Dark cherry, smooth, cherry cola, leather, spicy, peppery, pretty wine. Really goes well with the Italian food. A favorite 2011 #Napa. @Cornerstone Cellars
Dark cherry, smooth, cherry cola, leather, spicy, peppery, pretty wine. Really goes well with the Italian food. A favorite 2011 #Napa. @Cornerstone Cellars
1 person found it helpfulMar 6th, 2015
This wine is dark and delicious. Opaque and deep burgundy, the nose brings an elegant package of cassis, graphite and smoke. The flavors are juicy and ripe, with blackberry and currant serving as a framework for the great oak effect. There are spices galore - cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper, anise, sage and even a hint of bell pepper. It's not a vegetal wine by a long shot, though. The richness and depth of the aromas and flavors are what I expect from a first-class Napa Valley Cab.
This wine is dark and delicious. Opaque and deep burgundy, the nose brings an elegant package of cassis, graphite and smoke. The flavors are juicy and ripe, with blackberry and currant serving as a framework for the great oak effect. There are spices galore - cinnamon, nutmeg, black pepper, anise, sage and even a hint of bell pepper. It's not a vegetal wine by a long shot, though. The richness and depth of the aromas and flavors are what I expect from a first-class Napa Valley Cab.
May 23rd, 2015
Some years in the bottle in the cellar will probably do it some good. Beautiful nose and the initial sip was quite nice but then it just fell off of a cliff with a very short finish. The 2010s we tasted afterwards shows what this probably should be. We'll see...
Some years in the bottle in the cellar will probably do it some good. Beautiful nose and the initial sip was quite nice but then it just fell off of a cliff with a very short finish. The 2010s we tasted afterwards shows what this probably should be. We'll see...
Jan 24th, 2015
Big ripe CA nose. Loads of berries and dust. Nice concentration and only a skoche of heat at 14.3 but it's there. Good balance. Not my style but well made.
Big ripe CA nose. Loads of berries and dust. Nice concentration and only a skoche of heat at 14.3 but it's there. Good balance. Not my style but well made.
Jan 12th, 2015
Napa Valley, California, USA
