Shaun Kleffman

9.2

This bottle brought us back to Napa with good friends and family. Incredibly smooth and easy to drink. One of the best! — a month ago

with Kelsi

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.6

Silk, elegant, round, it has everything you need and you want. Super nice. — 5 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

A tribute to the crest called Rattlesnake Hill, highest point of Monte Rosso Vineyard, famous for rattlesnakes living among the vines, seeking sunshine by day and coiling around the vines at night. Dark Ruby with aromas of berry fruits, tangy herb, pepper and sweet spice. On the palate flavors of blackberry and ripe cherry with black pepper spice, vanilla and earthy sweet herbs. Soft chewy tannins, medium+ finish ending with fruit, spice and earthy oak. Nice! — 6 months ago

Luis F Gimenez

9.8

Outstanding bouquet. Plenty of dark fruits, a hint of vanilla, nice low finish — a month ago

Ellen Clifford

9.0

OH SO good. And for a very reasonable price in the 20’s. A spicy rendition, showing clove, white pepper and black tea on the nose (on top of to-be-expected-but-not-unwanted) of ripe red cherry. The palate brings in more green notes, contrasting the ripe fruit and fruitcake spices, but the acid is vibrant, and the tannins are scarcely there—this is a smooth, smooth glass of goodness. — 5 months ago

Sergio L Figueiredo

9.0

DUFRY/SP - 05/2019
— 7 months ago

K Brooks

8.9

Appropriate accompaniment to ham and rosemary white bean, onion, tomato dish. ($22) — 8 months ago

Matthew Doty

8.9

2020 vintage. Solid everyday Malbec — 2 months ago

Nick

8.9

Purple AF and delicious! Baking spices and ripe juicy red fruits. High in tannins. Got me hamskie after 2 glasses. — 2 months ago

Jay Kline

9.3

As a wine professional, there are few greater pleasures than a bottle that surprises. All too often, our prejudices influence the experience which is why it’s so important to taste wines in double-blind fashion, and often. This bottle of 2005 Terlato Family Vineyards, “Cardinal’s Peak” blew me away. I don’t know anything about the wine making or fruit source but what was in the glass was simply beautiful.

Poured into a decanter about 90 minutes prior to service and then enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 2005 pours a deep garnet color with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and some light signs of sediment. On the nose, the wine is vinous with notes of mostly ripe, but also some dried black and red fruits: blackberries, black cherry, black plum, raspberry, pipe tobacco, the purple Now and Laters®️, oiled leather, purple flowers, dark chocolate, coffee, dried forest floor, and soft baking spices. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and overwhelmingly satisfying. A somewhat, no scratch that, remarkable wine. End stop. Drinking so well right now and absolutely in its prime. Don’t think twice to drink now to enjoy at its very best, but this will continue to drink well through 2030 if you must. 13.8% ABV. — 5 months ago