Kath Rt

9.0

nice acidity… bitter notes?…fruity…fresh — 2 months ago

Kelley Raymond

9.2

Easily one of their better bottles, but needs aging — 5 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Extremely truncated petty [sic, “party”] notes: pretty good. — a year ago

with Dan, Douglas and 1 other

Sophia

9.0

Typisch Bienenwachs in der Nase, würzig, präzise, bisschen rauchig. Elegante Säurestruktur. Guter Trinkfluss. — 2 months ago

Scott E. Becker

9.3

[Tasted on December 19, 2025 at Home with Tom and Kathy]

Purchased during visit to the winery in December 2018. Blackberry and black currant fruit, with notes of chocolate, forest floor and cloves. Lush wine. — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2021 vintage. So tasted alongside sister property Cade (and Plumpjack) Howell Mountain Cab. If I weren't so familiar with the Cade HM, woulda sworn this was mountain fruit. This is the leanest, dirtiest SLD effort I've ever had spanning a multiplicity of SLD producers since the 1986 vintage. It's got the underlying structure of Stags Leap District but none of the top layer of richness. It all got scraped off and you are just left with the steak-no sizzle. Comes courtesy of the old old Steltzer property (hadn't heard that winery name in decades and it was the durtiest in SLD!) and the new powers that be turbo-charged it and turned shizz up to 11. Fascinating and phenomenal. Light-medium body and has the color but packs an unexpected Barolo-styled punch. Not your average SLD bear. Watch out for Mr. Ringer...err...Ranger. 10.30.24. — 2 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2022 vintage. One of the better Napa cab 2022's I've had. That Cade style...2.18.26. — 3 months ago

Julia Indik

9.2

From the start comes pears, fig, dates. Pick up of acid then carries cocoa, apple, vanilla, and a layer of smoke. Next up come smooth tannins. Elegant balance from start to finish. — 6 months ago

with Robert

Yan Gagnon

8.9

Robe dense. Un nez de violette, épices et des fruits rouges. Une bouche sur des épices (poivre - syrah) et des fruits rouges. L'alcool se fait trop sentir et ça brûle la gorge. C'est bon mais ça pourrait être meilleur si l'alcool ne piquant pas autant. — 2 years ago

Chris Koupal

9.0

Never been a big CDP guy. This is ripe but with nice structure and tannin to balance everything out. — 4 years ago