Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2019 — 2 months ago

Luis Arguero (@winefromAtoZ)

9.1

Del Dotto ‘The Golden Lance’ Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 & ‘Battle With The Corona Dragon’ Cabernet Sauvignon 2018: Big. Bold. Dark. Blackberry. Plum. Oak. Tobacco. Appropriate level of acidity and a smooth, long finish. For me, a little youthful on the vintages however, nevertheless two great Napa Valley wine selections! Cheers🍷 — 3 years ago

Elmira Olson

10

Lance really liked it. A. Bit sweeter — 4 years ago

Sebastien Leger

8.9

60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet, 5% Cab Franc. Bold at 14%. Tx @Lance Williams ! — 6 years ago

Brandon Boesch

10

Unfair how good this is. Top three stout with abraxas and Jackie O’s for me. The chili spice and green chile flavors b add lance it do well. — a year ago

Keimu

9.2

From Gay wine dinner and vitner Lance. Spicy raucous Pinot - changes as you taste. So good!! Kristin fav!! Find it again!!! — 3 years ago

Donald Patz

Owner/Winemaker Patz & Hall

9.8

Wine of the Year – 2020. What a year. Maybe it should be “Wine of the Apocalypse” 1976 MOUNT VEEDER WINERY “Niebaum-Coppola Vineyards” Napa Valley Cabernet Franc. Yes, I love old California wines and every wine I have declared “WOTY” has been from the 1970’s so far, but I believe it’s time to leave the 1970’s behind and move on so 2020 – we go with an obscure variety especially in 1976, Cabernet Franc. I’ve had this wine three times with the last one being this week. Mount Veeder wines from the 1970’s and early 1980’s still sport what may be my favorite label design ever. The David Lance Goines’ label (he also did Ravenswood) just rocks. Oh yeah, the wine...
From a low neck/high shoulder bottle with an intact cork the wine poured out with a delicate aroma of dried roses, light pipe tobacco, and even a hint of cherries. The texture was edgy and tart but nothing to panic about – just a bit of oxidation which would have been surprising if it was absent from a 44 year old wine! I sat with friend Jodi @jojosommface for a couple of hours at lunch and watched as this wine slowly unwound and displayed its full panoply of exotic flavors. At about opening +2 hours it was really stroking – now the aromas had morphed into anise, blackberry, that smell from first grade when you cleaned the pencil sharpener – sort of, cedar and graphite but more complex, some fig and date notes lingering. It was extraordinary in every way and a delight to drink and share.
The 1976 was the third vintage released by the winery started by Michael and Arlene Bernstein and I have no idea how many cases of the Cabernet Franc were made. There was also a Cabernet Sauvignon (I’ve also had), probably a Chardonnay. I’d never seen this wine until it started coming up on wine auctions about ten years ago. I miss wines like this and certainly in my own way craft the Secret Door wines to perform like this over time.
I hope that you and your family get to enjoy wonderful wines together this Holiday Season. If you share one of my wines please feel free to post with your comments! — 4 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.0

Very clsssy nose, with dark cherry, a bit ido kirsch, a touch of nutmeg. Plus a savoury, slightly mineral, rocky edge. Fresh, succulent.
On the palate this is supple, juicy, very fresh with ripe fruit held in. A lance with energetic acidity. Love the velvety, smooth yet present tannins - adding a nice frame to the wine. Great drinkability, beautiful balance, nice flow.
A classic, fresh, juicy Amarone. Works perfectly with roast goose!
(served from magnum) — a year ago

Rob Brobst III

9.6

Silky, smooth Right bank style blend of 53 Merlot, 29 Cabernet Franc 13 Cabernet Sauvignon, 4 Malbec and 1 Petite Verdot from the Stillwater creek Vineyard Blueberries, Vanilla, blackberry jam and fine tannins.p95 points Wine SpectatorbrThis has great presence, offering a dense cloud of blackberry, cherry and spice flavors that hover over a sleek frame of fine tannins, with just enough acidity to keep it fresh. The finish sails on beutifully. Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petite Verdot. Winemaker Lance Baer founded Baer Winery in 2000 with a single passionato bring something unique to Woodinville. After years of working with some of the most prestigious wineries in the area, Lance wanted to take his winemaking skills in his own, creative, direction. Lance succeeded in handcrafting blends distinctly his own, and in April 2003 the wineryas signature blend, Ursa, was released. Ursa, a feminine expression of red wine, predominantly Merlot and Cabernet — 4 years ago

Sebastien Leger

9.0

Thanks @Lance Williams ! Interesting that they do whites in that area — 5 years ago