Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.1

I’ve had this vintage several times over the last few yrs. I had it two yrs ago w/ Andy Beckstoffer & Tor Kenward. This is the weakest link I’ve had. It simply lacked the proper storage of the previous bottles I’ve had.

The color is still dark and the fruit is still intact. But this bottle has just started its plum, date, dark raisin and fig stage. Let me say again…just.

This is 13% ABV…love it. As I do with many 80’s Napa & Bordeaux’s. It does get better with each coldish coravined sip.

The tannins are well resolved and there is complete integration & evolution. Ripe, juicy; blackberries, black raspberries, dark cherries, dark spiced strawberries & circling raspberries. Potpourri, baking spice delight-soft clove, nutmeg, cinnamon stick & vanilla, understated caramel, dark chocolate baking bar to chocolate pudding, milk chocolate, moist herbs, hints of mushrooms, saline, dry soil/limestone powder, forest floor with leaves, used tobacco & leather, gentle graphite, moist clay, dark spice w/ mid palate heat, withering dark, red flowers, violets & lavender, round, rainfall acidity with a well balanced, elegant finish that lasts 90 seconds and long sets on earth & spices. — 6 days ago

Andy@andyberke.com

9.3

Really excellent. Fantastic with steak. Classic cab — a month ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.3

Always a favorite Oregon Pinot noir. Unlike any other! — 3 months ago

Michael Wehner

9.0

Apparently not a Tuesday wine — 5 months ago

with Margaret

Tommy

8.9

Plumb and allspice. What a good finish! — 7 months ago

Tommy

8.9

Still has a great punch after all this time. Smooth and a little spicy. Loved it. — 10 months ago

Ron from VA

9.0

Nice lemon — acid friendly…at amalfi. — 10 days ago

Joel Lara

9.4

This is a beautifully elegant nebbiolo with generous aromatics, a silky smooth mouthfeel, and refined tannins providing just a touch of grip on the finish. Notes of cherry, mint, and white pepper come through on the nose, and on the palate additional flavors of cloves, orange zest, and violet add complexity. Finish Is moderately long, with lingering notes of spice, cherry, and bitter orange. This paired well with pan-seared duck breast and a port wine blueberry reduction sauce. Light/medium bodied with high acidity. — a month ago

Tim O’Brien

9.3

Really good cab sav someone gave us for engagement, not bitter at all but still rich (in a good way) — 3 months ago

Chris Buggy

8.9

Smooth and easy, cherry currant and plum-the moms love it — 5 months ago

with Jennifer

ThreeCircles

9.8

Really good. @Home — 5 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.0

NV Our Sunday breakfast sparkle with scrambled eggs. Live life! — 8 months ago

Ross Bathgate

9.5

Bought at the winery after tasting in 1999, my first pilgrimage to Coonawarra. Opened very stinky but blew off with air over 30 mins to beautiful fragrant nose and that sweet soft tannin of an aged Coonawarra Cabernet. Drank gloriously over the next two hours. Still full of life at 29 years old. — 10 months ago

Andy Krell

9.6

Tastes of plums, dark cherry and rick dark fruits. Love it. Will buy again — 18 days ago

Adrian Layfield

9.3

One of my go-to cheaper wines. Dry and woody. — a month ago

Gabriel Hayes

10

Tanglewood — 3 months ago

with Patricia and Rachel

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

1973 vintage. Okay fill. Opened with a Durand. Cork 80% saturated. Musty, hot, slightly “raisined” nose. Light medium body. Drank more like a Burgundy at this stage of life. Amplifying savory aspects currently. Definitely instructive and an absolute blast to hit the FLB (Friday Lunch Bunch) with. These formative, ancient Napa Cabs always so revealing, primal and archival. The 1973 cork a little longer than those short stuff 1968 and 1969 ones. 6.12.26. — 4 months ago

Vinod Peris

9.0

Juicy Cab, with nicely integrated tannins. A little fruit forward with a smooth finish. — 6 months ago

Donna Craig

9.3

Everyone loved this ‘24 Riesling at Christmas’26.
Got it WineThing. — 9 months ago

Anne Richardson

9.1

Mmmm - delicious! Quite full bodied with a deep ruby red color. Enjoyed with red meat and all by itself. Flavors of blackberry, plum and dark cherry. — 10 months ago