4/16/2024 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Multiple tastings with consistent notes. Quite outstanding. It showed no signs of decline, could have used another couple of years in the cellar.

4/2/2024 - webbaker Likes this wine:

My favorite wine at this price point, an underrated vintage.

4/2/2024 - webbaker Likes this wine:

My favorite Pinot. Not a fruit bomb, leaning towards the austere side. Wonderful.

4/2/2024 - webbaker Likes this wine:

I was surprised by this wine as I’m not a big fan of the 100% Cab Franc. This wine was quite stunning, gobs of big, bright fruit flavors. More intense than I expected, though not a ton of depth. I can easily see why this wine blends so well with the other Hobbs Cabernet wines.

3/19/2024 - webbaker wrote:

Corked

2/21/2024 - webbaker wrote:

Not a good vintage to begin with and this wine is in decline. Drink up.

12/27/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Simply outstanding, drinking beautifully.

12/17/2023 - webbaker wrote:

A little brown on the edge, little fruit left, past its prime. Drink up.

12/12/2023 - webbaker wrote:

Old & brown

12/12/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

One of the few 2013’s I’ve tasted that are ready to drink. Bright fruit flavors, tannins still present, but not biting your head off. Wish I had more.

11/28/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

One of my favorites.

11/28/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Past its prime, but still enjoyable if you like older wines. Drink up

11/28/2023 - webbaker wrote:

Past its prime, drink up.

11/7/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Cork was perfect. This wine has held up pretty well for a 2011. Not a fruit bomb by any means, nice balance between fruit and aromatics. Quite enjoyable

10/31/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Always a winner in my book. Dark fruits, could have used a little more age. Impressive wine at this price point. Best I can tell, this wine is now labeled as Coombsville. I think the wine was always from those vineyards.

10/31/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Perfect amount of aging, tannins fully integrated, plenty of good fruit flavors. Wish I had more.

8/23/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

I’ve been drinking down some older bottles of Caymus from my cellar. This particular bottle was quite outstanding. Still a fruit forward wine, but not a fruit bomb by any means. Very well balanced.

6/13/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Holding up fairly well, but on the downhill side of life. Fruit has receded, tannins fully integrated. Hardly tastes like Caymus. Drink up.

5/27/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Multiple tastings with consistent notes. Strong aromatics, tannins are still pretty firm. Could easily use more cellar time.

5/27/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Consistent notes. This wine has held up well. Typical Seavey profile, more aromatics than fruit.

5/27/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Yet another outstanding Pinot from Paul Hobbs.

5/16/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Decanted for an hour then consumed it over the next 6. Still very tight but opened up after a few hours. Strong aromatics, as is the style here.

4/18/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

One of my favorites, but a little thinner than expected. Perhaps around the bend. Drink up.

4/18/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Surprisingly good, still plenty of fruit, nice aromatics, tannins fully integrated. I like this better than 07 Mondavi Reserve.

4/4/2023 - webbaker wrote:

A little thin and burned out. Usually these wines are very durable, but not this one. Perhaps flawed. Disappointing.

4/4/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

I’ve tasted both 07 & 08 recently. This 08 was quite impressive, good fruit flavors, fully integrated tannins. Better than the 07 I drank.

3/21/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

A classic from a great vintage. The last one I had was a bit off, but this was spot on. Heavy, dark fruit. Notes of tobacco and smoked meat. Still going strong, no sign of burnout.

3/21/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Surprisingly soft for a 2013. Reminded me of some of the flavors I taste in Kathryn Hall and Excellenz and I believe grapes from this vineyard are used in those blends. Enjoyable, but not worth > $200.

2/21/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Drinking beautifully now, the 2013’s are really opening up. Finally!

2/21/2023 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Starting to show some signs of burning out. Drink up!

1/7/2023 - webbaker wrote:

Corked

12/14/2022 - webbaker Does not like this wine:

Nothing but tannins and astringency, maybe it was a bad bottle, or needed a lot more cellaring. 2013 was a slow aging vintage (at least in Napa, this is Sonoma), but some of my favorites, like Paul Hobbs Napa, are opening up nicely.

11/29/2022 - webbaker wrote:

Still pretty tannic, needed more time in the cellar, finally opened up after about 24 hours.

11/28/2022 - webbaker wrote:

If I tasted this blind, I wouldn’t have any idea it was Seavey. Luscious and juicy, but without any depth of flavor or intensity. Seavey did a good job controlling the tannins and creating a drinkable wine from a really tough year. Drink up.

9/20/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Doesn’t hardly get any better than this. One of my favorites

9/20/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Much improved from my last tasting, seems like the perfect amount of age, but still going strong. Great balance & depth.

9/1/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Surprisingly good and better than my last tasting. The fruit bomb characteristic has faded away, but plenty of fruit remains. Good balance of fruit & aromatics. Large amount of sediment.

8/23/2022 - webbaker wrote:

I agree with the tasting note from Musinus, this is on.the downhill side of life. Drink up.

8/1/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

This is finally starting to open up, though could use more age. Leaning towards the aromatic/tannic side, not a fruit bomb by any means.

6/28/2022 - webbaker wrote:

Starting to taste a little past its prime, drink up.

5/3/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Classic red blend from Napa, tannins fully integrated, bright fruit flavors, not heavy at all. Wonderful. Wish I had more.

5/3/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

I’ve been drinking some older bottles of Caymus, 08, 09 & 10 (this). I’ve been pleasantly surprised, not a heavy wine, by any means, but still plenty of fruit without the jammy characteristic of younger vintages. Drink up.

5/3/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

The best 09 BDX I’ve tasted (which isn’t many), good fruit flavors without being jammy. Not too much of that BDX twang, nice aromatics. I would buy again.

4/19/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Multiple tastings with consistent notes, dark Smoky fruit flavors. One of my favorites.

4/19/2022 - webbaker wrote:

One of the better 2011 Napa cabs I’ve had, though I didn’t buy many (lousy vintage). A hollow tasting wine with little depth. Not worth the price.

3/28/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Another big winner from Paul Hobbs in 2012. A truly massive wine, much more so than the Beckstoffer Dr. Crane which I also tasted (and rated higher). Huge amount of sediment. Definitely could have taken more cellar time. Reminded me of PH Beckstoffer To-Kalon. Incredible depth.

3/28/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

My favorite wine from my favorite producer. A gorgeous wine; soft, fully integrated tannins. Perfumed with notes of red raspberry. Not heavy at all.

3/22/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Still holding its own, surprisingly tasty, but on the downhill side of life. Drink up.

3/5/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Multiple tastings with consistent notes. Given some cellar time, the over the top fruit bomb character starts to fade away and this wine starts to show better balance.

3/1/2022 - webbaker Likes this wine:

Multiple tastings with consistent notes, classic special selection from an interesting year. Drinking beautifully now.