Riccardo L.

9.5

Best Monday lunch shift I’ve ever worked. And they left me a sip too, so now I can confirm that the 2010 vintage is ready and willing. What a sublime experience this wine will offer you. Tongue tingling up to ten mins after that sip. Full, and absolutely gorgeous. — 5 years ago

Ken Venezio

9.2

55% new French oak really provides this wine with a lot of softness and flavor. Opens to a deep, rich and smoky mouthful. This is a chewy Pinot, packed with dark fruits, spice and well placed tannins. The lengthy finish will linger until the next sip. An extra few years of bottle age has treated this wine well. — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

The BV Tapestry doesn’t show its real self and value until it approaches 20 years. When you open these inside 10 years, it’s an average to very good wine depending on vintage. I’ve said it many times, you simply can’t get this kind of elegance and flat gorgeous complexity with any amount of decanting. You cannot fake or cheat long bottle evolution.

The one quality I get from this bottling at this age is Cognac with deep caramel flavors.

The nose reveals, dark currants, deep blackberries, dark liqueur cherries, baked, black plum, black raspberries, blueberries, baked rhubarb pie, poached strawberries, anise, heavily steeped tea, limestone minerals, dry, crushed, rock powder, sweet tarriness, soft leather, hints of graphite, dry twig, salted caramel, Cognac, herbaceous notes-bay leaf, dark, rich, turned earth, hints of mushroom, hints of; vanillin, clove, nutmeg, understated, medium, dark spice, saline, peppercorns, dark, red, fresh & withering florals with fields of violets and lavender. Floral heaven and then some!

The body is round & full. The mouthfeel is gorgeously sexy. The tannins are round, soft but, still show some teeth & tarriness. The structure, tension, length and balance are exquisite and still has at least 5 years of life ahead. It’s magnificently on the other side of its peak. Dark currants, deep blackberries, dark liqueur cherries, baked, black plum, black raspberries, blueberries, baked rhubarb pie with golden crust, poached strawberries, kirsch cherries, figs, prunes, dates, anise, heavily steeped tea, limestone minerals, dry, crushed, rock powder, sweet tarriness, soft leather, hints of graphite, dry twig, salted caramel, dark chocolate, Cognac, herbaceous notes-bay leaf, dark, rich, turned earth, hints of mushroom, hints of; vanillin, clove, nutmeg, understated, medium, deep, dark spice with shades of palate heat, saline, peppercorns, dark, red, fresh & withering florals with fields of violets and lavender. The acidity is flat out perfect. The long finish is; extremely well balanced fruit & earth, elegant, gorgeous, sexy, silky, ripe, lush, captivates the whole body, persists until you go to bed and even intrudes on your dreams.

While 94, no ordinary 94 with its age, complexity & beauty. It’s a WOW wine that rocks your mind, body & soul if you are deeply passionate about wine as I am. You want to slowly sip this all night.

Photos of, all the amazing scenery in and around BV...a Napa pioneer & legend. — 6 years ago

Adrian Muffler

9.8

Had this with a nice piece of Chateaubriand yesterday and loved every sip — 8 years ago

with Maximilian

Donnie Good

8.9

Had at signature room. — 8 years ago

Barry Connors

9.7

WOW!! One sip and you are hooked. Absolutely delicious. Ran and bought another!! — 9 years ago

Ron R

9.7

Absolutely amazing showing. Ready to go. Ticking all the boxes. Opening up with every sip. Prodigious. — 5 years ago

with Mo, Anne-marie and 1 other

C. Cole

9.5

One of the smoothest Cabernets I’ve had. Beautiful balance of fruit and subtle spices. Every sip was delightful and worthy of pause. Thank you, Amy! — 5 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. — 6 years ago

Reb Russell

9.0

Beautiful color and nose with spice notes, very complex and smooth. Makes you smile after you take a sip because it has such a rich feel in your mouth and the finish is fabulous. — 7 years ago

Paul Cunningham

8.9

First sip is like a shot of Jamison then it smooths out and is good. — 8 years ago

John Augustine

9.7

Great wine. Nice to sip or chug. Whatever u prefer. Mostly chug cuz I'm an alcoholic. Does anyone know where I can get help? — 8 years ago

Richard Rosensweig

9.3

Slightly austere with excellent structure. Nose exhibits blueberry, crushed wet stones and a hint of caramel. The first sip is all blueberry and tannin. But as it opens up you get more mellow cassis and leather. — 9 years ago

Daniel Leonard

9.1

Drank over about an hour. This was my first foray into Mencia but I can tell you I will be back! Red fruits on the nose with some crushed stone and white pepper. A sip is peppery with Medium/medium+ acidity and alcohol and a lingering finish with mouth coating tannins — 5 years ago

Mehal Lakhany

9.0

Got it it from sprouts not bad to sip on. Made me very sleepy — 5 years ago

Eric Godin

9.6

Opening up like a Pinot, started off with potpourri and lemon zest, floated off to sandalwood, cigar tobacco, white and yellow flowers, blackberry, and leather and bee pollen. Flavors swing from bright, lemon-fresh berries and somehow flow through a gammut of berries and grapes into a dark, cocoa, flinty rock. A single, elegant cascade through flavors that lasts over a minute. A slow ride that ends so sweetly and softly you forget how much you're looking to sip again. Astonishing how bright this wine still is. — 6 years ago

Keith Lite

9.8

Layers and layers of berries mixed with chocolate and tobacco spice and Napa earth. What a beautiful example of a 20 yr wine Its still expressing itself with every sip — 7 years ago

Robert A. Manchester IV

9.1

Full nose. Leather and fruit on sip. Full mouth feel. Incredible draw back. This wine deserves to be enjoyed and possibly bathed in. — 8 years ago

Andrew S

9.8

Amazing depth. Dark fruits, hints of olive and bacon and meat. Just amazing. This drips of pleasure and memories of times gone by. Wonderful lift to the finish immediately invites another sip. If it's the last wine I drink, life has been good! — 8 years ago

Marshall Todd Herron DPM

9.0

Hello my friends. Tonight we are drinking Duckhorn Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012. I suggest a 30 minute decant with this big boy. The cork was perfect. The bouquet is vanilla and pipe tobacco. The color is not the darkest cab Ive ever seen but darker than most. The initial palate is full of big dark black fruit. There is of coarse blackberry and dark currant. The finish is slightly disappointing with a light , not at all bold start finishing with a slightly sharp ending a good four seconds after the sip as usually seen with a very young wine. Then bam! Here comes the buttery explosion in mouth. It is not dry at all. The sharp finish is improved greatly with decanting and aerating. Ill buy it again when I want a wine I can sip on for three fourths of the bottle with no consequences! Im not sure about the alcohol percentage, but Im guessing about 12.5 maybe 13%. — 9 years ago