Smith Madrone

V Madrone

St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Very fruit forward. Blackberries, blueberries, and vanilla. If you have this in your cellar, I would not hold it for much longer. — 18 hours ago

Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Le Petit Haut Lafitte Red Bordeaux Blend 2015

Still has many years of cellaring ahead but delicious esp when decanted. Dark and rich. — a month ago

Smith & Hook

Central Coast Proprietary Red Blend 2021

Great wine to drown your sorrows in. — 2 months ago

Drew liked this

Château Smith Haut Lafitte

Grand Cru Classé de Graves Red Bordeaux Blend 2009

Good but a little woody and ripe for my preferences. — 24 days ago

Shay, Ira and 2 others liked this

Smith Madrone

Estate Bottled Spring Mountain District Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Deep ruby in color, almost inky, with a reddish rim.

Nose of blueberries, black currants, black plums, light oak, earth, dark chocolates and black pepper.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity and long legs.

Very dry on the palate with black currants, plums, stewed cherries, spices, oak, licorice, chocolates, tobacco, herbs, light earth and peppercorn.

Tangy finish with fine grained tannins and sour raspberries.

This young Cabernet Sauvignon from Spring Mountain District in Napa Valley is still very young, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature.

Fruity and interesting. Spicy and entertaining. Showing nice complexity and mouthfeel.
Feels like a Left Bank Bordeaux at this point. Very Interesting.

A good quality wine that will continue to age nicely in the next 25 years. Would be nice to revisit it in 5 years. Showing good potential to become a 94+ point wine.

Needed 3 hours in the decanter to open up properly.

I've had a few vintages of this wine, and it definitely needs time to show its capabilities.

A good food wine that will pair nicely with BBQ Meats.

A blend of 82% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Cabernet Franc and a touch of Merlot. Aged for 18 months in (65% new) French Oak barrels.

14.3% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$60.
— 2 months ago

Shay, Ted and 13 others liked this

Lucienne

Smith Vineyard Pinot Noir 2019

Single vineyard, Ruby color with aromas of red fruit, baking spice and earthy notes. On the palate flavors of raspberry and cherry with white flower notes and an array of spices. Fine dusty tannins, long finish ending with fresh fruit, spice and earthy tones. — 2 months ago

Anthony, Tom and 2 others liked this

Shaw and Smith

Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2022

Juicy dark fruit, complimented by black pepper, rich. — a month ago

Tom liked this

Smith Woodhouse

Vintage Porto Port Blend 2003

Nice port ready for drinking. Not as complex as Dow. — a month ago

Beekeeper Cellars

Madrone Spring Zinfandel 2013

this is their Rockpile Zin, fat, jammy Zin, 15.4% alcohol, my forehead started to get numb,
anyway dark, fat, zin. drink slowly.
— 2 months ago

Jody, Shay and 5 others liked this
Tom Casagrande

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I love good Zin but won’t buy anything 15% or more. Trying to speak with my wallet. Rockpile is great terroir. No need to jam it up. But I’m just shouting into a gale.
Jody Scharf

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@Tom Casagrande yup agree Tom, live and learn...