Bob McDonald

8.9

Deep crimson with blue/purple tinges. Aromas of spicy red cherries. Medium weight palate. All the Portuguese red varieties normally used to make Port but making in this case a very savoury dry red — 7 years ago

Isaac Pirolo

9.4

What do you get when you combine a 15 acre vineyard on the Silverado Bench about 200 feet up from the valley floor at the base of Atlas Peak owned by a former math professor with a team of winemaker Dave Phinney (of Orin Swift, GKG, Stanton) and viticulturalist Steve Matthiasson (Araujo, Chappellet, David Arthur, and Spottswoode to name a few)? Aftermath. I'm not sure if the name was ominous or fortuitous, but Jim Kaplan's first vintage was 2011, which was notoriously difficult. His 2012 vintage was completely lost to the 2014 earthquake. The result is indeed the aftermath...
The 2013 is a blueberry, blackberry, and blackcurrant explosion, with the fallout being licorice, white flowers, cedar, and cacao nips, with enough of an herbaceous tilt to give an exotic edge. Fans of Phinney's Papillon and Mercury Head, and frankly Napa Cabs in general should seek this out. — 8 years ago

Scott C

Founder / Co-director SR Wine imports

9.0

Honey , butterscotch . Beautiful fruit flavours coming through — 10 years ago

Eddie Gilbert

9.0

great blind for lunch with the Continuum clan! — 10 years ago

Methyl Anthranilate

9.0

Amber, honey and marmalade on the nose. Caramel and Muscat flavours, well balanced. — 10 years ago

Jon Hare

9.0

Lovely raisiny muscat. Excellent with Christmas pud! — 11 years ago

Nate Garnero

9.3

Stanton st Helena vineyard — 7 years ago

with Ben

Logan Edwards

9.4

Beautiful unfiltered merlot. Medium dryness. Smooth flowing. Oak and ripe blueberry and cherry. — 8 years ago

Martin Davies

9.0

Molasses. Lovely. — 9 years ago

Taryn Jones

9.0

2008 vintage. If only we could get more! — 9 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.6

Having had the "Classic Reserve" Topaque a few weeks ago, the "Rare" is a step up in concentration and length. Unctuous in texture the palate is mouthfilling with a never ending finish. Rutherglen Fortifieds - one of Australia's gifts to the Wine World along with aged Hunter Valley Semillon. — 10 years ago

Mickey Cloud

9.0

At Stanton Social, this costs $50; it's worth it here — 10 years ago

James Wasson

9.1

Driven by fruit, but balanced w/ alc% @ 14.8???
Oakville, w/out all that OAK. — 11 years ago

Nate Garnero

9.4

Best petite in the valley — 8 years ago

Stuart Duncan

9.2

Great wine — 8 years ago

Jim Wood

9.3

Very good Cab. Had w Stanton clan for Xmas and we all loved it — 8 years ago

Daniel Martinez Cardenas

9.4

Amazing! All around balanced gem. At a time like this I wish I could be a sommelier to describe better(with fancy words) this wine. I paired it with Grilled Oregano Marinated Lamb Chops at Park Avenue restaurant in Stanton, CA — 9 years ago

with Cointa

Bob McDonald

9.7

Amazing concentration - unctuous is the word! A little sweeter than the Rare Topaque but the same essence of fruit cake and raisins. Only 350 half bottles of Rare made each year. A stunning fortified!! — 10 years ago

Celia Develey

10

Sweet wine from Australia. Surprisingly amazing! Deep Amber, smell of wood and "rhum raisin" Christmas cake like. Prune, mushroom, long finish, great with blue cheese. Somewhere in between a sauterne and a tawny port (if it's possible) — 10 years ago

Carl Trevenar

9.0

Amazing this and it's older brother survived years of abuse... Beautiful drop — 11 years ago