Matthew Cohen

9.3

Palate: lovely density. Great acidity. Stone fruits.

Fass selections — 9 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.1

Crafted by Joseph J. Wagner, 4th generation winemaker, with winemaking roots in the Napa Valley since 1906. Deep Ruby with red berry fruit aromas, tea and sweet spice notes. On the palate flavors of jammy blackberry and cherry with pronounced sweet vanilla oak, cacao and pepper spice notes. Soft tannins and bright acidity, well balanced, with mineral tones on a long finish ending with toasty spice! Nice! — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Wow.

Nose is mineral. Some elegant smoke. White flowers.

Palate is so good. Citrussy apply fruit. So clean. Mineral. Perfect balance. So juicy. Hint of tartness.

Still a tad young. Check back in 2 years.

Bought from fass selections. — 4 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Wow. Intense.

Nose is mineral. Almost floral.

Palate is mineral, so juicy. Almost tart. Wow.

Bought from fass selections. — 5 years ago

Cathy Gilbert

9.1

Love this one from@Edna Valley — 5 years ago

LM Segal

9.2

Decidedly animale, focused and powerful Pinot Noir. Wish I bought more. — 6 years ago

Tobin Trevarthen

9.3

A stunner. Opened with that rustic cab smell. Not sure what lies beneath that initial nose. And then just pure explosive goodness in the glass. Black fruit, swirling with brown fruit in every sip. Lingering finish made for a wonderful moment or two. — 7 years ago

Tom Garland

9.4

The Winemaker Dinner: Francoise Peschon

5 WINES FROM HER NAPA PORTFOLIO:
2023 Accendo Laurea Sav Blanc
2021 Baker & Hamilton cab
2019 Cornell cab
2019 Heimark cab
2019 Vine Hill cab

FOOD:
Blufin tuna Tostada
Pepper crusted Elk tartare
Venison smash
Braised wild Boar leg
Bison NY strip steak
Mocha passionfruit opera cake — 10 months ago

with Brenda

Matthew Cohen

9.4

The hell!?!

Nose is minerals. Smoke. Lemon zest.

Palate is dense. Minerals. Lemon soda. Richness. Top deliciousness. So silky. Amazing.

Sick long mineral rich finish. Wow.

Bought from fass selections. — 4 years ago

GHol

9.3

Decanted for 24 hours so that it could open up as it’s so young.
Incredible flavour, complex, red fruits but not too bold and some nuisance too.
Time will serve this well. A winemaker who dances to his own tune and making great music. — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Needs about 90 minutes to open up.

Nose is very dense slate

Palate is fantastic. Dense slate. Some finely crushed rocks. Some yellow apple. Delicious.

Bought from fass selections — 5 years ago

PS Michaels

9.2

Great QPR. Fass Selections discovery — 6 years ago

Mark Mannebach

9.0

Smooth and balanced. Lack berry with some spice — 6 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Year in year our a great wine. God. I love it.

Nose: white flowers. Grapefruit flowers. Intense. Finely ground minerals. So floral and elegant. Lemon flower.

Palate : elegant sweet pink grapefruit. So delicious. Balancing bitterness. Lovely. Perfect acidic balance.

Long fresh finish.

Fass selections — a year ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Nose : cherry spice. Cherry licorice intense florals.

Palate: sweet cherry. So elegant. Lovely. Elite balance. Hint of elegant spice.

Seriously. If you like nebbiolo you are nuts not to buy a case of this at this price.

Fass selections. — 3 years ago

K L

9.0

String and earthy with dark fruit. The tonella is better of course but this is still good. Drinking young. — 4 years ago

with Matt

Devin Bostick

9.0

Cinnamon, cranberry, cherry, magenta, ruby, leather, cherry, cranberry, acid and tannins are chalky — 5 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.5

Wow. The nose on this is beautiful. White flowers. Perfume. Intense but elegant. A 9.7 nose. Crushed seashell.

Palate is elegant tropical fruit. A bit hot at first but it blows off. Good deliciousness but not in your face.

Major crush on this producer. Such elegant wines. This vintage reminds me a bit of Rhône legend Marc Sorrel.

Bought from fass selections. — 6 years ago

K L

9.0

Drinking really nice! Sad to see the last bottle go especially knowing this was a one year vintage. Would get again if available. — 6 years ago

with Matt

Bret Bell

9.5

I really enjoyed it. It has notes of coffee & oak. — 7 years ago