Herb Lamb Vineyards

HL Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

9.255 ratings
9.214 pro ratings
Napa Valley, California, USA
Cabernet Sauvignon
Top Notes For
Michael Herzog

Plenty of oak but not too much. Really nice fruit.

Plenty of oak but not too much. Really nice fruit.

Dec 9th, 2021
Jeff D.

Bliss....

Bliss....

Aug 26th, 2019
Kevin Ortzman

Ripe plum w/ soft finish

Ripe plum w/ soft finish

Aug 1st, 2016
Jimmy Smith

Director, West and North London Wine School

9.0

Gorgeous depth of blackcurrant, and a dusty minerally note. Lightly minty. Good meaty fullness, dark fruited, quite warming, quite soft on grip and acid, therefore quite forward. Good.

Gorgeous depth of blackcurrant, and a dusty minerally note. Lightly minty. Good meaty fullness, dark fruited, quite warming, quite soft on grip and acid, therefore quite forward. Good.

Jun 10th, 2015
Tom Garland

Double decant and pour(lots of chunky/fine sediment). A sublime dark ruby red color. On the nose: prunes, very musky forest floor, pine, cedar. Taste: smooth, creamy, juicy medium body wine with faded fruit notes of plum and some cherry, cedar, tobacco, pencil lead with a medium finish.

A fav producer though this is not a fav vintage of theirs, and actually saw Jennifer around 6 years ago and she agreed the fruit was fading on the 07s and should be drunk sooner than later.

Double decant and pour(lots of chunky/fine sediment). A sublime dark ruby red color. On the nose: prunes, very musky forest floor, pine, cedar. Taste: smooth, creamy, juicy medium body wine with faded fruit notes of plum and some cherry, cedar, tobacco, pencil lead with a medium finish.

A fav producer though this is not a fav vintage of theirs, and actually saw Jennifer around 6 years ago and she agreed the fruit was fading on the 07s and should be drunk sooner than later.

Nov 6th, 2021
Tom Garland

1.5 hour decant(decant chunky/cloudy sediment). A decadent dark purplish garnet color. On the nose: blueberry, cassis, menthol, forest floor, and floral. Taste: A rich, creamy medium plus body wine with mouth coating flavors of red fruit, spice, chocolate, smokey bbq, caramel, and a espresso pencil lead medium plus finish. YUM! really came together since I had a couple years ago.

1.5 hour decant(decant chunky/cloudy sediment). A decadent dark purplish garnet color. On the nose: blueberry, cassis, menthol, forest floor, and floral. Taste: A rich, creamy medium plus body wine with mouth coating flavors of red fruit, spice, chocolate, smokey bbq, caramel, and a espresso pencil lead medium plus finish. YUM! really came together since I had a couple years ago.

Mar 31st, 2021
Tom Garland

Opened a bottle for HL Vineyards ...apparently Jennifer(owner) lost her home and wine cellar in the fire...just terrible 😞
1 hour decant (decent chunky sediment). A remarkable inky ruby red color. On the nose: red fruit, forest floor, chocolate, vanilla toast. Taste: Creamy, juicy, medium to full body, with lush tannins coating the mouth leading to red plum, cedar, earth, caramel, minerals and a cherry espresso medium plus finish. YUM!!

Opened a bottle for HL Vineyards ...apparently Jennifer(owner) lost her home and wine cellar in the fire...just terrible 😞
1 hour decant (decent chunky sediment). A remarkable inky ruby red color. On the nose: red fruit, forest floor, chocolate, vanilla toast. Taste: Creamy, juicy, medium to full body, with lush tannins coating the mouth leading to red plum, cedar, earth, caramel, minerals and a cherry espresso medium plus finish. YUM!!

Oct 4th, 2020
Anna Sangiacomo

Gary DANKO~ 7th Annual Women & Wine Luncheon. Meals on Wheels.

Gary DANKO~ 7th Annual Women & Wine Luncheon. Meals on Wheels.

Nov 12th, 2019
Lisa Fried

This is just perfect smooth California Cabernet. Lots of plum and a little tart cherry but very velvety with some flinty graphite at the end.

This is just perfect smooth California Cabernet. Lots of plum and a little tart cherry but very velvety with some flinty graphite at the end.

Sep 2nd, 2018
Jeff J
9.4

Beautiful fruit profile, very smooth tannin.

Beautiful fruit profile, very smooth tannin.

Sep 24th, 2017