Dennis Michael

9.5

Bold, fruit-forward, delicous — 4 days ago

Mark S.

9.0

Stable good US CS. Black currant and oak. 2017 @2400, wine plus - R&C, 220827-220901 — 2 years ago

Mark Turner

9.2

Zoom event with Drew Bledsoe and Josh McDaniels. Vertical from ‘07, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘17 estate, and ‘18. All were exceptionally smooth and silky with good depth of fruit. Notes on the ‘18: 90% CS, 5% Malbec, 5% Merlot. Least favorite of the night. Still a good wine but perhaps a bit too young, or just different enough from the others that I liked ones with a bit more age. This wine had a little more density than the others and perhaps a little more earth and graphite coming through that masked the fruit. It still had the classic doubleback elegance of the others but I felt we were not seeing this wine’s true expression. It only had about 1 hour in the glass and perhaps I need to pull another bottle, decant for a few hours and see what it does. — 4 years ago

with Jared, Aaron and 1 other

Matthew Doty

8.9

Solid CS, 2019 vintage — a year ago

Paco Suro

9.1

Always a great go to CS from Napa. Hoping it stays consistent in the years to come. — 3 years ago

Ming L

9.0

The 15’ bottling sees Petit Verdot leading this Bordeaux blend at 32%, with 26% CS, 26% Merlot, 13% CF, and 3% Malbec.
Complex and deep nose of blackberry, cassis, fig, dry pine cone, dark soy source, butterscotch, thyme, black pepper, with hint of violet. The palate, while delicious and smooth, lacks the depth I expected. Finely grained tannins lead to a long peppery finish.
377 cases made. — 4 years ago

Sagee Aran

9.0

Classic. All in place. Velvety, some acidity is missing. A ripe CS. — 2 years ago

Sagee Aran

9.2

2017 vintage. A textbook CS. Powerful but not overwhelming, good color nose and palate. — 4 years ago

Sagee Aran

9.3

2014 vintage. A blend of CS and Petit Syrah from the Kadita vineyard in Upper Gallilee. Dark inky color with black berries nose and a matured dry plum note. Smooth and balanced. We had it during a barbecue and probably have missed some of the attributes of this fine wine. — 4 years ago

Doug Powers

9.1

Classic older Napa Merlot, the CS really shows and still provides very nice structure, admittedly a leaner Napa vintage, but still fresh and nicely balanced w/acidity, solid 3 Palms!! — 5 years ago

with Jim