Paradigm Hill

Paradigm

Estate Bottled Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Paul J
9.6

Awesome producer! 1hr+ decant. Lovely red color. Nose had pencil shavings and vibrant fruit. Classic Napa sweetness on the palate with caramel integrated with cedar. Napa all the way but unique in its own special way! — 11 days ago

Brooke Weaver Jakubowski
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Vine Hill Ranch

Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Big polished and showing a hint of heat. Happily the oak isn’t too pronounced. For me this baby needs time. — 4 days ago

Tom, Joel and 2 others liked this

Penfolds

Koonunga Hill South Australia Shiraz Cabernet 2021

Good but nothing great only buy the small bottles for mid week wines — a month ago

St Innocent Winery

Freedom Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021

Initially a bit closed, after two hours in the decanter this really opens up. Black cherry and sage come through on the nose and continue onto the palate with additional notes of cassis, bay leaf, and cloves. Has a persistent finish with herbs, spice, and black tea lingering on the palate. The herbal and spice flavors were really vibrant when paired with basil pesto pasta and mushrooms. Medium+ acidity, medium+ body, and medium tannins. This is the 2021 vintage. — 2 months ago

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Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

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@Joel Lara Nice write-up. This is consistently their most difficult Pinot offering to "figure out." Oodles of subtleties vs a few markers/demonstrative tendencies. NOT for the average Pinot Noir drinker.
Joel Lara

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@Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego that’s interesting because as I was drinking it I was thinking about how different it was to a lot of pinots I’ve had. The savory elements are not as loud as they are in other good pinots, but I still found them an intriguing backdrop to the beautiful fruit. The tannin really helped add some complexity on the finish too. I also bought a 2019 Temperance Hill, so looking forward to seeing how that compares.

Paradigm

Oakville Cabernet Franc 2011

Has held up beautifully with balanced flavor profile and soft satisfying finish. Great pairing with baked trout, beet medley with cream caper sauce & roasted brussels — 3 months ago

J. Rochioli

Little Hill Pinot Noir 2018

We had a vertical tasting of 2018 and 2020 Little Hill Single Vineyard PN. Both have similar bouquets and palates. Black cherry and minerality. 2020 is a little more floral. 2018 has a more darker tone; and that is good. Both have nice mouthfeels with smoothed out tannins. 2018 is a little more velvety. Both very good. It seems these PN need more time in the bottle — 4 months ago

Liquid Farm

White Hill Sta. Rita Hills Chardonnay 2024

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of 90min. The 2024 “White Hill” pours a pale straw color with medium viscosity. On the nose, the wine is developing with bright notes of star fruit, passion fruit, stone fruits, lemons, a touch of freshly struck matchstick, some white flowers and minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+ and slightly saline. I love the character of these wines. Really tasty stuff. Drink now through 2034+. — 4 days ago

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Diamond Creek Vineyards

Volcanic Hill Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 1998

Decant and pour. An amazing still dark garnet with bricking. On the nose: subtle notes of dark fruit, worn leather, herbaceous, pencil shavings, mint. Taste: savory, silky, elegant wine with some dried cherry/red plum, currants, tobacco, spice, earth, coffee grounds and a medium plus finish. YUM!!! Drinking beautifully for its age on this rain for an hour cool afternoon in Napa. — a month ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland
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William Hill Estate Winery

Napa Valley Chardonnay 2023

2023 vintage with notes of vanilla, pineapple and coconut. Smooth finish and a nice summer wine! Full body and creamy on the palate! — a month ago

Stony Hill

Napa Valley Chardonnay 2023

Refreshing and good mouthfeel, it was lacking in depth, length and on the simple side. — 2 months ago

Scott@Mister, Hermes and 3 others liked this

Kumeu River

Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2019

This is the 2019 Hunting Hill, same vintage as the recently tasted Kumeu River Coddington. The Coddington remains the more opulent of the Kumeu cuvées. A mouth watering salinity. In this one. As Bob Campbell MW said, this is a Burgundian style (lacking the stone fruit of the Coddington). Although several previous vintages of Mates Vineyard have proved, at least to my palate, that it is the premium Cuvée. — 3 months ago

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@Bob McDonald, and this note looks like it posted without issue?? Maddening, hang in there!!
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@Doug Powers Yes I seem to be having a lucky run lately.

Colgin Cellars

Tychson Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Inky cab with purple-tinged blood blackness from rim to rim. Glass painter with star bright reflectivity. Viscous Frankenstein hair tears over glacial-carved canyon. Nose of black cherry, raisinated currant, light toast, lighter pepper, carnation, violet, licorice, blackberries with honey. Mouth-coating with a luxurious mouthfeel showing silky tannins with a modicum of grain. Cassis, graphite, baked blueberry, black currant. Sustain. Bold and unabashed.

#colgin #ColginTychsonHill #Cabernet #cab #cabernetsauvignon #napa #napacab #estategrown #estatebottled #2019 #nspavalleycab #napavalley
— 3 months ago

Tom, Somm and 9 others liked this

Philip Togni Vineyard

Tanbark Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

AEL
9.0

Tight, structured, took over an hour to really open up. Crushed raspberries, balsamic. — 5 months ago

St Innocent Winery

Temperance Hill Vineyard Pinot Noir 1999

Cherry cola, black tea, aged toasted oak, excellent acidity and balance, long, lingering finish, very fine aged Oregon Pinot to go with grilled Copper River (Alaskan) wild salmon!! — 16 days ago

Jim Powers
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Tom Casagrande

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Oooooo. Sounds great!
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Oooooo. Sounds great!

Rutherford Hill

Napa Valley Merlot

Enjoying this oaky, chocolate, great tannins with my brothers in Visalia. — a month ago

Chappellet

Pritchard Hill Estate Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

hour decant(decent sediment).  A still dark garnet with bricking.   On the nose:  subtle notes of dark fruit, licorice, tobacco, forest floor, herbaceous, olive brine, mocha java.  Taste:  silky, layered, creamy wine with blackberry/dark plum, tobacco, baking spice, mocha java, earth, minerals, dried herbs and a long dry finish.  YUM!! — a month ago

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Paradigm

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Paul J
9.5

1hr+ decant. Lovely dark red color. Still very youthful. Lots of fruit and plenty of medicinal tones. Well balanced and great depth. Very unrated!! — 2 months ago

Brooke Weaver Jakubowski
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Paul, Tom and 1 other liked this
Paul J

Paul J

1hr+ decant. Lovely dark red color. Still very youthful. Lots of fruit and plenty of medicinal tones. Well balanced and great depth. Very unrated!!
Paul J

Paul J

1hr+ decant. Lovely dark red color. Still very youthful. Lots of fruit and plenty of medicinal tones. Well balanced and great depth. Very unrated!!

B.R. Cohn

Olive Hill Estate Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Great wine. Elegant dark fruits. Rich. — 3 months ago

Paradigm

Oakville Merlot 2012

Delectable, fruity with a touch of smoke — 4 months ago

Jasper Hill

Georgia's Paddock Shiraz 2019

97P WS, Whopping 15.5%. At the edge of where natural yeast dies. May be they used designer yeast? Anyways this is actually pretty good. Enormously complex with a bazillion interesting flavors including Eucalyptus. Picked this up for a tasting (I am hosting) it will be a mega hit. Folks will love this in your face flavor hammer. Isn’t it nice what a classicist is doing for his friends? — 5 months ago

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Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

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@Pinotman / / / Andreas You are a (wine) pusher man.
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A true altruist.