Boris Mathiszik

9.1

Very nice blend. Dry and mouth watering. Makes me want to have a steak right away. Rating upped to 91 after having the bottle with some burgundy tri tip. Just a really great smooth wine. Very delicious. I need to buy more. I think the rating will increase again. Amazing value too. — 5 years ago

Jake Rubash

9.1

Pro tip on the 15's right now, pour off a glass then leave it in the cellar for a day. Fantastic — 7 years ago

Bill Bender

9.5

Vibrancy and depth with each tip of the glass. A racy freshmaker. Petrol, lemon rind and wet gravel. Very Coche-y at a fraction of the price. Credit to @romo for turning me on to this and @Max Kogod for purveying it with aplomb. — 7 years ago

Alec Jeffery

9.2

Big style Chardonnay from the southern tip of Africa, excellent. — 7 years ago

Junaid Mohiuddin

9.1

Citrus,melon and very nice on the tip — 8 years ago

Will Phelps

Joseph Phelps Vineyards

9.6

In tip top shape. — 9 years ago

Tobin Trevarthen

9.3

This is very smooth. Served with tri-tip. Can you say magical? — 9 years ago

Dongming Yin

8.9

With light freshness and subtle fragrance from early spring mowing, the wine lies on the tongue tip like a mild kitty. The long and lingering finish carries exceptional and totally unexpected tannins. Well worth it's price. — 10 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.5

Made by the great randy Dunn the grapes for this wine are sourced from the wahluke slope and tri cities this wine is a more elegant style of Cabernet Sauvignon and even has a bit of Brett medicinal cigar box spice and some herbs and milk chocolate notes. A very fresh and elegant wine with currant and plum fruit with some of that cigar box spice and fresh earth. Finish 45+ most excellent — 10 years ago

Kellie Dolan

9.4

Black cherry, blackberry and vanilla. Very well balanced with a medium finish. — 11 years ago

Nic Anderson

9.5

Love Black Stallion. Great cab went extremely well with a tri-tip steak. One of my favorite all time cabs. Great finish, fruity, but still bold — 6 years ago

Thomas Brenner

8.9

I got a fun tip for you. — 6 years ago

Michael Medina

9.1

Delicious, smooth great representative of Haut-Médoc. Went great with Burgundy wine tri tip. — 7 years ago

with Rox

Kaito Kikuchi

9.0

Very fragrant nose with strong berry notes. Sweet but full bodied mouthful. Acid at the tip of my tongue. Great for $9.9! — 7 years ago

Tom Riley

9.3

Dry farmed, own roots, planted in the 1890s. Old California meets the modern age. Field blend and I don't care what the grapes are. Pretty on the nose, even better in the mouth. But so young. Glad I have more. Such a delightful wine. Went great with tonight's spicy tri-tip. Thanks, Morgan! — 8 years ago

Lexi

9.1

Bright acidity. More raspberry than cherry on the nose. Tannins stick primarily to the tip of the tongue and dies quickly at the back. — 8 years ago

Rosie Johnson

9.7

This is the 2012 Caymus Special Select. Yummy. Beautiful purple color, full body clings to the glass when you swirl it and tastes great. Before 20 min decant it has a slight tannin taste in the tip of the tongue but after 30 min it's just as good as the 2010. Super nice. Bought 1/2 case — 9 years ago

Hannes Huefken

9.1

Nice orange acidity on the tip of the tongue. — 10 years ago

Jennifer Geyer

9.7

First wine of the day and it's light and fruity with the tannins and hints of grapefruit that lad on the tip of your tongue. A very light and refreshing wine. — 10 years ago

Beau DuBroc

9.8

Tri tip and Tanbark — 12 years ago

Rob Moose

9.1

Penultimate bottle! With perennial thanks to D Beckwith for the tip. Owing to its age, it shows best from 30-90 minutes on opening. Thereafter it gets sorta wide without further revelations or complexity, but there’s a kind of mineral sweet spot with cool Japanese umami notes and I’m consistently impressed by the showing. — 6 years ago

with Alex

Daniel helms

9.0

Very good and mellow. Being a '96 vintage it has lost a bit of flavor. But with Tri-tip, garden fresh corn and feta/Italian dressing/garden fresh Roma tomatoes (well, it is my birthday) the wine is just fine. — 7 years ago

Martin Mazner

9.4

Wonderful example of classic, balanced California cab. Just say no to high alcohol fruit bombs. Intense yet delicate and profound. Served with perfectly BBQ tri tip. Yum! — 7 years ago

Michael Flynn

9.3

Super bowl 2017 with whole family. Liter bottle. Fantastic. Decanted 21/2 hrs ahead. You know immediately when you have an exceptional wine. Lovely black raspberry and caramel. Long delicious aftertaste with rare tri- tip and roasted veggies. Great evening, disappointing result ( football). — 7 years ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.5

Vintage 1996 - Malabé 1er tri — 8 years ago

Julie

9.0

Great aroma right when you tip your nose down to take a sip. Full bodied berry taste with a spicy finish. — 9 years ago

Keith Whitener WSET Diploma, CSW

9.9

Very nice with a tri tip steak, grilled sweet potato wedges, spinach salad — 9 years ago

Justin Recktenwald

9.0

Interesting flavors. Kind of olive like. Crazy mouthfeel. Sweet and delicious — 10 years ago

Jamie Darrow

10

Heaven in your mouth, red wine, dry but not Merlot dry... I want to swim in this wine — 10 years ago

Lauren Jenks

9.5

Dark cherry and vanilla on the nose, delish smooth silky on the tongue. Overall awesome. Better than any cash tip! — 11 years ago