Paul K

9.5

79% Merlot and 21% cab. This wine is amazing and ready now but I’m sure time will only enhance. The 2016 is more tight/tannic than this and not ready yet. This is prettier, but still powerful. Loving this and gonna pick up more. — 15 days ago

Robbie Jo Gerarden

9.2

Really smooth wine for the price point! No after taste and a sweet finish to each sip! — 3 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2016 vintage. Last tasted 1.14.24 (9.4). Ripped through the last two bottles. Medium/medium-heavy body. Still plenty of meaty/gamey qualities afoot but undergoing potty training and getting domesticated. Just starting to get cultured and “pretty.” 4.12.24. — 8 months ago

Shaun Kleffman

9.3

Great Can. Fully body. Much better with food than without. Good balance of fruit. Not too dry. — 3 years ago

with LoveofCheese&Wine

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2002 vintage. Last tasted 10.06.22 (9.4). Similar "gliding along" impressions with feminine characteristics. This bottle (nice fill, cork and decent sed) was a goody. Decanted and tasted after 5 mins, 30 mins and 2 hours. Bit more structure evident after two hours open as to be a different, yet fantastic, wine. Funny how some of these underwhelming, less than aggro wines can take on another life of their own, on their terms, by gently removing all doubt. Still another 5-7 years-easy. 11.21.24. — a month ago

William Goldsmith

9.8

Excellent — 7 months ago

with Lesley, Harry and 1 other

Brian S

9.7

Christmas spices, candy apple, roasted strawberries, black cherry, touch of herbs but plenty of fruit and spice — 10 months ago

Hector Casanova

9.0

Really like this nice bold cab. Fruity with a nice dry finish. Paired great with the osso buco recipe. — a month ago

Brad Jensen

9.6

The longevity this wine is capable of is shocking. The color hardly looks half its age, with a blooming nose that screams a much younger, softened cab of yesteryear. After half an hour open there’s nose of blueberry and butterscotch, vanilla and spicy peppery notes still persist! Over time a mustiness emerged, along with notes of wet wood, maybe even a little mustard! There’s even still a zippy, lingering acidity on the palate that focuses towards the tip of the tongue, either flavors of ripe strawberry, blueberry, plum and some meaty savory subtle notes, but primarily jammy fruit, with a palate that develops some woody cedar and forest floor notes and as it becomes further oxygenated. This is so impressive! — 3 months ago

John Malcolm

9.4

Still excellent. Dark cherries, plums, dark chocolate, and leather. Fabulous on the nose, full-bodied, and complex. An outstanding wine from winemaker Sharon Harris. — a year ago