Criso Santiago

10

Very great vintage with a dry sweet texture wonderful with a nice home cooked meal, and the right person to enjoy it with :) — 11 years ago

Andrew Davidoff

9.4

Drinking well - just cresting the hill Needs a nice long time to open now. This is the very first vintage of Sass I ever had. It was wild and wonderful young, sexy and bold as it got mature and is entering the classy and silky phase. — 12 years ago

Steve Hamile

9.5

A not so good year but a wonderful journey — 12 years ago

Kevin Gallagher

9.6

Wonderful Rioja — 13 years ago

Matté

Manager The Wine Cellars

9.4

This really does need a good ol decant but has wonderful concentration, very deep, almost broody nose of intense blackcurrant and dark plum fruit as well as a strange but very attractive mix of blueberry & graphite, almost heading towards prune.
A very well balanced mid palate though seems to be somewhat lacking in acidic lift overall but the fruit seems well integrated with the tannins, slightly underripe black berry fruit and with some grip on the finish, food would benefit this wine at the moment but it would be interesting to see how this comes along. Feels like it would benefit from at least another 5 years in bottle. Decent length. — 12 years ago

The Savory

10

Oh my gawd dawg! I tried this at the California Wine Festival and loved it so much that I took it away from the crowd and had a quiet moment and a wee whisper with it. It's really wonderful when you drink some average to decent wines and suddenly throw an absolute stoater in there for perspective.

I can't really do it justice with my ham-fisted tasting notes, but believe me when I say that this is a delightful wine that reminds you how wonderful Napa can be. - Ross Gardiner — 12 years ago

Nico Suave

9.6

An incredible year, and a wonderful pour... It's a stand alone - don't pair with anything. It's incredible solo! — 13 years ago

Lamar Hannah

9.0

The nose is wonderful and with a little air lovely — 12 years ago

john&stacy brilliantmistakewines

10

Amazing! Nice fruit, smooth tannins, wonderful finish — 12 years ago

WC Fields

9.9

Delicious in every way. Currants, blackberry, clove, leather and licorice. Medium tannins and just wonderful finish. La dolce vita... — 12 years ago