David Kline

9.5

Medium viscosity; dark, glass-painter. Warm cherries in black and deep red with brownie and tiramisu notes. Nano star anise, black pepper, and tea. These on the nose. Sublime mouthfeel showcases the blackberry, black currant, boysenberry, coffe and sweet tobacco notes that rotate into a persistent resonance.

#outpost #howellmountain #napa #cabernet #cab #cabernetsauvignon #cawine #mountainfruit — 21 days ago

with Courtney

"Odedi"

9.1

Deep ruby in color, almost inky, with a reddish rim.

Nose of blueberries, black currants, black plums, light oak, earth, dark chocolates and black pepper.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity and long legs.

Very dry on the palate with black currants, plums, stewed cherries, spices, oak, licorice, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, light earth and peppercorn.

Tangy finish with fine grained tannins and sour raspberries.

This young Cabernet Sauvignon from Spring Mountain District in Napa Valley is still very young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature.

Fruity and interesting. Spicy and entertaining. Showing nice complexity and mouthfeel.
Feels like a Left Bank Bordeaux at this point. Very Interesting.

A good quality wine that will continue to age nicely in the next 25 years. Would be nice to revisit it in 5 years. Showing good potential to become a 94+ point wine.

Needed 3 hours in the decanter to open up properly.

I've had a few vintages of this wine, and it definitely needs time to show its capabilities.

A good food wine that will pair nicely with BBQ Meats.

A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Cabernet Franc and a touch of Merlot. Aged for 18 months in (65% new) French Oak barrels.

14.3% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$60. — 2 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2021 vintage. Medium body but plenty of grip on the finish and structure throughout. Slight amount of herbaceous influence. $40 resto cost hard to pass up so didn't. 10.16.24. — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Blend of mostly Merlot with a little Petit Verdot, deep Ruby with aromas of ripe dark fruits, sweet spice and espresso notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry, plum and black cherry with toasty oak, cacao and espresso. Fine soft tannins, long finish ending with fruit, oak and sweet pepper spice. Will age, but nice now! — 12 days ago

Norman Gennaro

9.1

I gave this a lot of air and it’s still not where I was hoping it would be. Sure it’s not a CA Cab but still. It’s light on the palate, not a great finish and a more tannic, drying overall than I prefer. — 2 months ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.1

Traditional Bordeaux-Style blend. Very dark ruby color with slight hints of purple. Savory aromas of earth, baking spices, herbs and black cherries. Ripe plum and black cherry flavors with additional hints of baking spices, tobacco and dried herbs. Pleasant creamy vanilla oak note on the long finish. Dusty tannins and well balanced. Opulent, complex and still quite fresh for a ten year old wine. — 2 months ago

Lindsay joly

9.4

Fantastic. Enjoyed our last bottle of a case of 2013 on Christmas Eve. Sad it's gone. — 25 days ago

Rick Phillips

9.6

After 35 years I was not expecting much. Especially when the cork disintegrated on opening. Aureated on decanting and was happily surprised. After about 20 minutes opened to dark chocolate, leather but so smooth. The last glass was pure delight. Howell Mountain at its best! — a month ago

with Letha

"Odedi"

9.2

Deep inky in color with a short reddish rim.

Pretty nose of red and black fruits with cedar, licorice, light vanilla, tobacco, light bell pepper, herbs, dark coffee, dark chocolates and black tea.

Full-bodied and elegant with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with black plums, cooked cherries, black currants, light cedar, earth, herbs, chocolates, black pepper and spices.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a delicious 5 year old Cabernet Sauvignon based Bordeaux blend from Howell Mountain.

Elegant, rich and robust. Feels like a Right Bank Bordeaux, which is very interesting to see.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after 2 hours in the decanter. The high alcohol is well integrated now.

Still young, and needs 5 years in the bottle to mature properly. Would continue to age nicely in the next 15 years.

Good by itself or with food. Paired very nicely with my steak and roasted potatoes.

A blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon and 38% Merlot. Aged in (60% new) French Oak barrels for 18 months.

15.1% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$170. — 2 months ago

Marc Melser

9.5

On 9/21/24, we had a horizontal tasting of 2015 Spring Mountain wines. All were ready to drink. All had tastes of blackberry, blueberry, cassis and cocoa. All were good. Juslyn was a little different and just a shade above the rest. — 4 months ago