Tom Casagrande

9.4

Holy smokes this is good! My expectations were modest due to my stereotyping its Santa Clara County provenance, but I stand corrected. This is apparently an old-vine blend featuring about 50% Zin and a mix of Carignane and Mataro (Mourvèdre) to round it out. The purity of the black and red berries on the nose is remarkable. A bit of crushed stony earth. In the mouth, there’s tremendous flavor concentration but with an athletic mouthfeel that balances nice acids and super-soft tannic support. Great length. Color me duly impressed. Shoulda got more. 14.5% alcohol thank you very much. — 10 days ago

Virginia Thomas

9.2

Ted’s Birthday - Lake Tahoe — 3 years ago

Brian

9.5

Strawberry with a little dark cherry maybe. Good balance. — 4 years ago

Conrad Green

9.0

Very intense pure fruit. Plum, pencil lead, iron. High in flavor and alcohol. Punchy. — a month ago

with Jonathan, Paul and 1 other

Jason Sliwa

8.9

Good character but not inspiring. Unidimensional. — 2 years ago

with Vicki

Rob Brobst III

9.5

What a perfume... Martha McClellan and Wesley Steffens worked in tandem to craft this inaugural release. The fruit is sourced from two estate vineyards farmed on top of Spring Mountain, as well as the Beckstoffer Melrose Vineyard in Rutherford, CA. The resulting wine shows very focused yet fresh and vibrant aromatics, polished tannins with great tension, smooth texture throughout the wine ending with a very pleasing and lengthy finish. This wine will drink very well upon release, as well will continue to reward with aging in the cellar for many years to come. — 4 years ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.1

A much more serious take on Merlot than most do in Napa. Graphite, blackberry, cacao. — 6 months ago

S.S. Mandani

9.1

Mountain river fresh. Quite juicy and clean.

Smooth, not sharp. Rounded and creamy in the mid palate.

Tropical fruits galore. Good smooth, casual drinking. — 2 years ago

Stephen Redenbaugh

9.2

Fruit juicy goodness. Dark, inky purple and nice acid/black fruit balance. Blackberry, goose berry, boysenberry...plenty of fruit but lively in the mouth and remarkably light on its feet. Round, soft tannins escort the wine on its finish. I used to recommend Cabernet to accompany that crusty, juicy medium rare filet... but this makes a brilliant case for carignan from a good producer and old vines. — 4 years ago

Anne Richardson

8.9

A fun semi sweet table wine. Goes down easily. Even the bottle is fun - red!
A note: it is produced in Palisade, CO not in CA as listed on the front page. — 4 years ago