| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
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2016 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
8/23/2021 - MJP Hou TX wrote: 94 pointsSplit bottle between two days. Day one PNP between two Zalto BDX glasses, recorked/cellar temp with bottle resting on it's side. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (18) |
| White |
2019 Lail Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc GeorgiaYountville more |
8/24/2021 - msuwine wrote: 95 pointsThis 100% Sauvignon Blanc has a generosity and precision that are exceptional (as is the price), but this is plainly one of the best of its varietal coming out of Napa (or, for that matter, America). Light yellow, almost silver in color; medium in body (at least at the moment, with more weight coming with age); aromas of grapefruit, green apple, salt water, and crushed rock. Flavors of quince, gooseberry, under-ripe pear, and quartz, with a zippy finish that has enough body to be both refreshing and intriguing. 14.4% alcohol. Decant an hour if drinking now. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (18) |
| Red |
2019 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
2/17/2022 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 97 pointsDoubled decanted and drank after about 3 hours of air. Nose of creme de cassis, roses, forest floor and dark chocolate. This has a fantastic interplay of dark fruit and powerful earthy elements. Full bodied, with super grainy tannins, good acidity and lovely purity, it begs for time in the bottle to stretch its legs and allow some of the super powerful core to expand. Long finish shows great potential. 5 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (12) |
| Red |
2012 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
12/31/2015 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 97 pointsCork was popped about 3hrs before taking to a restaurant for dinner. Incredible wine. Just fantastic. Classically beautiful nose, with notes of cherries, creme de cassis and vanilla. Absolutely gorgeous in the glass - red fruit dominant. This is seamless on the pallet. Very concentrated and powerful, but at the same time smooth as silk. The finish is long and dramatic. You can drink this wine without regret as long as you give it some air. Gorgeous. 97+ (might be too low). 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (11) |
| Red |
2012 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
11/9/2019 - Rollerball wrote: 96 pointsLarge standout in a weekend of drinking superb Napa Cabernets. This one not only shone beautifully as several others but also had a tractor beam draw that made people sneak sips out of each others glasses when they “weren’t looking”. That game and the forward leaning upbeat nature of this captivating wine worked together as the bottle earned its place in our book of special memories. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (10) |
| Red |
2012 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
12/3/2022 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 96 pointsAt 10 years of age this could have been mistaken for the recent release. Freshness of fruit, silky tannins, and a very specific winemaking style that has become a bit predictable vintage to vintage. One of the bottlings that got me into wine. Quality juice that I think a good majority of Napa drinkers enjoy and I recommend to most folks looking to explore Napa. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (6) |
| Red |
2016 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
8/26/2021 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 96 pointsSo after the disappointing experience earlier this week I decide to pull another cork to verify bottle variation. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (6) |
| Red |
2019 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
2/18/2022 - #1Winelover Likes this wine: 97 pointsThis is one of the few 2019s that I have had which still needs some time to sleep. Coravin'ed on day 1 which was okay. Opened on day 2, decanted for 3 hours and drank over the next 3 hours. It got better with time! 5 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (5) |
| Red |
2018 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon BlueprintNapa Valley more |
4/1/2022 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 pointsThree hour decant. Very deep dark purple magenta color. Blackberry, boysenberry, flint, violet, vanilla cream, and subtle baker’s chocolate on the nose. Smooth, tongue drying palate. Firm, full, but low intensity tannins on the longish finish. 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (5) |
| Red |
2018 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon WellyNapa Valley more |
11/24/2020 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 95 pointsThis is just a stunning wine. Haven't had much of any experience with Lail, but given the reasonable price tag and Melka pedigree I decided to go ahead and give this a run. Smart move. Expressive nose of violets, black currant, forest floor and tobacco leaf. Amazing power and grace on the palate, this hits you with stunning purity and crazy concentrated depth of flavor. Refined tannins, hardly noticeable oak influence, super energetic, graceful and yet it's like that Tesla with motors on every wheel - floating right up to 120 in 4 seconds. Finish is very, very long and totally satisfying. Fantastic wine. 96++ 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| White |
2019 Lail Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc GeorgiaYountville more |
3/24/2023 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 95 pointsBrought this bottle to a friends house to be paired with Kuu Sushi. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (4) |
| Red |
2012 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
5/5/2020 - Cailles wrote: 97 pointsThis wine is certainly one of the denser, but also more complex 2012s. While the stuffing and stature was there right from the start, it needed several hours in the decanter to become perfectly round and harmonious. It felt a bit more like a 2015 or 2016 than the usually slightly cooler 2012s, especially at the beginning of the evening. But this wine it is destined to be one of the more long-lived and certainly best 2012s thanks to the superb complexity and delineation as well as the structural frame to support extended ageing. At first at 95/96 points, last sips rather 97/98. 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| White |
