Andrea Watt

9.1

BlackBerry, cherry, oak, and a touch of pepper. — 2 months ago

Freddy R. Troya

9.5

The V.2021 Titus Family Estate Reserve Cab. Sauv. is one their finest expression of their Ehlers Lane vineyard. Situated in the core of the St. Helena AVA, along the base of Howell Mountain AVA, with the Silverado Trail on its Eastern border and the Napa River to its West. This place has a very long and rich history in the fines wines that has produced Beaulieu, Charles Krug, and Cuvaison.

This terroir is fully expressed on this bottle with has a blend of 87% Cab Sauv., 9.5% Petit Verdot, 3.5% Malbec which offers an immense concentration of dark berries aromas with some hints of violet all the way. It has an extremely approachability on the palate with an incredible delicacy of ripen red fruits, yet the coffee espresso mouthfeel is beyond enticing, together with the chewing tannins blending with texture of the cacao beans and the long but not over lingering oak at the very end, it takes you to next level.

Incredibly, this wine is just climbing its prime time and will evolve even more in the next 10 years, but can it be enjoyable now like I did as well. Cheers to this caliber of wines! — a year ago

sasha

9.1

W. Still fruit forward with really nice balanced tannins and oak — 4 years ago

"Odedi"

9.2

Deep ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Full bodied and smooth with medium acidity.

Showing black fruits with light wood, spices, coffee, dark chocolates, earth, tobacco leaf, violets, herbs and peppercorn.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity and mouthfeel.

This is a delicious Syrah from Walla Walla Valley in Washington State. Nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel. Spicy and rich.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after an hour of airtime, when tannins show up. Gets earthier as it opens up with bitter vegetables and tar.

Even smoother after 2 hours of airtime. I did not decant it and left it in the bottle to open up.

Robert Parker 95 points.
Thank you Scott for sharing this with me.

Fruit forward with good structure, and a beautiful aromatic nose.

I paired it with a delicious burger.

100% Syrah grapes were aged in 40% new oak barrels.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$50. — 4 years ago

with Scott

Brandon Boesch

8.9

Massive oak, lemon sauce, cream, a bit of toast, hint of honeysuckle. I enjoy this style about once or twice a year. — 6 years ago

Shay A

9.5

Monthly WTF group recap. Theme this month was “bring something special”. Normally we taste all of the wines blind, but we decided to do a relaxed night with amazing wines at a great restaurant. Spectacular evening!

This was my contribution. Again, it was paired next to the filtered ‘11 vintage and the colors were incredibly different, with this being hay/straw colored with just a touch of cloudy appearance. If guessing blind, I would have called this Aubert SugarShack (which I love). Medley of lemon cream, marzipan and honeyed sea salt on the nose with a rich and powerful profile on the palate, yet it is nimble...perfectly balanced. Sweet oak, caramel dipped golden delicious apple at the finish. — 7 years ago

with Steve, Jack and 8 others

"Odedi"

9.0

Light reddish in color with light intensity.

Fresh berries on the nose with light cedar notes.

Medium bodied with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with raspberries, fresh cherries, light oak, chocolates, black pepper, herbs and light earth.

Medium plus on the finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This is a tasty Pinot Noir from Chehalem Mountains in Oregon. Showing nice complexity already, but will get even better with more bottle time. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

This Single Vineyard Pinot Noir is spicy and nicely balanced, with a nice mouthfeel. Soft and elegant.

Feels like a Russian River Valley Pinot. Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.

Pinot Noir grapes were aged in (35% new) French oak barrels for 12 months.

13% alcohol by volume.

90 points.

$75. — 8 months ago

"Odedi"

9.2

It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix.

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Nice nose of cedar, licorice, cola, Indian spices, chocolates and tobacco.

Medium plus in body with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with currants, plums, cooked cherries, cedar, spices, light vanilla, tobacco, peppercorn, espresso, eucalyptus, light vegetables and herbs.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 4 year old Cabernet Sauvignon from Yountville is already delicious. Fruit forward and elegant. Soft and smooth.

Showing nice complexity. Still young but already enjoyable even by itself.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after an hour in the decanter. A good quality wine.

Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years. This Single Vineyard has good potential to become a 94 +point wine.

