John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.3

Delicious. Changes in the glass a lot. — 8 hours ago

Scott E. Becker

9.3

[Tasted on February 1, 2026 at Tom and Kathy’s house with Tom and Kathy]

Cherry and strawberry fruit, with black tea, spice and rose petals. — 2 days ago

Steven Gage

9.1

2021 — 2 days ago

with Megan

Steven Heydemann

9.4

Also brought by Luca and almost as good as the 2002. — 2 days ago

Christian Fischer

9.2

Typical, clean, minerally and floral. Very nice rendition — 14 hours ago

Tom Garland

9.5

1 hour decant(lots of fine/cloudy sediment). A stunning dark purplish garnet. On the nose: Intoxicating nose of red berries, cassis, stewed meat, cloves, scorched earth, musky. Taste: silky, exquisite, dense mouthfeel wine with blackberry, cassis, chocolate espresso, earth, minerals, and a spiced-graphite-dried herbs medium plus finish. YUM!! — 2 days ago

with Brenda

Jay Kline

9.5

Presented to me double-blind. The wine pours a deep garnet with an opaque core and some rim variation; medium viscosity with moderate staining of the tears and signs of sediment. On the nose the wine is vinous with notes of cassis, blackberry, black plum, tobacco, menthol, leather, and mix of cool and warm spices. On the palate the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This is really delicious.

Initial conclusions: this could be a Cabernet Sauvignon based blend or other Bordeaux-styled blend or a Tempranillo based blend from the United States, France or Spain. This saw French oak so I eliminated Spain. I thought the fruit was outshining the structure…so I liked the USA over France. And, based off the appearance, I thought this probably had 30+ years of age. Final conclusion: this is a Cabernet Sauvignon based blend from the United States, from California, Napa, Rutherford; 1994. Ugh…the 1990 vintage in Bordeaux has bit me twice now recently. Really awesome stuff! Drink now through 2040+. — 2 days ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Billy — 14 hours ago

Jack Krawczyk

9.4

took about 45 min for first signs of life but opened into a solid mexican cocoa nib and cedar — 2 days ago

Chris Wheaton

9.4

Always great to stop through Hong Kong which is kind of Wine Tourism at its best out of region…. Picked up this very youthful bottle to evaluate: saturated almost black/purple in the glass; nose somewhat mute at first but after a day or so all blackberry and plum; first sip almost painfully intense, great acidity and velvet tannins. Long haul wine and great but not outstanding. I’m more in line with NM than AG’s 100 points. — 2 days ago