Cary Fisher

9.2

Had the 2018 vintage in 2025. Great tannins, well balanced. — 8 months ago

with Mark

Brianna Middlewood

9.0

Pleasant, round, crisp — 3 years ago

Patrick Litle

9.4

Outstanding — 5 years ago

Manoj Ambalavanan

9.0

Really well bodied and balanced merlot. Would rec. — 6 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.3

Fantastic, delicious, slight raisin/fig in the finish (beautiful & delicious), tannin needs 3 years; sprite woody, will mellow nicely. — 7 years ago

Palmer Emmitt

Owner/Winemaker Judge Palmer

9.0

Love it as an accompaniment to the variety of Japanese food on the table. Does an elegant lilty dance across the palate with vibrant juicy dark berry and savory minerality. — 8 years ago

Gregory Knaps

9.5

1999. Big thank you to Bruce Neyers for this treat. Drinking extremely well. Was drained pretty quickly but it still had a chance to blossom. Wow wine. — 9 years ago

Ted

9.2

Solid Chardonnay. Nothing not to like. Fresh and clean with spot on acidity. — a year ago

with Jeni

MaJ CappS

9.0

That lovely focused nose of blackberry pie.

Loads of boysenberry, Blackberry, precise fruit, very balanced and spicy with eucalyptus, a faint memory of clove, subtle, yet noticed tannins with this citrus acidity.
Has that lovely juiciness of Zin without the cloying fruit. — 4 years ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.2

14.4% ABV, Licorice — 5 years ago

Jocholla

9.1

Blueberry pie, vanilla, toast. — 6 years ago

Michael Herzog

8.9

Cali, but still tasty! — 8 years ago

with Judy

Michael Phillips

9.5

Smooth and velvety. Lots of dark fruit.
really good wine! — 8 years ago

David Moffat

9.3

Silky smooth cherry with hints of currant. Almost had a Bordeaux gym-shoe taste that takes this wine to another level. 2006 vintage was marvelous. — 9 years ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.2

14.5% ABV Dark purple color. Served chilled, just like Bruce Neyers prefers. Medium tannin. First time trying this wine. Good value. — 2 years ago

Lauren Young

8.9

Structured and balanced, not fruity — 2 years ago

RMT

10

Super smooth, light, sutle, and sexy as hell. A* — 4 years ago

JKT

8.9

Cved 10/22/20 with 1998 vintage. Deep yellow color but no sign of oxidation. ‘98 deeper yellow and hints of oxidation. Both drank well. Age has muted the wood and creaminess that must have been present in early years. Good with butter lemon chicken. 8.8 for the ’98. Better and more balanced than the Neyers NAPA which was sampled afterwards. Opened '97 12-6-20. Stood up well to mix of leftover dishes from chicken wings to chicken pot pie and golden beets. — 6 years ago

Kirk Friedman

9.0

This was very good, very much enjoyed — 7 years ago

with Jenny

Isaac Pirolo

9.4

I found a house in St Helena last week and will be moving there at the end of May. I thought I should get acquainted with the neighbors. What better way than a face off?
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Neyers Vineyards 2011 Neyers Ranch Cabernet Sauvignon vs Salvestrin Winery 2013 Salvestrin Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon.
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Neyers Ranch is situated in the hills of Conn Valley just east of St Helena, with elevations ranging from 400’ to 1200’ on a south-facing, 50-acre parcel bisected by Conn Creek. Since 1998 Neyers has sustainably farmed this vineyard. Winemaker Tadeo Borchardt started in 2004 as assistant to then winemaker Ehren Jordan.
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This Neyers was highlighted as one of the best of Napa’s 2011s in Jon Bonné’s piece for the SF Chronicle “Lessons from Napa in the trickiest of years” saying it “finds that great Cabernet balance of sleekness and dense flavor” with “pitch-perfect expression” and an “oregano-like herbal side frames its meaty structure and subtle blackcurrant fruit.”
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Since 1932, three generations of Salvestrins have sustainable farmed their vineyard which was originally planted in 1860 by Dr. George Crane. It’s situated immediately south of St Helena High School and along Main St (Hwy 29), surrounding the family winery. Rich Salvestrin farms the vineyard and makes the wine, and his wife Shannon handles the sales and marketing, while they both raise the 4th generation on their farm.
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Robert Parker gushed over the 2013, as “lusty, savory, hedonistic, rich and mouth-filling, with a dense purple color and not a hard edge in sight.” His praise did not stop there, saying that this “blockbuster fruit bomb has complexity, richness and a savory intensity that has to be tasted to be believed.”
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The vintages were so different that it’s difficult to weigh them against each other. Bonné is definitely on point calling the Neyers one of the best examples of 2011 Napa Cabernet. Savory, with rich aromatics of Mexican cocoa powder and mole sauce, reminiscent of Corison’s 2011. To Parker’s credit, the Salvestrin is definitely a blockbuster and a hedonistic fruit bomb, but the savoriness, complexity, and length tone down its showiness, and add a level of decorum that sets it apart. — 8 years ago