Kelly Whitstone

9.6

This was a very fruit forward, on the cusp of being a bold cab, but instead was just a really smooth red. It could almost be made into a sangria. Great summer drink. — 3 months ago

Kelly Whitstone

10

This is my favorite rose. It’s slightly sweet and not as tart as a typical rose. — 4 months ago

Perry Riddle

9.0

Beach. Bitch. — 10 months ago

Dylan Thomas

9.4

Dark, mouthy, rich bitch. Star anise reduction. With my wife’s porky Brazilian beans 🤯 — a year ago

Craig Daniels

9.1

This is a lovely wine. Very well balanced and buttery. An interesting intermingling of minerals and floral juicyness. This is not your basic bitch white. A precious baby is born. Good with pate — 3 months ago

Alec Goldstein

9.1

Poppin botts to celly Biden over bitch-ass Cheeto face. With a note of green apple and a crisp finish, ‘twas a dream. — 9 months ago

Bo Peng

10

Caw caw bitch — 10 months ago

Senator Tommelier

9.0

French rose. Nice light acid, fairly dry and decent heft for a bitch ass rose. Strawberries and peaches with minerality. Motorboat your sister in the back yard with this shit on a Sunday afternoon. #donkeypunch — 4 months ago

Turd Ferguson

9.1

If you can’t smash a bottle of this by yourself on a Sunday you’re a trick ass bitch. — 9 months ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.6

2002 is such a beautiful vintage IMHO. In many ways, I think even better than 07. We’ll see in five years from now as I lack a time machine.

I’ve said this a couple of times over my nearly 4,200 Delectable notes. There is no amount of decanting a young wine that can reproduce the beauty, elegance, florals, integration, balance and finish as long bottle age. If you are buying expensive Cabernets and drinking them young, you are simply short changing yourself out of your deep investment.

This largely under known Napa producer is a shining example of that tonight. Proof in the pudding so to speak.

The nose reveals, sweet, ripe, lush, ruby, slightly baked/liqueured fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, black cherries, black plum, understated blueberries and baked strawberries haunt the backend. Dark Asian & Indian spices, black licorice to anise, sweet tarriness, black tea, dark expresso, crushed dry rocks, limestone minerals, herbal notes, mint, incense, graphite, dark chocolate, caramel & mocha, dry top soil, moist clay, dark rich, turn earth with fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue flowers & just a touch of violets.

The body is; round, rich & luxurious. The tannins still have baby teeth and show chewy tarriness. The tension, structure, length and balance have hit their peak. It’s not going to improve, it will simply show you descending changes which, can be quite enjoyable but, not necessarily for the ones that appreciate wines young. Interesting, none the less, for the ones that enjoy all sides/aspects of wine evolution. Sweet, ripe, lush, ruby, slightly baked/liqueured fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, black cherries, black plum, mulberries, boysenberries, more blue fruits than the nose, cherries and baked strawberries haunt the backend. Dark Asian & Indian spices with just the right amount of heat, black licorice to anise, sweet tarriness, black tea, dark expresso, crushed dry rocks, limestone minerals, herbal notes, mint, graphite, dark chocolate, caramel & mocha, dry top soil, moist clay, dark rich, turn earth, fresh tobacco, suede style leather, saddle-wood with fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue flowers & just a touch of violets. The ABV on this wine is really nice given today’s hotter wines. Climate change, it’s a bitch. The round acidy is as good as it gets. The long, excellent, elegant, rich, ripe, ruby, gorgeous, sexy, floral, perfectly balanced finish falls into persistent heaven.

This is a gorgeous example of what Napa Valley is capable of in grand vintages, if you have good storage & can show patience.

Photos of; an arial view of Jones Family Winery, patio tasting area, beautiful Jones Family Cabernet fruit and their amazing vineyards. — a year ago