N faint pink roses. Sweet pink roses.
P lively sweet cherry fruit. Lovely spice. Silky tannins. Delicious in an elegant way.
Mosaic 200 — 4 months ago
Smooth n buttery — 4 months ago
Special name, special occasion. Love ‘12 CA Cabs and this one especially. Surreal power for age 14. Still dense fruit, good balance but still more tilt and less finesse. Maybe better in 3-5 years but shows the heft of a well made Napa Cab. — 6 months ago
2016. 100% Cab Franc. Wine tasting 11/25. — 9 months ago
Drank my last bottle. Upped my rating a bit. A lovely wine. — 2 months ago
Amazing cab. Still has a few more years to it. — 3 months ago
So, this had nice fruit but it lacked depth & character. Especially, for a 2019. Most 19 Napa Cabernets or blends have shown me more. Also, would have expected to see more integration of what is there.
On a another note, I took the top right picture of their estate Merlot on 7/11/26. This is the furthest advancement of veraison in early July of Merlot in all my yrs. Or, in July period. This is what happens when you have a very warm tail-end of winter and warm Spring. It was 95 for many days in March while it was technically still Winter. 👀 😳. I have lived in Ca a long time and have never seen 95 in mid March. Climate change is real. It is likely they pick this August 10-15. Do not recall that ever happening either. — a month ago
Very dense and structured wine
Solid fruit and paired well with steak.
1-2 hours airtime on decanter absolutely helped. — 2 months ago
Redcurrant, cedar, ripe blackberries and stems, potting soil, med + tannin, med acid, long finish. A bit ripe but an excellent wine — 3 months ago
My favorite and even at this young age it is a wow! The iron fist velvet glove thing that makes you sit back and wish all Napa cab were made like this. The fruit is still primary and no real tertiary notes but wow the balance and elegant mouthfeel. Complexity, finish, balance it’s all there. The real issue is the cost is prohibitively stupid. Out of my price range but fortunate to try these. Give it 5 yrs and this would be near perfect to my palate. — 4 months ago
Aging very well. — 7 months ago
Tom Casagrande
In 375. Utterly delicious. I would likely not place this in Napa Valley if it were served blind. Very classified growth Bordeaux like. Cassis, a little herbal, gravel. So balanced and nice. On the palate, intense but with great acidity and zero heaviness. Nice to see this on a wine list (which is great here: an embarrassment of riches of well chosen wines (we’re at l’Albatross Brasserie in Cleveland)) — 2 days ago