Hillside Blend Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

On the nose; huckleberry, olallieberries, plums, blueberries, baking spices and fresh violets in dark floral bouquet. The body and tannins are M+ Huckleberry, ollieberries, plums, blueberries, black raspberries, raspberries, baking spices, spice, cedar, leather, pipe tobacco, crushed dry rocks, powdery volcanic minerals, good round acidity and nicely polished finish. Nice wine with potential for more as it bottle ages.

Delicious!

What a wine. Soft smooth edges. A nice blend of merlot and Cabernet that shows a lot of ripe red fruit balanced by the right amount of acid. A very long layered finish. This bottle was empty in a flash. This wine should age out for another 10 years but it is drinking great right now!

After an hour long decant this opened up nicely. I think it would be much better with a longer decant and/or a few more years of cellaring.

In the St. Tropez bay on Crystal Serenity enjoying this lovely wine with Beef Wellington. Opened the bottle last night with prime rib and saved half the bottle for tonight. Better tonight than last night by a degree.

Manny, Stephanie, lisa

Maybe it's me, but I was a little disappointed. All tannin.

This is incredible. Smooth, rounded. Caramel and tobacco notes.

Ryan had this 3 months ago

Colleen had this a year ago