Randy Fuller

9.3

This wine is cloudy in appearance with a peach-like tint to it. The nose is complex, with notes of watermelon rind, pineapple, green apple, and citrus. The palate is savory and tart. There are flavors of sour cherry, apricot, Meyer lemon, and pineapple juice. A cloak of salinity wraps around the flavor package. This is one of the more interesting wines I’ve tasted lately. I don’t know if it’s for everyone, but it is for me. I would like to pair it with a shrimp salad or even have it with an eggs-and-sausage brunch. Breakfast, even, if you don’t have to go to work. — 22 days ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.3

Completely unique. Rieslingesque in its fruit, minerality and transparency. With a rhone-like texture, relatively subdued acid and a tropical hint on the nose. Very interesting; a little too sweet for food right now. — 5 years ago

Richard Perlman

9.1

Better than it was two years ago — 6 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.0

Complete funk. Tons of herbs and a hint of fruit. It was a little too natural for my liking. — 8 years ago

speedy duncan

9.0

A toast to Mr. Benson — 8 years ago

Benjamin Hickey

9.0

Very fresh and clean. VERY easy drinking. — 9 years ago

Patrick Hasler

9.2

Very nice Syrah from a Swiss cult wine producer famous for sweet wines. — 9 years ago

J gutz

9.7

Delicious! — 5 months ago

Jerry Raphael

9.0

Very smooth and easy to drink. Had some hard candy notes on the nose and taste. — 2 years ago

Gunja Gargeshwari

9.0

Pleasant - a palate opener for the night but not outstanding. — 5 years ago

Shay A

9.4

The owners of Hobel Wines came to town and put on a nice tasting, while also detailing their history. Very nice people and wines. They make two wines, both Cabernets from Calistoga. TRB is the winemaker.

I preferred this over The Figure. This could be a dead ringer for a Rivers-Marie Cabernet. TRB signature style of showing the entire fruit spectrum...raspberries, black cherry, blueberries. Dark cocoa in the middle showing a finish that turned more herbal and savory. Really enjoyable. — 7 years ago

Kira Waite

9.7

Strong mineral finish. Hot sidewalk and humidity. Lemon on the nose. Acidic finish — 8 years ago

Peter Isacksen

9.0

LOVED IT!!! — 9 years ago

Chris Opdyke

9.2

That hits the spot. — 9 years ago

Ericsson

9.7

Mariano García’s final vintage at Vega Sicilia. What a great bottle.

The nose opens with damp forest floor, leather, cedar, and quiet red fruit; subtle, reserved, endlessly composed.

On the palate, it’s silk laid gently over structure: dried cherry, tobacco, graphite, and savory earth carried by fine-grain tannins and measured acidity.

The finish reads like the final lines of a great novel: inevitable, complete, and exactly as it should be. And already, there’s a touch of nostalgia, because I don’t know when I’ll encounter something like this again. — 7 months ago

Michal Rosenn

9.1

dusty, plummy, ripe pinot that finishes with a peppy bite. really enjoyed this — 5 years ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Light PN. Cranberry, cherry, minerally on the finish. Rather Burgundian. — 6 years ago

Erik Ullvin

9.2

Gott, men sött. — 8 years ago

Richard Sohn

9.3

Fruity, floral. Notably sweet with minimal burn despite 50% abv. — 9 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.4

85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc
A little closed up, but that's to be expected from such a young wine built for aging. Air helps to unfold the layers buried within. While 2014 was a cooler year, the weather played well to the style of Sassicaia as its target is 12.5-13% abv every vintage, so the conditions here were less of an issue. The acidity and density are here to last for some time, probably more than you think and should go the distance just fine. Elegant, yet powerful, with pure red currants and cassis, a touch of bright blueberry fruit, with a savory and spicy edge from the Cabernet Franc, then graphite and lavender florals appear, this is a beautiful young and fresh Sassicaia. Rocks and stone on the nose hint at minerality. Elegant and persistent on the medium+ palate, gorgeously pure and distinct with firm medium+ grain tannin. A long, dense, tightly wound finish that is fresh and persistent, entirely to young but with loads of potential. — 9 years ago