David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.5

Bruce Phillips and his wife were pouring their 2021. Talked w/ him at length. Very nice couple.

The 2021 showed well young with room for improving with 10-25 years in bottle and beyond. It showed some evolution, wasn’t all primary. Elegant, very well balanced with excellent structure and finish. Drink 2033-45 properly stored.

The general Napa consensus on 2022 vintage will be a story of did you pick before or after the 6 days of extreme heat during the harvest window. One producer told me his would add 5% of 2023 to some of his 2022’s, which is allowed. He mentioned that he was going to add 15%. But, I think he just misspoke? Get ready for an amazing 2023 vintage from Napa. It was a cooler, not hot-hot, which was a near perfect growing season for long slow even ripening. Some say a vintage of a lifetime and others would only say exceptional.

The Saturday-Sunday Pavilion tasting at Pebble Beach Food & Wine is an excellent four hours to taste a lot wine, taste curated dishes from chefs from all over the country and meet the people behind the bottle. These short ribs were one of the top two or three things I tasted at the Pavilion Saturday. — a month ago

Nathan Renfro

9.4

Always good, unfortunately my last bottle. 9 years ago I first tasted this wine, and it was one of the first bottles of wine I had ever had where I went wow, this is good wine. And here we are today… — 6 months ago

Edward Patten

9.5

Enjoying a Pinot from one of my favorite wineries, at least when it was owned by Merry Edward’s. Finished the last bottle from 2007, from a case I purchased at the winery. Just a lovely Pinot with cherry and dark fruit with good acidity — 9 months ago

Austin

9.3

6 zin tasting lots of first place votes consensus number one took a little to open up with air but jammy blackberry, lovely red cherry, pepper notes, and dark chocolate — 2 months ago

Tom Casagrande

9.2

RRV has never been one of my favorite Zin regions, but an old vineyard like this trumps that. Even at this young age the nose is lively, with deep spicy blackberry fruit and gravelly earth notes. intense and quite structured on the palate, with full body and nice acids. I’m drinking it way too young. It will age beautifully. 9.32 right now, likely higher in a few years. — 4 months ago

Donald Williams

9.6

Still one of my favorite Zins. — 9 months ago

with Bonnie

Marcel van Hemert

9.1

Citrusy nodes, felt some orange and light lime on the tongue. Very smooth finish. Overall I really enjoyed this one! — 3 months ago

with Andrea and GavinoSoave

Todd Anderson

9.3

This is a big, bold, , powerful, chewy wine. Not a nuanced one. Very nice if that's your thing. — 6 months ago

Vino Joe

9.0

Not feeling this one…Seemed a bit weathered. — 8 months ago

Joe Davant

9.5

I think I’ve found my new favorite California Cabernet. I just I wish I had figured this out sooner. Great aromatics - black and red fruits and a touch of leather. Tannins were perfectly balanced. Loved the palate of currants, blackberry and just the right amount of acidity to keep it feeling youthful, but not edgy. All this from a vintage that was widely panned because it was a cold one for CA. . I lean towards cooler climates wines with bright acidity, so I guess this makes sense for my tastes. — 3 years ago