Kirsten Christiansen

9.4

Lots of lovely bell pepper, with some honey and slightly under ripe peach. Very nice. — 2 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.2

Jesus o y andre rdz y lalo o — 17 days ago

Jeff Topping

9.4

Holiday gift from Geoff Nakamura — a month ago

Shay A

9.5

After missing a ‘70s and ‘80s Heitz vertical many years ago, I vowed to seek out a bottle as all the comments from the tasting were astoundingly positive. My last bottle of Heitz Martha’s was the ‘01 (which was great) a few years ago, but at 46yrs, this was quite the experience.

The ‘78 has a bit of a legendary status, so expectations were high. Upon opening, the cork was in good shape (sigh of relief) and the color was unbelievably dark ruby with some bricking (another sigh of relief). The singular signature menthol/eucalyptus began to fill the glass, alongside aromatics of red berry fruits, espresso, some sort of sweet brown sugar/caramel note, and a savory-graphite type note too. Beautifully elegant on the palate with more red fruit, herbs (bay leaf?), and even some pipe tobacco (subdued, not in your face), but it sports the classical old Napa cab profile that is pure. Spectacular wine, and I could simply smell the wine all day…the aromatics were so powerful the entire time.

Open in bottle for three hours and powered through the entire time. Wish I had another so I could have the same experience! — 2 months ago

Sándor Jaguar

9.2

So fluffy @ gibsons — 7 days ago

with Sydne, Lynn and 22 others

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Enjoyed this wine quite a bit. Darker fruits and full bodied. Also had good depth. Minimal oak. Tannins in check. Medium complexity. Minimal decant and mostly just drank out of the bottle over 1 hour. Might evolve more with airtime. — a month ago

Marc Ouellette

9.6

This Cabernet begins with a glistening dark amethyst color followed by a bouquet of sweet cigar, clove, ripe blackberry, and a pinch of Madagascar vanilla. On the palette, blackberry, jammed plum, French oak and tobacco…a full bodied wine with an exceptional finish that continues to linger until the next sip! — 2 months ago

K L

9.2

Great value and very good. — 13 hours ago

with Matt

Paul J

9.4

1hr+ decant. Dark red, maroon color. Caramel and cherries on the nose. Wine is vibrant and deep, but has some tartness that made it seem disjointed. My prior bottle was much better. — a month ago

with Brooke

Paul K

9.3

The Thanksgiving tradition continues. Only 4 bottles left. — 2 months ago