Cooked vegetables, earthy, truffles, peppercorns, hot spice, sweet spice, cacao and floral hints on nose; still robust, delicious acidity, elegant structure, tannins still powerful; palate of crushed blackpepper, cassis, earthy, mushroomy, black fruit, eucalyptus and a very long finish — 9 years ago
This is excellent! — 10 years ago
I love Stags Leap and this one is crazy reasonable and so good. Cherry flavored, soft on pallet. Beautiful wine. — 10 years ago
Birthday memories. Delicious Cab/Petit Verdot blend. Now we just need the food to arrive :) — 11 years ago
Sharp bing cherry and raspberry fruit with some oak. Medium finish. Great paired with roasted pork dinner. — 11 years ago
Smooth and drinking well but curious to see what this is like in 25 years — 8 years ago
Dark red fruit nose. Super ripe black cherry, blackberry, then light spice, like white pepper, and a little bit of funk. Clean on the palette. Very drinkable. Had on jun 29 2016. — 9 years ago
Mead, buttery, oaky, dry. Really tasty! — 10 years ago
Very good. — 10 years ago
It is drinking so well, I got for 10 bucks!! — 10 years ago
Delicious, smooth throughout, sweet notes, nothing peppery or spicy — 11 years ago
Refreshing and good for summer — 11 years ago
Excellent color, dry, beautiful smell — 10 years ago
This 1974 is rockstar!! — 10 years ago
Joe Davis makes one of the finest Cali pilots. — 10 years ago
Soaring aromas of spice and lemon followed by bright acid and structure. Gorgeous texture and a precise, long finish. Seven years old and this is a current release! This is what Chardonnay should be. — 11 years ago
Only shit. I like that. It almost has the feel of a sparking cider. — 12 years ago
Michael Meyer
Incredible elegance married to youthful power. This was Marcus Nataro’s first effort at SLV...I think he’s figured out the Napa thing pretty well. — 8 years ago