Freddy R. Troya

9.5

The V.2021 Titus Family Estate Reserve Cab. Sauv. is one their finest expression of their Ehlers Lane vineyard. Situated in the core of the St. Helena AVA, along the base of Howell Mountain AVA, with the Silverado Trail on its Eastern border and the Napa River to its West. This place has a very long and rich history in the fines wines that has produced Beaulieu, Charles Krug, and Cuvaison.

This terroir is fully expressed on this bottle with has a blend of 87% Cab Sauv., 9.5% Petit Verdot, 3.5% Malbec which offers an immense concentration of dark berries aromas with some hints of violet all the way. It has an extremely approachability on the palate with an incredible delicacy of ripen red fruits, yet the coffee espresso mouthfeel is beyond enticing, together with the chewing tannins blending with texture of the cacao beans and the long but not over lingering oak at the very end, it takes you to next level.

Incredibly, this wine is just climbing its prime time and will evolve even more in the next 10 years, but can it be enjoyable now like I did as well. Cheers to this caliber of wines! — 2 days ago

Mike Saviage

9.5

Dark scarlet tawny color. Exotic nose. Notes of black cherry, sweet plums, menthol, dark soil, some anise and some white pepper. Rich and silky in the mouth. Still young and climbing it’s mountain. Pretty good today and will easily improve with more age. — 4 years ago

George Cave

8.9

Boar goulash with dumplings, no climbing this week but with a nice dry wine. Good with a stew! — 5 years ago

with Dominic

Freddy R. Troya

9.5

A Burgundian-styled Cab Sauv from the one of the most compelling Sub AVA of Napa mountains (Mayacamas) which has an amazing soil and solid influence from the Pacific. Crafted with an amazing balance of 68% Cab Sauv, 20% Merlot, 5% and the rest to round it off its structure and age ability. The 2011 is still climbing to its peak. Enticing notes of dry red fruits on the nose and mouth, delicate, outstandingly silky and nearly perfect balance!
The finish shows its beauty. (if you find it, it won’t disappoint you) it will give the run for the money. — 2 months ago

Andre

9.3

I couldn’t resist. And I wasn’t disappointed. Tanins were much softer than I feared. Some strawberry here, but much more. I had the Usine Pinot a couple of weeks ago and now the cab. Orin Swift is climbing high in my ranking. — 3 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.3

Such a good beer. Really enjoyed this after a 58 mile bike ride with 5500’ of climbing! — 5 years ago

George Cave

9.1

Climbing wednesdays with Dom, with a Caribbean goat curry!! One of my most favourites to date, dark inky look with a rich taste! — 5 years ago

with Dominic

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.3

Reinforced my obsession with Pinot Meunière…. Almonds, fresh brioche, ripe pear and a hint of (banana?). Balance is impressive and not an acid-monster. My only negative is how the price keeps climbing. Happy turkey day y’all. — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

2003 vintage. "Spongy" cork so used the Durand. Decanted and tasted after 30 minutes, 1.5 hrs, 2.5 hrs and 4.5 hrs. Some sed but not too much. Heavy body. Massive structure and fruit to carry the 15.8% ABV along. Ridiculously concentrated. Will likely take this effort another 12-15 more years to noticeably "thin out" even slightly. It's that bigg. Don't feel that it is still climbing the charts but, with tonight's effort, proving it can stay top of the pops indefinitely. With all that said, the passage of time finds this 2003 in better balance than some 2010+ SQN red efforts. 2.15.24. — a year ago

Karen Man

9.1

Post climbing juice — 5 years ago