Decant and pour. On the nose: blackberry, forest floor, currants, herbaceous, smoked meat. Taste: velvety, balanced wine with brambly blackberry, earth, currants, spice, leather, graphite, and a medium plus dry finish. YUM!
Decant and pour. On the nose: blackberry, forest floor, currants, herbaceous, smoked meat. Taste: velvety, balanced wine with brambly blackberry, earth, currants, spice, leather, graphite, and a medium plus dry finish. YUM!
Nov 29th, 2025
Nice forest floor, well integrated. Tannins resolving but enough to go many more years.
Nice forest floor, well integrated. Tannins resolving but enough to go many more years.
Mar 25th, 2018
Beautifully balanced - embodies the velvet hammer SLV is famous for. Floral notes in the nose with leather and dark fruit. Palate is amazing- balanced throughout, dark fruit, touch of pepper on a lingering finish. Made the Christmas dinner one to remember. Thank you SLV!
Beautifully balanced - embodies the velvet hammer SLV is famous for. Floral notes in the nose with leather and dark fruit. Palate is amazing- balanced throughout, dark fruit, touch of pepper on a lingering finish. Made the Christmas dinner one to remember. Thank you SLV!
Dec 25th, 2016
well integrated oak, spice and fruit, still very young and fresh, screams napa, a bit of tobacco and black currant. But tastes heavy to me. Hard to ignore the pedigree though, clearly well made.
well integrated oak, spice and fruit, still very young and fresh, screams napa, a bit of tobacco and black currant. But tastes heavy to me. Hard to ignore the pedigree though, clearly well made.
Dec 25th, 2015
Served double decanted. Classic Napa Cab. Rich, dark fruit flavors. Full bodied. Decent acidity and subtle tannins. Perfect with a rib-eye.
Served double decanted. Classic Napa Cab. Rich, dark fruit flavors. Full bodied. Decent acidity and subtle tannins. Perfect with a rib-eye.
Sep 6th, 2015
Napa Valley, California, USA
