Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2019 vintage. Less body (light-medium vs medium/medium heavy) than the 2018 effort. Absolutely phenomenal nose. Wowza. Starts off decently demonstrative, then dovetails into Subtletown. Catching this on the relatively youthful side so anticipating variability/changes but drinking beautifully now for the price. You could easily throw this into a Bordeaux tasting and get away with it. Full disclosure...massive Mount Eden honk but a Domaine Eden (2nd label) sceptic. Laying on the horn here as I did with the 2018. Beep beep n beep beep, beep beep n beep beep, yeah. 5.5.24. — 15 days ago

Makoto Someya

9.2

Oak, honey and citrus aroma. Rich, tropical, but acidic and minerally. Long finish. Dutton Ranch area in Russian river valley where is 20 km from the coast is quite famous, lots of sunshine, but cool area, first planter’s learnt by Sommelier. Elegant! 2019 @, arom, 240501 — 19 days ago

ESF

9.2

Solid - elegant style not over manipulated, Burgundian w/subtlety & nuance. Gorgeous mouthfeel and impressive length on finish. These guys have been around forever / very consistent through vintage — 2 months ago

Bob McDonald

9.8

Still a very dense crimson with no tawny rim, at 28 years of age but the tawniness is beginning. A certain feral, Animale, earthy note. Palate is ultra smooth, medium bodied / very savoury yet with a sweetish earthy note with a hint of raspberry. Jancis Robinson was invited by Stephen Henschke to a vertical tasting at the winery in May 2013 to cover vintages back to the late 1950’s. She described the 1996 as “pure hedonism “ and gave it 19/20. Medium plus intensity on the delicious palate with those gnarled old 160 year vines showing through. An absolutely stunning wine - one of the best we’ve had this year. — a month ago

Stuart Pollack

9.7

Excellent and paradigmatic Chardonnay. The nose is so fragrant and complex, filled with flowers and vanilla. The palette is complex with different flavors in the attack, middle, and finish. It starts with tropical fruit flavor (pineapple and lichee) , moves to vanilla and oak, and finishes with a sour flavor. A great wine. And under $40. — a month ago

VA

9.3

Drinking in 2024. At it’s peak. — 2 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2018 vintage. Above-average structure with complimentary fruit. Nicely made. Medium/medium-heavy bod. Plenty of punch and thrust for the new vintage, Napa Cab fans and enuff stuffing to go all 15 rounds for the historians/pathologists. 4.27.24. — 21 days ago

Marc Melser

9.4

We had the 2016 Vintage on 5/12-13/24. Simply an excellent PN. Darker tones than other Sonoma PN. Dark cherry, cinnamon oak, maybe leather. A velvety mouthfeel. Full bodied. — 7 days ago

Dana Haskins

9.2

Beautiful. Apples, oak, sage… — a month ago

Andrew Elliott

9.5

Very good. Beautiful Howell Mountain fruit. Old leather, herbaceous and just a wonderful experience. Really enjoyed it — 2 months ago