Jess

9.0

Medium-deep ruby color.
Aromas of dark fruit.
Dry. Flavors of black fruit, raspberry, cinnamon, oak spice. Rich, velvety tannins.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 3/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 17 days ago

Kevin Dale

9.1

Interesting wine. Almost a raspberry jam flavor without being sugary. — 9 months ago

Doug Powers

9.4

Absolutely lovely older Cal Cab, faint browning, still shows loads of structure, just a trace of a green note lurks underneath, but balanced with a long, lingering finish, great stuff!! — 9 months ago

with Jim

Brendan Baker

9.2

Unique bronze/pink hue, tangerine, melon, citrus, complex ⚡️😋🥳 — 2 years ago

Charlie Tapp

9.2

Dry petit manseng. Tropical fruit and honey, with enough acid to cut it ten years later. Perfect with szechuan. — 2 months ago

Joe Christenson

9.2

Delicate and delightful. Red berries, black pepper, clean minerals, and some forest floor. Hints of smoke, maybe from the wildfires. Relatively light bodied. Very nice. — 8 months ago

Doug Powers

9.3

Just lovely black plummy fruit, some minerality as well, shows very youthful appearance and flavors, like the Bouscasse VV, 12.5% ABV and shows great freshness and no overripeness, long finish, back when I was actively tasting and following CA red wines, I loved the balance of the 1995 vintage, super fine with years to go, bravo to Patrick C!! — 9 months ago

with Jim

Ed Chin

9.1

Full flavored and light textured. A few more yrs would help. — 5 months ago

MaJ CappS

9.1

My last bottle from the defunct yet memorable winery.

Smells so delicious, like a fruit yogurt

This drinks like it is fresh, with blackberry bramble, subtle and unique red fruits tucked behind the leather ones.
Tannins are still very gripping, and the acidity tames it back. A touch of heat and its off to the races! — 7 months ago

Ron from VA

9.0

So not much has changed in 3 yrs since first trying this in the tasting room. The profile is lean and linear. 69 CS 16 Merlot and the rest PV. This clearly the weakest build of Jeff’s run of left bank builds. The 2014 was classic, so not huge numbers for the CS. THE TEXTURE IS LOVELY though. ;) 90+ for sure, keeping the streak ALIVE!! — 2 years ago