Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2008 vintage. From a 375ml bottle. Nice but more dried fruits than last visit 01.29.23 (9.5) and drinking more "advanced." 04.04.25. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

8.8

1990 vintage. Good cork. Average fill. Opened but not decanted. Less than expected sed. Dried fruits nose. Light body. Crested the top of the bell curve quite some time ago and fully descending with speed. Brickish with clove and black pepper traces, Slightly tart on the finish. 04.04.25. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2021 vintage. Medium body. Not the biggest Sonoma Cab fan but this was shredding at $22 a btl on 2 cases.
04. 02.25. — 5 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2022 vintage. Medium/medium heavy body. Nice, initial draw and mid-palate kaleidoscope but a shunted finish. Started off nearly identical to the 2022 Gary's Vineyard same producer/vintage but lacking the epic, back end, guitar solo outro. Brand new so would like to retaste in 8-12 months. We all know how fickle the pinot noir grape can be. 04.02.25. — 5 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.6

2004 vintage. Last tasted 03.01.25 (9.6). Another decade beckons. Beautiful acidity and balance. Light-medium body. Exquisite color. Slightly metallic/copper flavor with decaying rose petals. At the top of the bell curve currently. Phenomenal. 04.04.25. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.1

2023 vintage. Just JUST got released. A tad more tart than previous visits to this destination on different vintages but still true to the producer's style. Visiting again in 6 months would likely garner a 9.2 or 9.3. 04.03.25. — 4 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2017 vintage. Last tasted 01.22.25 (9.4). Said no then but said yes this time. $50 a bottle on two cases. Medium body with dark fruit and grip for days. Vineyard planted to the Hartwell (Grace) clone. Helluva deal with many/most of the Napa cabs previously in this price range having rocketed up to the $80-$100 range. Needs a decant/air time but is a ringer in a blind Napa cab tasting. Decided, old-school stylings. 04.02.25. — 5 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2005 vintage. Great fill and cork. Decanted and tasted after two hours. Small amount of chunky and powdery sed. Nose a bit musty but never funky during a high decant. Medium-heavy body. Tremendous power throughout. Can easily go another two decades. Still packing the signs of youth such as individual flavors easily evident vs melded/integrated ones. Tasted more like a 2020 vintage. Was hoping for more black tea, espresso, orange citrus peel, soy sauce notes (and there were some). This one's gonna need a bigger boat...er...another 7-8 years or a 5 hour decant to shed some of that overt power in a trade off for nuance. Delicious in its own way but not easy. Demanding. 04.04.25. — 3 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2019 vintage. Medium/medium-heavy body. Refined finesse and barely throttled power in a bottle. Dynamite. 04.02.25. — 4 days ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2022 vintage. Fruity nose. Medium-heavy bod. Super-fleshy like it was on vacation in California. Nice, clean-up on aisle 9, acidity. Trying to taste through the makeup, flash and influencer smoke et mirrors here. Picked up a case at $69.43 a btl. Dylan sang it well (altho Cat Power has a game-changing version). I believe in you. 04.02.25. — 5 days ago