Suneal Vishnupad

9.7

Extremely surprising. Really excellent. Lots of fruit and power, yet purity and slight minerality. Reminded me of scarecrow a bit # — 2 years ago

with Kayla

Kimberly Anderson

9.1

Scarecrow winemaker, Ceilia Welch. Black olive, black fruit aromas. Luscious black fruit and spice. Long, velvety finish — 4 years ago

with Chad

Joe Kaiser

9.3

The 2004 at 15-years of age is still youthful! Well balanced as always, just a wonderful blend, love the fruit with tea notes, oak is fully integrated in the wine pure silk! Held up well against Harlan, Scarecrow, Morlet, Hall, & Rudd Cabs. Just a. Lass act! — 5 years ago

with bill and Debbie

Ben Madonna

9.6

Omg. Long time since I’ve head a wine that out performed everything else that night. Including realm, hundred acre and scarecrow. Amazing smooth wine with great fruit at 9 years old. — 5 years ago

Howard Greenfield

9.4

Bard is always good- tough act behind 08 Scarecrow but held its own — 6 years ago

Thomas Brenner

9.7

Despite being the kind of guy that watches NASCAR for the 🔥 auto crashes, this wine was worth it's praise. As you could tell by the label design, this Cab blend was made in concert with Mr. Harlan for people that have been rumored to pay $100,000 to get their name on this unique blend. A benevolent act of kindness to gift me a bottle of a wine that has been said to beat out Scarecrow in '06. It really really was a great wine — 6 years ago

Paul T HB

9.7

Forgot about these,
Been sitting here for at least 3 weeks! Probably on the down side by now so figured I better try one,
I can see where its going, but not there yet. Hold em if you got em.
Do not open @Martin G Rivard reminds of the 2012 Scarecrow, tight now but in 5-10 years it will be great — 6 years ago

Andres Olave

9.2

Straw, peach — 2 years ago

Laith A

9.5

Wow!!! This is a great wine!! Dense and well structured, soft - medium tannins, tons of black and blue fruits with a hint of vanilla and savory herbs! Made by Celia Welch from Scarecrow — 3 years ago

Josh Weinstein

9.6

Not Araujo, but an in between and Scarecrow would be great to sample next to. — 4 years ago

with John

Bill Bender

9.6

Even in the hedonistic Dionysian wine orgy that was @Eric LaMasters living room on a rainy Saturday in West Des Moines this T6 from @Shawn R shined bright and cut through the crowd. Very full bodied with velvety espresso covered purple fruit. Showing some tertiary flavors now—spice box, smoked meat with tasty herbs. Just so damn voluptuous. Drank side by side with Scarecrow at a quieter moment and it was a clear winner for me. TRB being TRB. — 5 years ago

Paul T HB

9.8

New Calixtro from tench Vineyard,
Parker 99,
Only 15.4 abv🤷🏼‍♂️.
This is right up there with any 100 point wines Bevan has made,
Gotta admit though the alcohol does become more evident on the nose after 30 min, reminds of the 2012 Scarecrow nose — 6 years ago

Joe Flo

10

One of the top 10 wines I’ve ever tasted. That includes some Cult wines Harlan, Araujo, Schrader, Scarecrow, Screaming Eagle, Maya, Shafer Hillside, Petrus, all 5 1st French Growths etc. Perfect name BLACK MAGIC. Last Dinner in the Big Island of Hawaii — 6 years ago

Paul T HB

9.8

Continuing my Mike Smith night, after I left @Rob Brobst III & Natalie's place, definitely worth the 💵.
Big & full bodied as most BTK are. Approachable now with decant or hold. I would have no problem opening another one next week. While Dunn Trailer or Scarecrow are bottles I wouldn't open again for 10 years.
Finished off the rest of the bottle today with a 1 hour decant, even better the 2nd day! — 7 years ago

Shay A

9.4

On my first trip out to Napa (2015), Jarvis was one of the favorites, and so we went back in 2016 and again in 2018. We go to Napa every year, and it’s one of the only wineries we have visited multiple times.

This was part of a retrospective on 2012 Napa cabs, alongside Shafer HSS, Scarecrow, Morlet CdV, Bryant DB4, Dominus, Pulido Walker Melanson, Kapscandy, Buccella Cuvee Katrina Eileen and others. Definitely the most restrained.

For some reason, I always get a streak of green peppercorn on all of the reds from Jarvis. It’s not off putting, just a signature of the winemaking. I’ve never found these wines to be overblown/high alcohol. They aren’t quite Bordeaux like, but they are clearly in between current Napa style and a restrained bridge to Bordeaux. This 2012 was true to the above. Aromatics here has green peppercorn, tar, underripe black fruits and a very fragrant potpourri note. Even after being open a few hours this was strong with zippy acidity surrounded by pepper crusted blackberries, mocha, black cherries and even some leather (not Brett driven, though). Blind, maybe someone takes this to left bank Bordeaux in a ripe vintage…but the kiss of sweetness is hard to take away from Napa. Wonderfully delicious and complex Cabernet starting to enter a great drinking window.

— 2 years ago

Joe Kaiser

9.3

Always represents its self well against the Cali Cult Cabs!!!’ Had the Cœur De Vallée Cab, cause I broke the Passionnent in the decanter 10-minutes before kick off, a sad a moment! It stood up to Harlan’s Promontory, Scarecrow, Rudd, & and 04 Insignia. Again a true expression@of Oakville terroir to bad we couldn’t compare a Screaming Eagle. — 5 years ago

with Debbie and bill

Garrett

9.2

Extraordinary. I had the pleasured of touring Inglenook, and they didn’t disappoint. Their flagship Rubicon was amazing. Medium + Body with firm tannins and nice extracted fruit. And winery itself is somewhat legendary. And they are neighbors to this other winery called Scarecrow... No big deal. — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.6

Solid wine, and opened in the presence of a 14 Tusk, an 05 Scarecrow, 09 Oakville Winegrowers Cuvee, 88 Dunn, 07 Colgin IX, a 93 Harlan, and an 08 Pritchard Hill Chappellet. I'd say it was probably my 3rd favorite out of those (the 88 Dunn and 09 Oakville Winegrowers being the two Napa Cabs IMO that bested this one). You know you're doing right when a 12 Kapcsandy State Lane is third! This wine has it all going on. Smooth, still slightly youthful fruit sweetness present here. Luscious black fruit on the front and middle with a peppery finish. This wine seemed to be a very approachable drinker even for only six years old. I'd put it at 96 easily but would be interested to see how it would taste if corked and enjoyed tomorrow (service announcement: .it was gone rather fast!). Toasted tannin still present. Wine has incredible structure and depth. — 6 years ago

with Keith

Lenard Henson

9.7

Lenard had this 7 years ago

with Robert