the 2013 - 88% CS, 8% PV, 3% merlot and 1% CF from various vineyards in the valley floor region - four hour decant - this is less fruit than you would expect but certainly an amazing wine - Napa finest at a modernist style Bordeaux blend - nose was rich with tobacco leather cocoa and forest floor - heavy to medium body yet the wine was soft because the fruit was muffled - mid palette with black blue and red fruits - orange peel cinnamon and sweet silky tannins integrated nicely - this could easily go 30 more years but not sure it will get better so if willing to decant and maybe even double decant for an afternoon this wine is ready for being paired with a cowboy bone in rib eye steak and will not let you down - truly an enjoyable experience as was all vintages tasted last night - HUGE SMILES — 3 years ago

Jack Petras

9.1

1995 vintage. Still deep purple red, subtle earthy leather aromas with a burst of fresh red raspberries mid palate. Lots of herbal hints like anise and tarragon. Finished with graphite and iron. Changed with each sip. Very nice mature and fully approachable left bank beauty. — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Dark purple plum skin color from center to the rim’s edge where some scarlet also appears. Opaque. Great fruit forward nose that grabs your attention. Notes of blackberries, ripe plums, violets, tobacco, forest floor and some crushed walnuts. Rich and silky in the mouth. Great balance and texture. Tannins perfectly integrated. Long finish. If a Cal Cab can be seductive, this is it. Still youthful but in a great zone tonight. — 6 years ago

Mark Farrell

8.9

Medium to dark purple color with a nose of blackberry jam and vanilla. Nice, full mouthfeel with good fruit, tannin, and acidity in balance. Somewhat one dimensional, but it plays that dimension well. Standby staple value buy. — 6 years ago

Stacey Land

9.7

baby scarecrow is big, rich, delicious and deep purple, like a velvet glove on your tongue. — 7 years ago

Heather Jobin

9.0

From Epcot's food & wine fair. I would ❤️ to have more — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.0

Intense purple iodine and cherry/ dark fruit. Some lovely balanced iron. A bit thick. Soupy-ish. — 7 years ago

with Tony and Matt

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.4

Beguiling purity of black and purple fruit and sweet spice on the nose, freshly baked cherry pie, beaut! In the mouth this is rich without cloying and has wonderful ripe red fruited acidity, slick eminently drinkable, subtle beauty — 8 years ago

Hylton Heeld

9.2

Purple colour, plummy jammy chocolate nose and palate. Slightly bitter, classic warm climate shiraz. Tasted with 2009 Grange and almost as enjoyable. Preferred it to the Bin 128 and the 389. Bargain. — 10 years ago

Bruce Leboff

9.3

Purple inky colour, chocolate and a hint of fine leather on the nose. Silky smooth, with elegant tannins and structure Smooth and long finish. #beringer — 4 years ago

with Allan and David

Hailey Bouchard

9.3

Beautiful purple color — 5 years ago

Devin Bostick

9.4

Cranberry leather smell, residual sugars (and brown sugar) alcohol hibiscus smell, rich bloody purple color, tastes like woody candied aged blackberries and the balance is tremendous, great alcohol bite that comibines with aged succulent fruits and a heated final jaminess that ease and tingles through the finish. — 5 years ago

Andrew Savaloja

9.0

I sure like this one. Dark purple, big jammy dark fruit, cocoa and coffee flavors. A real treat — 5 years ago

Ken Venezio

9.3

This one sat for another 7 months and totally blossomed from my Dec 2017 review. Loads of bright fruit and texture. Perfect balance of acidity, fruit, refined tannins and a uber long finish. Most enjoyable Pinot from Purple Hands. — 6 years ago

Patrick O'Hara

9.0

Cherry and spice — 6 years ago

Hugh O'Riordan

9.4

A dark spicy purple tooth Zin. Really good. Buy some — 7 years ago

Tony Capone

9.6

Deep purple color, so glad I waited to try this one, some blueberry, cassis, earth tones, spice, just a fantastic bottle of wine! — 7 years ago

Fernando Kfouri

9.0

Clear, deep ruby with purple hue. Clean nose, medium intensity, showing ripe black fruits, chocolate, english cake, liquorice, black pepper. Dry. Medium body, full tannins, medium acidity, flavours of ripe black fruits, chocolate, english cake, liquorice, black pepper. Medium finish. Excellent. — 8 years ago

Ben Peitzer

9.6

Berry!!! Soft fizzy, my favorite beer for people who don't drink beer. — 9 years ago

Lisa Zaleski

9.1

Really good for 3.99 at trader Joes. — 11 years ago

Paul J

9.4

1 hour plus decant. Dark purple color. Nose and wine were a mix of Bordeaux and Napa. Wine was fruit forward with dark cherry. Very young wine that coats your teeth. Little bit of a rough finish with some tartness and pepper. Probably needs 7+ yrs. — 4 years ago

with Brooke

Keith Lite

9.5

A big bold plumy purple bomb As dense and luscious as a wine can get in a glass. Decanted for 2 hrs and its still a baby with blackberry, dark chocolate licorice and pepper on the nose and on the palate. A long long finish and loads of tannins to sum it all up — 5 years ago

with Bruce

Lee Richey

9.3

2016 vintage, very reliable fun wine for the budget. Easy drinking yet flavorful. — 5 years ago

Bret Barker

9.7

It’s just so good when it touches your lips. Still deep purple in color with mocha, currant, cherry , licorice touch of mineral and tobacco. Very Bordeaux like and very awesome — 6 years ago

with Adam

Joseph LaPanna

9.2

Inky purple with a garnet rim. Expressive aromas of stewed plum, cassis and blackberries with chocolate and coffee undertones. Full throttle with black current, blackberry and blueberries mixed with intense middle eastern spices. The finish is long and meaty with a hint of smoke. — 6 years ago

Keith Whitener WSET Diploma, CSW

9.4

Rich Napa style. 2013 vintage. Opaque purple. Ripe blackberries. Smooth tannins lively acidity. — 7 years ago

Louie Christensen

9.4

Everything you'd expect and more. All the rich dark fruit, chocolate and lush purple flowers, but none of the sticky over-ripe flavors. So balanced. — 7 years ago

Mike Hathaway

9.2

Less overt raspberry / cranberry. More on the savory side. Little low in acid but still gorgeous. At Novel in KC. — 8 years ago

Nagib Nasr

8.9

Beautiful color and aroma. Little bottle shock 2014. Love it. — 9 years ago

Marika Bala

9.9

Very good, turns teeth and tongue very purple — 10 years ago