Sean Sims

8.9

Wow, jam, dark stone fruit. Deep purple rim. A pleasure to drink as I grill — 5 years ago

Tyler Martinelli

9.5

Juicy and easy drinking! — 7 years ago

Jeffrey Lew

9.2

UGC Weekend in LA. This showed up. Coming to the end of its life but a few grand old dame. Ex Nego. Bottle. — 8 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.1

Less Riesling in this vintage... so less distinctive and different and interesting than the corresponding 2013.
Still a very, very well made Napa Chardonnay, low acidity, lots of vanilla. — 9 years ago

Joe Kaiser

9.6

Opened, took a small taste, after a swirl in the stem. Surprise! it seemed a little thin & woody. Decanted for a hour MUCH Better and just continued to evolve in the stem, each sip better than the last! This wine is still young and vibrant. The tannins are integrating nicely. I truly believe this wine can compete with 1st growths. Well done Phelps!!! What a way to end a week & begin a weekend, now I need something to compete tonight, Colgin? — 10 years ago

Emily Voland

9.5

Clean and tropical in the nose, fruit forward. The taste is slick and pleasing without the butter like a normal chard — 10 years ago

Tony Capone

9.7

2005 Nickel & Nickel.... Witz End... Not many of the around. Dark Ink Grade, smooth finish, with great tannins. — 11 years ago

Cory Fierro

9.3

Decided now would be a good time to try out out the 2013 Prisoner. While not as good as the 2011 the structure is different, showing a ton of black pepper and balsamic on the nose with a little bit of violet flowers, and a very lovely, elegant finish. Big bold red and black fruits give way to a lush, black peppery back end. The finish is shorter than expected but still nice. This is still a good wine, just not as good as previous vintages. — 11 years ago

Ray Hartnedy

8.9

Sour apple in the beginning, oak at the end. Lightweight, easy to drink. — 12 years ago

Thomas Hughes

10

In 2010, Wine Spectator crowned James Berry's "Saxum" their Wine of the Year. The $75 bottle now is sold for $300 or more at auctions. However James Berry also sells his grapes to other wineries. Every year Villa Creek creates a James Berry Vineyard "High Road", but for the 2007 vintage they keep a selection in oak barrels for an extra 2 years. The result is the High Road "End of the Road". The aging and limited release brings a bottle to $100 (for non club members), but I now consider this a wine in my top 10 favorites. Think full bodied California Cabernet fruit blast meets elegant balanced French red. The sip glides over your tongue and waltzes with your taste buds. Caution, this bottle packs a subtle punch with 17% alcohol ... So share or call a cab! Wine Spectator rates it a 93. I would go higher! Cheers! — 13 years ago

with Heidi

Cecil Ramirez

9.2

2013 vintage. Vibrant ruby color, med bodied, soft mouthfeel & tannins. Bright cherry, cola, plum, strawberry, vanilla notes. Nice lasting finish. — 6 years ago

Stefan Dolhain

9.2

2009 vintage. Uncommon Syrah (65 %) - Cabernet Franc (35 %) blend. Single vineyard Sugarloaf Mountain — 7 years ago

Christophe Dujardin

9.5

Touching perfection here — 9 years ago

Peter Slagowitz

9.1

A little tight when open but end up drinking nicely. — 9 years ago

Pooneet K

9.3

Perfect place, after a 2 hour plus decant. Quite expressive dark fruit nose, excellent mouth feel, deep fruit, good acid, and still quite a bit of acid at the end. Excellent with beef Wellington. — 9 years ago

Nick Del Grande

9.1

Delicious Rutherford dust — 10 years ago

Mike H.

9.4

Jon... Let me know what you think. — 10 years ago

with Jon

Taft Morgan

9.0

Lovely noted of sweet strawberry jam and white pepper. The palate is a fantastic smoky beef jerky with floral perfume notes at the end — 11 years ago

with Ginette

Jens Hoogstad

9.0

88/100. Looks like at the end of a fairly good cuvee from the Comtesse. — 11 years ago

Samantha Cave

9.8

fruity aroma. black cherries and oaky. smooth and rich. full-bodied. the perfect way to end a vacation — 12 years ago

Ran Ilkovitch

9.2

Superb to end ASBO with great wine and greater friends — 7 years ago

Scott Soren

9.2

Tannins are muted but still lend to structure. Berries galore. Nose is substantial, pallet is full, with burnt raspberries and blackberries. Coco and cassis get to an unreal end game. Yummy — 7 years ago

Rupesh Parikh

9.2

What a great cab; structured yet fruity; minimum tanins in the back end; loved it — 8 years ago

Linda Marshall

9.4

Very big fruit. Very smooth finish. Smoky front Good spice. — 9 years ago

Jalyn Warren

9.6

Good sipping wine — 10 years ago

Dock Hooks

9.0

Deep red fruit and spice on the nose and coming through on front mouth first blush showing more dark cherry than black fruit (all still slightly tight post aerator-corked bottle pour).. It seems well-balanced with tannins showing slowing the final downhill run offering that finishing touch and back-end memory. This wine shares classic Cali cab notes with slightly brightened fruit, all of which will benefit from a few years in the cave followed by some playtime in a broad-bowled decanter, where its truth will thereafter come to the table.
PS, my guess is that the spice on the nose is largely the result of some newer oak bathing😎 PSS, back @ Matt & Mindy's fabulously folky yet scrumptiously sophisticated Friendly Market just off the bike trail (emphasis added) where you will find very special stuff soundly local with influences from Quebec to NC, at least! 100 years...🌀🌲 — 10 years ago

Mark Daddino

9.4

Very good wine — 11 years ago

with Dawn

Elijah Blaisdell

9.7

Very nice balanced red. On the slightly drier end of things — 11 years ago

John Van Trijp

9.9

..........RESPECT!.......... — 12 years ago

Richard Keith

9.1

Yummy! Oaky with rounded tannins and fruit! — 13 years ago

with Sarah