2014 Napa Valley — 2 months ago
A good, aged claret. A magnum shared at a family meal of braised beef roast. — 8 months ago
Dried black cherry w spice. Med + body. Rich long cranberry finish w touch of heat — 2 years ago
Nose is raspberry, vanilla, cedar, anise, stewed dark fruit, and cinnamon. The palate adds cranberry, white pepper, cocoa, and rutabaga. Medium plus body, high acid, high alcohol, medium plus tannins, and a long finish. — 14 days ago
5/1/26 in Healdsburg with Italian at Baci. Easy to drink. Nice and buttery. — 6 months ago
Bright lemon and mineral nose that follows through on the palette. Chablis like character From a lighter vintage — 7 months ago
2018 vintage. Decanted and tasted after 45 minutes and 1.25 hours. Medium/medium-heavy body. Dropped the overt weight and starting to get more chiseled. The usual fruit and spice suspects without surprises. Would love to hit this in 8-10 years. Too well-balanced currently so it will be a difficult task to accomplish. 01.16.26. — 9 months ago
12/04/23
Clarks
Berries. Earth. Slight bit of pepper?
— 4 years ago
Tastes of plums, dark cherry and rick dark fruits. Love it. Will buy again — a month ago
Like their wines …this is a nice bold cab franc.. spice on the initial taste.. very flavorful! — 2 months ago
It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!
Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.
Pretty nose of black fruits with light wood, flowers and chocolate notes.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with black currants, black plums, cooked cherries, cedar, licorice, chocolates, herbs, coffee, light earth, light vegetables, spices and peppercorn.
Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a delicious Merlot from Spring Mountain District. Elegant and nicely balanced. Fruit forward and complex. Spicy and soft, tangy and interesting.
Still young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly, but already drinking beautifully. Will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years.
I've had a few older vintages of this Merlot and it is very consistent.
A great sipping wine that will also pair nicely with food.
A blend of 67% Merlot and 33% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged in (50% new) French Oak barrels for 24 months. A small production of less than 9,000 bottles.
14.6% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$175. — 3 months ago
Excellent cab and loaded with dark berries some spice and cedar. It just seemed savory and smooth from start to finish. — 8 months ago
This time around it was quite good with leg of lamb and veggies in Dutch oven! — 4 years ago
Steve Messinger
Typical Altamont black cherry aromas. Still a little tight but full rich blackberry flavors and long tannins. Needs another year or two to fully develop — 24 days ago