Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

1989 vintage. Tasted 5.5.23 (9.5), 4.4.23 (6 different btls-avg 9.4) and 12.9.22 (9.6). Above average fill for the age and impressive cork (about 70% saturated). Decanted and tasted over the course of two hours. Threw a decent amount of powdery sed. Medium nose slightly muted for the first 10 minutes or so but then came roaring to life. Yes, still the hallmark blueberries and cocoa powder along with a dash of raspberry but bigg graphite with this bottle. Drank consistently great for 1.75 hours, then seemed to lose a little steam at the very end. Not improving but still think cellar dwellers need to be popped in the next five years to enjoy the magic before it fades. 3.28.24. — 8 months ago

David Kline

9.1

This is a nice wine with a lot going for it! Big graphite on the nose, blackened, brackish fish bones. Resinous tar, maple nut, charcoal, graphite, slate-y blackberry that morphs into dried black currant, espresso with chicory, licorice, black raisin, and olive tapenade! Stupendous! Not for fruit flies, but crypt dwellers: put down those frightened teens, and pick up a glass of these magma-seared, skeletal, zombie piranhas! Santé! — 8 years ago

with Courtney

Karl Bonar

9.3

Black gold! Rich dark fruits. Really full bodied. Delicious — 9 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.3

The Syrah adds such great mid palatte to the wine. Not enough cab/Syrah blends. — a year ago

Isaac Pirolo

8.9

Blind, no one would know this is Aussie. If they made those little root beer barrels in a cream soda flavor, this would be the model for them. The penetrating acidity keeps this interesting, but only just enough. — 8 years ago

Steve Anderson

9.2

Beautiful afternoon in Conn Valley at the ACV Cave Dwellers harvest event. Todd definitely knows how to throw a party - music, great food and plenty of wine. The '12 and '13 Cabs and BdX blends are showing well. Only snapped a pic of the '13 Reserve Cab, but the '13 Eloge was our favorite of the day and was an easy 9.4. — 8 years ago

Mark Buckley

9.1

Listening to Jeff Z of @hallwines on Crn1 Radio with MS Michael Jordan talking #CabCookoff — 10 years ago

with Tristan

Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Just a nice pleasant smooth Sangiovese from start to finish. — 5 years ago

Bill Bender

9.2

This was solid but didn’t really go anywhere great and I wanted it to so bad. Cherry tobacco, blackberry and cedar. This bottle and the 3 others I brought to Wisconsin from Chicago all endured a ride in a wine suitcase in the back of a truck in the 15 degree Midwest winter. 3 of the bottles—Voerzio, Beringer and Harlan Maiden—all performed below expectations. The PM Les Pavots, however, was excellent. While I’ve never opened a Voerzio that young I’ve had consistently better experiences with the same vintages of the Beringer reserve and Maiden. I’m wondering if you cold weather dwellers think the cold transport played some role in what happened here. — 6 years ago

Tierney H

8.9

Lovely creamy oak balanced with fruit. Anniversary dinner in Perth — 10 years ago