Ryan Guy

9.3

Short decant...Deep plum, forest floor, black berry, cedar bark, a hint of peppercorn. Green bell pepper and eucalyptus are highlighted to. Plush on the palate with generous berry fruit, well balanced, stands up well with ribeye steak. Moderate finish. High quality fruit but a touch thin and shorter than desired.
— 5 years ago

Nate Warner

10

This is a very balanced full body wine, nose has light black licerace with black current. Taste has medium tannins with short tail. Very smooth taste of berry. — 6 years ago

with Cody

David Walser

9.3

It’s Phelps Preferred Club weekend so to honor the occasion I brought a slightly aged wine to get us in the mood. Enjoyed with the short rib risotto dish and really enjoyed both the dish and wine. — 7 years ago

Federico Gabriel

9.0

nice short finish not to tannic overall good buy — 7 years ago

Alex White

9.4

Beautiful structure! cola & tobacco. Tannins mellowed after a short decant. I could drink this every day. — 8 years ago

Kenji Cal

9.2

Might have been too young to drink. No decanter. Just opened the bottle for 30 min. Took a little bit of time in glass to finish it's bloom. Great taste but short of my expectations for a grand cru — 8 years ago

Yuki Watanabe

9.5

Fruity, full body, live it — 9 years ago

Alex Lallos

Owner No Limit Fine Wines, Private Wine Consultant

9.2

Drinking phenomenally well. Hoisin sauce, asian plum, cassis, espresso, and cherry. Gamey and meaty as well. Beautiful stuff. Great with braised short ribs — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

Black plum, plums, black licorice, raspberries ,cooked strawberries, light spices, a touch of light tar, silky dusty tannins, good acidity and finish. Also, went well with the braised short ribs. — 10 years ago

Randy Guttman

10

What a smooth vino. Paired very well with a wide range of Italian food (crostini, kale salad, pasta, braised short ribs) My only regret is that we only had one bottle. Great for celebrations. One of the smoothest wines I've ever tasted. — 11 years ago

Mike S

9.4

A full bodied wine with a rich taste and fragrant aroma. — 11 years ago

Frank Heinz

9.4

Linda Rudolph brought this to us from South Africa — 5 years ago

"Odedi"

9.5

To celebrate 15,000 followers on Instagram, here's a beautiful Cabernet Sauvignon.

Dark ruby in color with a short purple rim.

Extremely fruity on the nose with blackberries, blueberries, raisins, figs, vanilla, cedar, toast, graphites, earth, spices, peppercorn, leather, smoke, chocolates, mocha, coke and coffee.

Full bodied, smooth and bold, with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry and extremely fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, cherry pie, raisins, vanilla, cedar, leather, chocolates, tobacco, licorice, peppercorn, spices, earth, mocha and dark roast coffee.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a wonderful Napa Cabernet. Still young, but drinking very nicely now, with lots of fruits and nice complexity.

Good right out of the bottle and better as it opens up (2 hours). After 3 hours, big tannins come in.

This should lay down for another 10 years, to be appreciated even more. At this point it might be too fruity for some. Aging it for 7 to 10 years will do the trick.

I paired it with cheeses and light appetizers.

Drunk from a 1 liter bottle.

14.8% alcohol by volume.

95 points.

$80. — 6 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.4

First red on night four at Chops Grille aboard the Harmony of the Seas. Deep purplish red. Rich nose with sweet cinnamon, vanilla, blackberries, cassis, dark gravel and dark cocoa. Heavy tannins (7.5/10) and full bodied. Lush palate with blue and black fruits as well as baking spices, purple flowers and a bit of minerals. Long and lingering finish with a touch of heat. Could use a short decant next time. Drink till 2033. — 7 years ago

with Sean and India

Bill Barrow

9.4

My wife and I had the 2011 after recommendation from her brother who is well versed on wines. This was a great wine with veal that we prepared at home. We had the pleasure of eating lunch at the family's restaurant in Vienna a few months ago and enjoyed the experience and personnel immensely. This is an intense wine but very smooth with plum, black cherry and other complex fruity flavors. In short a great Tuscan wine. We were able to get this for just under $90 at our local Total Wine store. We are waiting to enjoy the bottles of the 2012 that are in the wine cabinet. — 8 years ago

Evan Bienstock

9.2

I was so excited to open this 2006 Leoville Barton. The color was ruby red and dark crimson. Almost black. It opened very hot with just a short decant. The nose showed amazing cherry, raspberry, cocoa and coffee notes. On the palate the tannins are very evident. There are obvious dark berries and even some earthy vegetables and tobacco. Over the course of 2hrs it really came into its own and showed its meddle. This is a great wine and, in my opinion, a great value. While a bit young, this wine a still great now and will be amazing in 10 yrs. — 9 years ago

