Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2021 vintage. A continuation of the Cade HM style. Everything in its right place. Everything in its right place. Light-medium body. That centralized light-saber of pure fruit/tannins balance throughout...so good. One of the few Napa cabs you can absolutely enjoy that doesn't enslave you or your palate to continued heavy wines should you desire to "backtrack" to pinot noir. 10.30.24. — 22 days ago

"Odedi"

9.7

Cade Winery Oakville Premiere Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Napa Valley, California

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Deep ruby in color with a very short reddish rim.

Sweet nose of blackberries, sweet plums, cooked cherries, figs, cedar, raisins, vanilla, licorice, eucalyptus herbs and black pepper.

Full bodied, smooth and elegant, with medium acidity.

Dry and very fruity on the palate with blackberries, black cherries, cooked plums, raisins, herbs, dried figs, vanilla, cedar, spices, cola, milk chocolates, tobacco, light earth and peppercorn.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.

This 14 year old from a great vintage in Napa, is drinking wonderfully now. A gorgeous wine that will continue to age nicely in the next 20 years.

Showing great complexity and mouthfeel.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after 2 hours of airtime. I did not decant it and left it in the bottle.

A great wine to have all by itself, but will pair very nicely with a nice piece of steak.

Thank you Sonny for sharing this with me.

This is bottle number 82 out of only 120 produced.

15% alcohol by volume.

97 points. — 2 years ago

Jason Macomb

9.0

Nice white wine to ring in new year — 4 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.5

2021 vintage. So tasted alongside sister property Cade (and Plumpjack) Howell Mountain Cab. If I weren't so familiar with the Cade HM, woulda sworn this was mountain fruit. This is the leanest, dirtiest SLD effort I've ever had spanning a multiplicity of SLD producers since the 1986 vintage. It's got the underlying structure of Stags Leap District but none of the top layer of richness. It all got scraped off and you are just left with the steak-no sizzle. Comes courtesy of the old old Steltzer property (hadn't heard that winery name in decades and it was the durtiest in SLD!) and the new powers that be turbo-charged it and turned shizz up to 11. Fascinating and phenomenal. Light-medium body and has the color but packs an unexpected Barolo-styled punch. Not your average SLD bear. Watch out for Mr. Ringer...err...Ranger. 10.30.24. — 22 days ago

Andre Rodrigues

8.9

Early June — 2 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.1

High expectations and a decent aperitif wine. Very sweet vanilla and oaky. I mean. More than Caymus. Crazy. Kinda like drinking candy. Not a lot of depth but fruit was good. Liked it but once steaks arrived - it was time to move on to Cade Howell — 3 years ago

RustyR

9.4

Open 6 bottles in one night — 3 months ago

R. HARRIS III

9.1

Lightly flavored. Smooth " afterbite"! Definitely will repurchase. — 6 months ago

carmen

9.8

absolutely delicious rosè recommended by the waiter. it’s bright, light with some fizz with some acidity. there were some bubbly strawberry flavors. i had it with a baked chicken. — 3 years ago

Andy Hall

9.7

Sorry to say I turned 60 a couple of weeks ago. My daughters came in to celebrate this past weekend and we wanted to drink some good wine. What a trio: ‘12 Cade Reserve, ‘13 Cardinale, and ‘05 Leoville Las Cases. Ironically, I am going to score all 3 of these as 97+. They were really a treat. The Las Cases was decanted for 5 hours and it was clear that we were about 7 years too early. It’s a terrific wine and at at age ~25 it will be absolutely stunning. Already has balance and harmony. Can’t wait until I am about 67 so that I can revisit the remaking 11 bottles! — 4 years ago