Tom Garland

9.3

Pop and pour. A striking medium gold color. On the nose: wonderful aeromatics of apple, honeycomb, floral, lemon, almonds. Taste: lean, waxy, balanced mouthcoating wine with tart apple, saline, lemon rind, crushed stone, and a minerally orange peel lingering finish. YUM! Should have more time to go. — a day ago

with Brenda

Patrick Loomis

9.4

Grippy tight and tannic at opening but softened into juicy plum and cranberry with graphite and soft tannins. Lovely. Drink now if you have any of the 96 left. — 20 days ago

Anil Saxena

9.0

I’m biased. Monastrell is my fav grape. This is one of the better ones I’ve tried. It’s rich, supple, dry and lovely. — a month ago

Joe DAscoli

9.2

Auction wine. Broken cork. Again. Wine was at base of the neck. I think cakebread got a batch of bad corks. No wine into the cork and they all broke right at the end. Not sure how it affected the wine but it’s been a consistent issue

Wine exhibited some decent fruit but no real depth or grip. Very smooth and medium body but missing some power and complexity expected from this site.

— 7 days ago

Roger Ray

9.1

" A full-bodied wine shows ripe dark fruit aromas, voluminous richness and plentiful tannins." — 18 days ago

John Malcolm

9.4

An excellent wine from a not great year. Gorgeous on the nose. Plum, cassis, lavender, and milk chocolate. Just a bit weak on the finish. — 22 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.6

Little restrained on the nose but a nice creaminess and roundness. Moving to ripe and rich touch. On the palate is supple and creamy with a long lasting finish. Less immediate, it’ll need time. 96-97 — 17 days ago

Jack Krawczyk

9.4

needs ten more years. still tight - going to be amazing with the blackberry mellowing — 13 days ago

Martijn

9.1

I see here the scores and cannot believe we are talking about the same wine.
This is a fantastic true to type new world Cab S. When you love it big this is your wine. We want more! We want more! — a month ago

John Malcolm

9.2

Lovely wine. Bright red cherries, and a bit of chocolate and spice. Fine tannins. Paired beautifully with salmon. — a month ago