Hillside Estate

Moone-Tsai Vineyards

Hillside Blend Howell Mountain Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Paul K
9.5

79% Merlot and 21% cab. This wine is amazing and ready now but I’m sure time will only enhance. The 2016 is more tight/tannic than this and not ready yet. This is prettier, but still powerful. Loving this and gonna pick up more. — 19 days ago

Tom, James and 15 others liked this

Dry Creek Vineyard

Hillside & Benchland Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon

Really smooth wine for the price point! No after taste and a sweet finish to each sip! — 4 months ago

Qupé

Bien Nacido Hillside Estate Syrah 2016

2016 vintage. Last tasted 1.14.24 (9.4). Ripped through the last two bottles. Medium/medium-heavy body. Still plenty of meaty/gamey qualities afoot but undergoing potty training and getting domesticated. Just starting to get cultured and “pretty.” 4.12.24. — 8 months ago

Shay, Andrew and 12 others liked this

Subject To Change Wine Co

Lune Juice Hillside Vineyard Carbonic Zinfandel

Semi-sweet juicy juice with some sulfur — 3 years ago

Juggernaut

Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon

CnA
9.1

Love this wine! — 2 days ago

Flora Springs

Reserve Rutherford Hillside Cabernet Sauvignon

The longevity this wine is capable of is shocking. The color hardly looks half its age, with a blooming nose that screams a much younger, softened cab of yesteryear. After half an hour open there’s nose of blueberry and butterscotch, vanilla and spicy peppery notes still persist! Over time a mustiness emerged, along with notes of wet wood, maybe even a little mustard! There’s even still a zippy, lingering acidity on the palate that focuses towards the tip of the tongue, either flavors of ripe strawberry, blueberry, plum and some meaty savory subtle notes, but primarily jammy fruit, with a palate that develops some woody cedar and forest floor notes and as it becomes further oxygenated. This is so impressive! — 3 months ago

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Rarecat

Old Toll Hillside Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

Still excellent. Dark cherries, plums, dark chocolate, and leather. Fabulous on the nose, full-bodied, and complex. An outstanding wine from winemaker Sharon Harris. — a year ago

Shafer Vineyards

Hillside Select Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

2002 vintage. Last tasted 10.06.22 (9.4). Similar "gliding along" impressions with feminine characteristics. This bottle (nice fill, cork and decent sed) was a goody. Decanted and tasted after 5 mins, 30 mins and 2 hours. Bit more structure evident after two hours open as to be a different, yet fantastic, wine. Funny how some of these underwhelming, less than aggro wines can take on another life of their own, on their terms, by gently removing all doubt. Still another 5-7 years-easy. 11.21.24. — a month ago

Tom, Jan and 18 others liked this

Rhys Vineyards

Alpine Hillside Pinot Noir 2018

Excellent — 8 months ago

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Rhys Vineyards

Horseshoe Hillside Pinot Noir 2019

Christmas spices, candy apple, roasted strawberries, black cherry, touch of herbs but plenty of fruit and spice — 10 months ago

Paul, Douglas and 6 others liked this