A good sipping wine that will pair nicely with a big piece of steak.

A blend of 97% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot. Aged for 19 months in (55% new) French Oak barrels. Only 7,200 bottles made.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$90. — 3 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.2

Drank on 2nd day. Some buttery notes surprised me. Oak had faded. Still good but not great — 4 years ago

Galen Hasler

9.1

Beautiful Willamette Pinot noir classy bright fruit beautiful aroma, touch of oak — 4 years ago

Shay A

9.3

Jarvis has always been such a unique producer with its incredible underground facility and fascinating lineup of wines. Their Finch Hollow Chardonnays (this one and the Unfiltered version) are outrageously expensive, but they sure know how to deliver on flavor profile.

My notes here are actually quite similar to the 2015 I opened last year, but everything is a touch more restrained. Normally quite rich with expensive oak usage, this seems nicely balanced…it’s almost fresh in profile. Sweet lemon cream alongside marzipan and sea breeze aromatically. From a phenolic standpoint, it’s close to some of the Aubert offerings with its powerful texture. Finishes with a surprising amount of honeysuckle, caramel dipped apple, and honeycrisp. This seems to be built for a bit longer aging compared to the 2015. I’ll be curious to see how the 2018 is. — 5 years ago

Hayden B. Oothout

9.2

Wow. This might be the best 100% PV that I have had. Big bold and fruit forward. Inky dark as you would expect petit Verdot to be. On the nose there is oak and licorice, with a faint hint of black currant. It is complex on the palette, vanilla infused cocoa with licorice and black currant, nice tannic backbone to structure the wine. This is a great wine. Only 5 barrels produced. — 7 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.0

This Chardonnay carries a pale, golden hue, but struts in with a big, oaky nose, butter and butterscotch layering over the tropical fruit. The palate is just as bold, with oak spice leading the way here, too. The mouthfeel is full, but the acidity is sharp as a tack. Oak lingers on the finish, so be prepared for a wooden extravaganza. — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Pale and lemon with aromas of stone and citrus fruits with yeasty and toasty oak aromas, sat on lees for 6 months. On the palate flavors of crisp apple and peach with citrus zest and nutty oak notes, well balanced with acidity. Medium+ finish ending with fruit, toasty oak and mineral character. Pair with a lane or red snapper with a tomato garlic compote topping. — 10 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Fantastic! Very well balanced. — 2 years ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Good depth. Solid oak. More apple and stone fruit in this one. Little ox too as it was a deeper golden color. — 4 years ago

Mark Eastom

9.0

2009. Nice cab. Inky color, cassis, toast, vanilla (American oak?), dried herbs, mushroom, menthol/eucalyptus and nice acid. Really good time to drink, but can easily go longer. — 4 years ago

Josh Morgenthau

9.4

Made in the Cali style with oak and sweetness but with fantastic concentration, balance and structure. Tropical fruits and pastry on the nose. Actually really harmonious. Supple waxiness and minerals. Great value! — 4 years ago

Frank Kuo

9.4

Color of purple, a bit bubbly, with slightly gray and blue hue on the rim. Nose is nice, with plum, aldehyde, oak, some blackberries, and oily. Taste follows the nose, slightly sweet with dark fruits, soft tannins, more oak note, a bit vanilla, some ripe grapes, and hint of zest. Quite smooth and tasty. Aftertaste is clean with more oaky and sweet note, milky and a bit peppery. Packed with good flavors. — 5 years ago

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9.8

Bright full ruby. Very dark nose combines black fruits, violet, graphite and river rock, plus subtle hints of molasses, tobacco and leather; less relentlessly primary than more recent vintages, but then 2010 widely produced explosive, complex, soil-driven aromas. This wine, too, shows a slightly liqueur-like quality yet seems less evolved than the Roberta's. Stunningly silky yet penetrating too, with its dark fruit, mineral and floral flavors conveying terrific vinosity and cut. A firm tannic spine gives this savory wine terrific grip on the palate-staining back end. A distinctly European style in the context of Napa Valley, with its outstanding flavor complexity aided by alcohol below 14%. (100% new French oak). (Stephen Tanzer, Vinous, May 2020)
— 6 years ago