Vino Joe

9.4

Solid CA Cab. Rich and thick. I liked it but it wasn’t quite up to the build up. Dark fruits. Bramble and high alcohol. Tighter than it should be this point. I enjoyed but was still somewhat lacking. — 3 days ago

Dave

9.0

I don't know. This wine is good, and 2018 was very good for Napa. But, to me, this drinks like $30. Don't shoot! 🤞
Listening to Nada Surf. — 2 months ago

Pierre Jotterand

9.5

Love it!! Favorite napa cab !! — 2 months ago

Paul T HB

9.7

Steak & football 🏈 with my buddies.
Minimum 3-4 hour decant when drinking this so soon. — 20 hours ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

A night of finishing coravined 07’s.

A purchase on the secondary market about 8 plus months ago. Its storage not what mine would show at this point. It’s farther advanced from what it should be at this stage, but still enjoyable. Showing some liqueur notes.

I feel similarly about this producers Napa Cabernets as I do Joseph Phelps. There’s differences and I lean into Phelps Napa over most of the Heitz Napa’s.

The nose shows baked & slightly stewed fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, dark slightly liqueured cherries, both plums stewed, cherries, raspberries, tree bark with sap, mid berry cola, delicate baking spices-nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, vanillin, spices, anise to black licorice, black tea, fresh & old tobacco, sweet tarriness, withering & just slightly, candied flowers that are dark at the core, red, withering red roses with violets.
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The palate is ripe, a touch lush & ruby; blackberries, black raspberries, dark slightly liqueured cherries, both plums, cherries & raspberries. Tree bark with sap, mid berry cola, delicate baking spices-nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, vanillin, caramel, malt balls, menthol, dark spices with some palate heat, anise to black licorice, expresso, milk chocolate w/ toffee bit’s, black tea, fresh & old tobacco, sweet tarriness, sweet forest floor w/ dry leaves, withering & just slightly, candied flowers that are dark at the core, red, withering red roses with violets, excellent acidity, well balanced/crafted, nicely tensioned & elegance/polish for days with a finish that lasts 90 seconds and lands evenly on earthiness & spice. — 2 months ago

Jason Phillips

9.2

Great nose. Lucious on the palate with a dry finish. Really good. — 3 months ago

Ericsson

9.3

Gem of a wine. — 16 days ago

FabianG

9.1

#vonsmammoth — 23 days ago

Paige Donnell

9.5

Are with beef, great flavor - rich and delightful — 2 months ago

Scott E. Becker

9.4

[Tasted at l’Ete du Vin on July 26, 2025]

Philippe Melka is the winemaker. Plum and black raspberry fruit, with mocha, cola and hazelnut notes. Beautiful, plush wine. — 3 months ago