Pierre-Alain Chenour

9.0

Very interesting blend, easy to sip, best little chilled — a month ago

Jon Haupt

9.0

Probably about at the end of this 2009 unless you super carefully store it. But it's very interesting, Dark toffee, caramel, kind of Madeira type notes. — 5 months ago

with Jason

Debra Copeland, WSET3, SWS, CSWS

9.0

Colour is very pale with just the lightest hint of coral pink. It’s off-dry with lots of ripe tropical fruits on the noise and palate - cantaloupe, peach, and a hint of floral. It’s a very interesting blend of grapes. — 7 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.1

Tasting older. Lots of earl grey tea, dried cherry, potpourri, some cedar, plums. — 9 months ago

Raul Puga

9.3

Yummmmmm!!!! — 2 years ago

Tyler Felous

9.6

This punches above its weight class. Having had the estate cuvée and cote bottles, this feels a peer. Big deep fruits. Smooth all the way through. Loved it — 3 years ago

Andrea Wilson @farmforthesoul

9.1

So delicious! High end but it was on sale so I tried it and then snagged a few more! If you haven’t tried out of Sonoma County, you really should. It surprised me! — 6 years ago

with Jeremy

Karilyn Lesassier-Van Oosten

9.1

Wow! It’s so yellow. — 2 months ago

romo

9.3

Sans soufre — 4 months ago

JKT

9.1

At Mark Paul NYD Party old Cab series. Continuing with old Cab series. Equally surprising as the McDowell but a totally different profile, with more oxidative notes as expected for such an age and with rounder texture and shorter finish — 8 months ago

Scott E. Becker

9.0

[Tasted on November 23, 2025 at Home]

Purchased during October 2019 visit to winery in Paso Robles. 40% Syrah; 25% Grenache; 24% Mourvèdre; 8% Petit Verdot; 3% Graciano. Strawberry, watermelon, white peach and mandarin orange fruit, with notes of rose petal, herbs de Provence and saline. — 9 months ago

Billy L.

9.3

Thanksgiving 🦃Wines & Champagne 🍾 Cheers👍🏻👏🏻
— 2 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2016 vintage. Massive. Needs an 8hr/holiday decant. Was drinking great after open 3hrs but needed more airtime. — 3 years ago

Sarah Milsow-Guenther

9.4

This vintage just keeps getting better and better. Spice and vanilla notes. Drinking with some spicier food. Pairs nicely with it. — 6 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.0

Oak still not integrated. Good grapes though. — 3 months ago

with Sarah

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.3

2022 vintage. Fave of the three new 2022 red releases-Côte A Côte, Optimus Estate Estate Reserve-and also the most affordable. 3.11.26. — 6 months ago

Michelle Wong

9.2

Will be delicious for many more years. Very juicy and full of complex earthy flavors. — 7 months ago

David Shaw

9.2

New vintage! Pale yellow, excellent clarity. Citrus, thyme and black pepper notes in nose. High acid, good body, lots of skin tannins given blanc de noir style of 100% Cabernet Franc. Flavor descriptors of lime peel, lime, thyme and black pepper apply. Mineral finish — a year ago

Lynn Graham

9.8

Fabulous buttery oaky finish. We enjoyed a 2019 fist which was richer than the 2021 reserve — 2 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.5

First time having this one, I’d buy it again.
Vinous 94

Winemaker Anthony Yount produced a stellar set of wines in 2018, all of which exhibit the vibrant fruit character that marks the vintage. Once again, I was impressed by the all-Carignan Sacred Burro bottling, which shows the potential of this still-obscure variety in Paso Robles, both as a blending grape and for a stand-alone varietal bottling. While more and more wineries have begun to include it in their plantings and the resulting wines, nobody yet is doing it as consistently well as Denner. — 4 years ago