Neil Valenzuela

9.6

Winemaker Jesse Katz knocks Malbec out of the park! Deep purple, inky color. Aromas of plum, blueberry, lavender and cocoa. Incredible flavors of black and blue fruit, chocolate, tobacco and spice finish.

🏅99 Points - International Wine Report
🏅95 Points - Robert Parker — a month ago

k

8.9

Balanced with front fruit and decent body. No overpowering aspects. — 6 months ago

K Brooks

8.9

Quite nice Syrah with Swedish meatballs & cream sauce ($13) — 4 years ago

Maggie Harrison

9.6

gorgeous. savory, balanced. — 24 days ago

Sam Shaffer

9.0

Delicious. Was gifted this by my wifey and this wine didn’t disappoint. Decant it for a bit if you can- a little bite right out of the bottle but as it aerates it becomes smooth as butter — 3 months ago

Vino Joe

9.5

Weighty with a handsome perfume. Dense and inward. All the fruit is mature here but it has great length. This was a 375mL and it was consumed over 2.5 hours. It continued to open and needed a minimum of 30 minutes to start. Tons of sediment. All in all it was exactly what I expected and hoped. — 2 years ago

Adam Kincaid

8.9

This was an easy drinking little gem that we enjoyed over a few hours. Dark red and looking luscious, it’s aromas came streaming out in a harmonious orchestra of manly musks: smoky leather, dark cherry, and soft floral arrangements. Handsome. Drinking offers other pleasures like earthy minerality and spiced plum pie. — 4 years ago

with Jillian

Neil Valenzuela

9.6

Dark ink color. Aromas of blackberry, dried lavender and scorched earth. Pencil lead, black fruit flavors and strong tannins.

🍇 65 % Malbec, 35% Cab

🏅99 Points - Jeb Dunnuck
🏅98 Points - Robert Parker — 2 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2018 vintage. Last tasted 6.2.23 (9.4). Dropped both a little body and oomph but still desirable. 12.5.25. — 5 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

An “intermezzo” as we prepared for the reds flights. This was served blind. The 1978 shows really young for its age. Most at the table, including myself, were convinced that this was classified growth Bordeaux with maybe 20-30 years of age. However at least one of us thought it was Napa…and whoa. The color was dark and handsome though there was some sediment (to expected). The fruit was bright but I felt it was secondary to the dried leaf tobacco, earth and leather notes. There was good acid too. Tannins have integrated. Lots of wows when this was revealed while the Napa holdouts gave a smile. Bravo. This could easily live well for another 10 or so years. — 3 years ago