Evan Malik

9.0

Cold winter night...solid claret... Needed a little time showing well.finish was a tad short — 10 years ago

Chuck Lewis

9.5

Life is too short to drink crap wine... — 10 years ago

Jeremy Pollard

9.1

Juicy. Plump and juicy. Delicious fruit nose and palate. Some spicy vanilla and pepper to round things out. Yummy. — 11 years ago

Jerry Raphael

9.1

Excellent Bordeaux but a bit short in the finish. Need to drink my other bottle. Cost $16.99 — 11 years ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Last night, a buddy of mine who’s a Disabled Veteran and Registered Architect, announced that he was assuming control of a SDVOSB Architecture firm. He had spent the better part of a year of trying to reach a purchase agreement. So it was an evening of celebration. He’s been a Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars fan for some time and he planned to pull the cork on a few bottles. We had a couple of rando bottles too but all were California Cabernet Sauvignon. I brought this bottle. It was part of my most recent delivery from Seavey and I was curious to try it out. Well...it was clearly infanticide. This was reductive at first and most of that blew off after about fifteen minutes. This was just so wound up. Delicious, fresh and almost crunchy fruit with a lot of structure. This was very bright compared to the Heart of Fay that preceded and just fell a touch short due to it being somewhat reticent. That being said, cellar time will be very kind to these and I would imagine this will show better down the road or with a lot of air, which this didn’t get. — 6 years ago

"Odedi"

9.3

It’s time for my #FridayCabernetfix . Here is a gorgeous one from Napa.

Deep purple in color with a short purplish rim.

Fruity nose with blackberries, black plums, cherries, figs, spices, light cedar, toast, vanilla, licorice, graphite, black pepper, herbs, tobacco, chocolates, mocha and coffee.

Full bodied, bold and smooth, with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry and still very fruity on the palate with blackberries, black plums, cherries, oak, vanilla, licorice, cloves, spices, chocolates, coffee, mocha, tobacco and black pepper.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This 11 year old Napa Cabernet from Oakville, is drinking very nicely now with a smooth mouthfeel. Spicy with nice complexity. A Nice wine to sip on by the porch. Delightful!

Peaking now and will be still good in the next few years. Good right out of the bottle and better as he opens up and shows some tannins.

I paired it with a herb and garlic prime rib dish.

Thank you, Mike for sharing this delicious wine with me.

14.6% alcohol by volume.

93 points.

$95. — 7 years ago

Cody Short

9.8

One of my favorite wines of all time. The nose is absolutely haunting but on this night the palate fell a bit short of the perfect bottle I had a year ago. Still a breathtaking wine but not quite perfect on this night. — 7 years ago

Bob Willingham

9.0

62 years old and really good! This will sound weird but the Predominant flavor was bacon!! Paired well with red wine braised short ribs. — 8 years ago

Will Beshears

9.3

Kept surprisingly well, sweet, molasses and deep leathery, spicy flavors. Pretty short finish. — 9 years ago

Frank Kuo

9.0

Inky purple with hazy blue tone on the rim. Nose of dark sweet fruit, a bit dark chocolate, alcohol, spice like black pepper, but all modest. Taste of powerful tannins, sweet cherry note with hidden round acidity, and some bitter chocolate notes. Aftertaste is dominant bittersweet zest, a bit oaky. Aftertaste is a bit short and not too much layered. — 9 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

8.9

When on an island....
Medium gold in color. The nose has an intense floral bouquet that reminds me a lot of Muscat, with dried white flowers and pink grapefruit citrus aromas. The palate adds peach and a saltiness that stains the palate in saline and lifts the medium body texture that seems more endowed but must be from some skin contact during fermentation. The finish is fresh but a little short. — 10 years ago

Rollie Wright

Sales Wine Spectrum

9.4

2013
Celia Welch!! — 10 years ago

Daniel Murphy

9.2

Cork very soft, decanted 1 hour, beautiful dark cherry juice while decanting near light. Fruit nose, initial as smooth, tasty mild cab wine. Mid a little more earth and mineral. End tannins very short. No long aftertaste. Join when swallowed. Liked wine @ 90 — 11 years ago

Bryant Bickel

9.4

The usually tight tannic punch has faded and melded with the usual Washington velvet, a dark abyss of blackberry, plum, black cherry, it's in a nice place, I honestly wanted the kick in the mouth, but it's more elegant than you would expect. And I'm okay with buying her dinner, cause she delivers! She wore the long dress, thought I'd be looking at a short skirt, but this long dress is taking me home, thanks! She got feisty after she opened up & she delivers impressed! Give it 1hr and she will sing in your ear! — 11 years ago