green apples and ripe mango on the nose with a full bodied rush of grasses, slight apricot and apples balanced by tight acids on the back end. slightly sweet but well balanced — 8 years ago
color rules, but this crisp bright quaffer has hints of watermelon, strawberry and white peach — 8 years ago
A bottle held for Hasni's 21 — 8 years ago
black currant and blackberry with a slight eucalyptus tint on the front side are working well with the mellow tannins as I bite nto the prime rib roast at thanksgiving. A great expression of Napa cab after 10Y. — 8 years ago
still showing lots of sweet stone and vine fruit, the tobacco and leather on the front end gives way to soft rounded black fruit on the back — 8 years ago
leland had this 8 years ago
leland had this 8 years ago
just rolling over its peak. the cherries are beginning to dry but still bright. the faint dry leather, light blueberries and raspberries are still holding up. awesome with salmon and shiitake mushrooms. was a great buy at the Santa Barbara store back in 2014 — 8 years ago
COLOR and structure. big black plumb and BlackBerry, spices (dominant clove) with faint eucalyptus ave vanilla. tannins are still big. will open another bottle in a year — 8 years ago
leland bettis
if you can find the vin rouge, buy it! a well crafted rhone-style blend (but cab forward) that will age. — 8 years ago