2007 Lail Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc GeorgiaYountville more |
6/9/2021 - jlgnml Likes this wine: 94 pointsBought at auction for the low price of $35 a btl. Color was super clean especially for its age. Delightful canopy of fruit with the lingering grasses. Good finish and on a hot summer night pretty special. This wine does ageDrink/hold. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2018 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
3/31/2021 - jimyeni Likes this wine: 97 pointsSuch a great wine. Smooth, elegant, very focused. There’s grip on the finish but it’s so enjoyable now. I can only imagine what this will be like with some age on it 2 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2012 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
12/14/2019 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 97 pointsRevisiting after replacement bottle sent via Lail (Thank you Chantal for standing behind your wine!) . Night and day difference. Must have been a off bottle on 8/16/19 as this was fantastic! Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2018 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon BlueprintNapa Valley more |
4/24/2023 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 93 pointsThree hour slow ox. Very very deep dark electric magenta color. Blackberry, graphite, baker’s chocolate Oreo cookie, and subtle tobacco. Smooth, dry, somewhat chalky palate. Satiny, mouth coating acidity. Firm, full tannins on the longish finish. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2012 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
12/8/2019 - WTWebber wrote: 98 pointsThis is drinking so beautifully right now even if it is still a bit young. I opened it and let sit for an hour before decanting for another hour. It just kept getting better and better as I went along. I am thankful that I have several more to enjoy in the future. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2019 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
6/19/2022 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 96 pointsCoravin day 1. PNP day two. 4 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| White |
2016 Lail Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc Premiere Napa Valley Henry VIIIYountville more |
6/8/2023 - Cailles wrote: 93 pointsTasted double blind. A true unicorn here. The highlight was the softness and weightlessness, without loosing the cut. It was missing that extra precision and intensity the Dana Hershey SB 2016 (97pts) in the next glass had. 93pts. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
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2019 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Mole HillNapa Valley more |
9/18/2023 - Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 99 pointsIn a word - spectacular! My first Mole Hill but won't be my last. This is amazingly powerful and age worthy, but still open enough to drink now with a little air. That may be owed to the generous vintage. 3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| White |
2019 Lail Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc GeorgiaYountville more |
6/10/2022 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 95 pointsLooking back at pictures from our family trip to Aspen I forgot to log this wine. No formal notes but I remember it being fantastic! I'm definitely a fan of Melka's effort on this Sav Blanc. Pricey but in my opinion worth it. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2018 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
6/6/2023 - csimm wrote: 97 pointsTOP SHELF WINE WEEKEND: Rich without being rich, day one of this wine was fairly plush, pumping full throttled black fruit and chocolate notes out like a firehose. A baby Vice Versa M7, the Lail was unsurprisingly showing like a version of the Melka M7 concoction served next to it. The Lail maintained more poise and seemed less gushing than the M7 at the time, but both were flavor hounds hunting for fruit to pounce on the palate and proffer lusciousness and succulence. The grip on the Lail is fine indeed, with a honed focus that keeps the core in perfect center. A bit of scraps left over for day two present even more focus concentration and convergence. There is heightened delineation and cadence, with a rhythm that defines classism-meets-modernity. An exquisite bottle of wine. 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2013 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
3/19/2021 - GranadaPedroAlarcon Likes this wine: 98 pointsThis is an exceptional wine. It juzt keeps getting better every time I open a bottle. I have 5 bottles left that I am planning to drink over the next 5 years. It is an absolute treat 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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2007 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
7/8/2011 - Judgen Likes this wine: 91 pointsBouquet was fantastic morphing from currants and vanilla to tar and tobacco in the first 30 min. recognizing that the wine was very young with a long cellar potential (indeed needs 5+ yrs), I decanted 18 hours before a special dinner where the wine was chosen in a food pairing. Whilst I was excited about the wine opening and developing deep, complex flavors, it seemed like it went from being tight to being a well done, but not great, cab. I was hoping for so much more and ultimately determined that the price point of $130 was too high when I can find bottles of equivalent quality in the $70 range. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
| Red |
2016 Lail Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon J. Daniel CuvéeNapa Valley more |
10/6/2022 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 95 pointsThis J Daniel Cuvee 16 was locked up tight a PNP. With some ox in the glass the wine softened up a bit. Still primarily dark bramble fruits and chewy tannins. Not the typically Melka experience of silky plushness that I associate with a "style". A bit more serious than the 15 I opened up shortly after. It will be fun to see were this wine goes as it's a bit muddled and in need of further development. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (2) |
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