Nathan Renfro

9.7

2003 vintage tasted in Aug 2023. This wine was so incredibly enjoyable. Fruit still so ripe - black, red, and blue. Incredible soft dusty tannins have a great mouthfeel. Graphite, lead shaving, crushed rock. So we’ll integrated. Finish of 45s+. Loved it! — 8 months ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.4

14.3% ABV Bordeaux blend: 49% Merlot, 26% Cab,
20% Cab Franc, 8% P Verdot, 7% Malbec

Beautiful blend! — 3 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.3

Nice wine. It came to the party wearing a backpack, glasses and a hat with a mosquito net. — 6 years ago

with Jade and Paul

Ashley M

9.4

I really really like this! — 7 years ago

Nathan Renfro

9.6

2003 vintage. Wow this wine is singing! Gotta be right in its prime now. Soft silky tannins but still with just a bit of an edge. Blue fruit and cassis galore. So we’ll integrated and structured. Getting hints of tertiary flavors of leather and tobacco. Medium plus finish. Great luscious mouthfeel. — a year ago

Joseph Barsky

9.4

2013 Vintage. 14.9% Alcohol. A blend of 89% Syrah, 8% Grenache, 2% Mourvèdre, and 1% Viognier. 20 months in 7% new French oak. 400 cases. Drinking well now — 5 years ago

Greg Ballington

Co-Founder of Millennial Drinkers Wine Blog

9.2

Brand new release (8/26) from Aperture Cellars and Jesse Katz.

Deep and dark purplish ruby red. Explosive nose with blueberries (almost a blueberry pie to start), cinnamon, vanilla, spices and crushed floral notes. Heavy tannins (7/10) and medium plus body with potential to beef up with some time. Layered palate with ripe fruits, spices, dark crushed gravel, vanilla, cinnamon, black currants, and a touch toasty. Great acidity and an almost austere structure, not harsh but powerful and keeping the fruit in check. Dry finish with more minerality in the long finish. Well made Cabernet and built to last. Drink till 2030. (92+)| Sample — 7 years ago

with Sean and India

Jeffro Beaudeen

9.4

Holey Shinoley Batbrain another amazing save! figured I'd be dumping this one along with its brethren on the shelf into my fine wine vinegar barrel but instead someone slipped in at some point and replaced the contents with a fine premier cru burgundy . . Reminiscent of a Mid90s Charles Dugat Gevrey Clos St Jacques . . and is drinking like an a-point seven year old instead of it's 26 current years of age . . slight and bring out the rim; solid plum and some Asian spice notes, evolved secondary and some tertiary notes, tinge of barnyard that helps a pair with the 36 hours sous vide braised then flash fried elk tongue I am pairing it with . .  perfect balance of fruit and acidity, long long long lingering finish -- what a fabulous surprise . . I would've been delighted had it been that vinetard designated premier crew burgundy at a couple hundred bucks, but to open some thing like this for probably eight dollars and change when I bought it makes the smile slightly broader. Happy I have more 😁🍷 — 3 years ago

Richard A Mason

9.1

Bought bottle during trip to Napa this spring. Glad I bought several bottles.
— 6 years ago

Carolyn Chen

9.8

Beautiful. Had this wine on 8/7/17 — 7 years ago