Julia Indik

9.5

Opens right off with dark and juicy fruit - layers of dark cherries, pear, apricot that then transitions with the emergence of tannins that carry notes of vanilla, earth, coffee. Really nicely balanced and a long moderately acidic finish. — 5 months ago

with Robert

Gene Buonviri

9.4

I don’t appreciate buttery and oaky Chardonnay. This excellent Chardonnay has reduced the traditional characters and highlights
notes of honeysuckle,apple and Meyer lemon. Flavors of sickle pear, citrus and a dash of salt. A subtle blend of mineral and acidity. Excellent pairing with Thanksgiving. — 5 years ago

Rena karefa-johnson

9.0

Super weird thick and funky! A bit sweet and viscous but great. Almost Orange wines. — 5 years ago

Blake Walker

9.1

@Delectable Wine this is ARLYN Farms, ‘In Good Faith’ Pinot Noir 2017

Chehalem Mtn AVA. Dark red berry fruits accented accented by woodsy herbal notes. Fuller bodied Pinot with smooth rounded texture, no hard edges, and framed with vanilla notes. — 6 years ago

Ken Venezio

9.2

This is old school Ladera back when the Stotesbury fam had the winery. Quintessential Howell Mtn. Inky in the glass with florals and cocoa and black/blueberry on the palate. Soft and elegant finish. Needed a good hour decant but this 10 yr bottle age did wonders. — 6 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.3

A gorgeous expression of Napa Valley (Howell MTN) CF. Nice extraction. Good balance. Excellent mouthfeel. Medium-long finish. — 7 years ago

with Kyle

Amit Srivastava

9.0

Awesome .. Howell mtn rocks — 8 years ago

Ken Venezio

9.6

Just stunning. All the benefits of bottle age, complexity and finesse make this a superb Howell Mtn Cab. Loads of up front mountain fruit, a nice floral nose and balance through the mid palate ending in a long romantic finish. Touché to the older days of Ladera. — 8 months ago

Nathan Renfro

9.4

Dark inky black almost. Black fruit. First bottle of the Howell Mtn in a while. Just a quick open bottle decant, drinking incredible. Super smooth fine tannins. Lovely balance of ripe black fruit, black cherry. Toblerone. Great mouthfeel and lovely finish. The ‘14s are starting to hit their stride. Really good. — 4 years ago

Matt Sterr

9.3

Blackberry, Cherry, mountain wildflowers. Diamond Mtn fruit. — 5 years ago

Ron R

10

Mother nature dealt our friends at Lamborn a difficult hand recently. Due to the ongoing fires in California, they have lost their 2020 crop of cabernet to smoke taint. Our hearts go out to our family at Lamborn. Please keep our good friends in your thoughts, and in your glass. If you’ve never tasted a Lamborn wine, there has never been a better, or more urgent time to do so. We are stocking up on their premium Howell Mtn cab, and their rosé. Tell em that Ronnie and Anne-Marie sent you 🥰 — 6 years ago

with Anne-marie

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.1

Bought this Howell Mtn. Zin at the Turley Winery in Amador County on the Shenandoah Wine Trail (the Sierra Foothills in CA. Black cherry fruit and gravel spice nose. A full mouth of dark cherry, cassis and spice taste with a chocolate vanilla finish. Pairs well with pizza on a warming summer evening in our lovely backyard on the green. — 7 years ago

with Franca and Jill

Rob Brobst III

9.3

Wonderful aroma. Classic Howell Mtn fruit. — 8 years ago

Ken Venezio

9.1

Opened another bottle. Just a bit light. Plenty of complexity but lacking the fruit and dynamics of Howell Mtn. I needed more. — 8 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

At the end of the Last Bottle Marathon a few weeks ago, I am surmising they cleared out the remaining Spring Mtn. Inventory. So, I bought this 2012 & a mag of 2007. Pretty good decision at $29 on the 2012 and $79 on the 2007 magnum. The 2012 is over delivering at $29.

Interesting story with this winery that closed in 2019. An investment fund bought the property & two others Spring Mtn. wineries and started investing to build them into something better. As bad luck goes sometimes, the Glass Fires followed in 2020. That was a big setback and they’re still in the process of regrouping.

The nose has a dark currents, red, blue & some purple fruits in its core. Hints of smoke, dark, sharpish spices, baking spices-clove, nutmeg, cinnamon & vanillin, soft used leather, fresh tobacco, barrel shavings, fresh & withering red & dark florals.

The palate shows dry, velvety, dark medium to plus tannins. Ripe; blackberries, black raspberries, both plums, hovering raspberries dark cherries with notes of strawberries & blueberries. Dark spices that press the palate with heat, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon stick shavings, vanillin, dark chocolate, warm caramel, some black licorice, dry herbaceous tones, moist to dryish grey volcanics/clay, crushed dry rocks, dark, rich earth with dry leaves, dry tobacco with ash, dry; dark, red, florals with withering violets, very nice acidity. The finish is long almost two-minutes, it’s well structured/tensioned for a 2012, balanced with elegance & smartly polished settling on earthiness & spice on the long set.

Has another 10-15 yrs ahead of it. — 10 months ago

Cameron Parry

9.2

Missing our Angwin friends, but showing this beauty to new Walla Walla friends. Thanks Ashley&Chris!
One of the best high elevation Howell Mtn Zin’s out there. — 5 years ago

Eric Urbani

9.2

Nutty, with great acid — 6 years ago

Sara G

9.5

Tangy and delicious just how I like it — 7 years ago

Ken Venezio

9.3

Super concentrated Howell Mtn Cab. Mostly blackberry and plum, but has a nice hint of cocoa and dark chocolate. Super long cocoa finish. 2010 Vintage with a one hr decant. — 7 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.4

I was told that this was the best Foglet produced by Cimarossa. And I would say that this is definitely the case by this wine. This wine is full bodied and very youthful for Nebb. Black fruit, red fruit, lots of weight. Lots of spice on the finish. Have 2 more on order, and glad I do. This is an INSANE Nebb from Howell Mtn producer of primarily Cabernet. — 8 years ago