3/18/2024 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Enjoyed this with fish tacos. Very light and crisp.

1/30/2022 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Great from open to finish. We didn’t let it breathe long but I am sure it would be even better with an hour to open it up more.

11/21/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Excellent Wine!!!! Scott Harvey always produces wonderful wine.

5/18/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Does not like this wine:

Unfortunately past its prime and steadily on the way down.

3/18/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Does not like this wine:

Flat with very little left in the bottle. Unfortunately this wine is well past its time.

2/14/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Decanted for 60 to 75 minutes before tasting. The wine although 25 yeas old held together very well. Very few tannins left so I would say it has little life left in the bottle but was an excellent wine to enjoy with Valentines day dinner. My wife and I both give it a 91 and wish we had a few more bottles to enjoy through out the year.

2/8/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

One of our favorite bottles. We got to meet Scott Harvey and his wife Jana, what a treat!

1/24/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

An extremely fruit forward wine on the nose and the pallet. A very smooth texture with a relatively strong tannic finish. This was a pop and pour dinner so the wine did not have any time to breath.

1/8/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Great Wine! Slight sweet taste that goes great with anything tomato based.

1/2/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Wine was decanted for about 45 minutes prior to first taste. It was was smooth yet complex. The Wine started losing its complex taste after being decanted for 3 hours. Great wine!

1/1/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Great wine! I tried the wine straight out of the bottle and it was sweet and lingered on my palate for a moment. Then I aerated the wine through a Viniture and it changed the taste quite a bit. It become less sweet and smooth with subtle favors.

12/31/2011 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

It was Good!

12/31/2011 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Great sparking wine! We took it to a local Chocolate shop and had the bottle dipped in Milk Chocolate. We shared it with another couple and everyone enjoyed the pairing.

1/2/2012 - Evans Wine Cellar Does not like this wine:

Wine was bitter and got worst the longer it was open.

12/29/2011 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

I opened the wine and used a Vinturi to aerate it about 15 minutes later. The wine was better with time. In fact the wine was the best the following day. Nice straight forward Cab.

12/28/2011 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

I used a Vinturi to aerate the wine. The wine got better the longer it was open. I drank it over two nights and felt the second night tasted better.

12/26/2011 - Evans Wine Cellar Likes this wine:

Decanted wine for about 45 minutes. Drank very well and the tannins were not overbearing. The nose seems to be relatively hot but we can pull out a lot of cherries. As time went on the wine seemed to drop off at a rapid rate. My recommendation is to taste it right after opening and if it is not to hot to drink it as soon as you pop the cork.

11/17/2009 - Evans Wine Cellar wrote:

At first pop of cork, tons of heat on the nose and palate, also a little bit of sweetness (yuck)...
1 hour after decanting. Now we are getting somewhere, (remember pizza wine) it is finally opening up and showing its heavy dark fruit and hints of wood.
2 hours we enjoyed wine with dinner (didn't take notes). It did work very well with our pasta with home made sauce. (YUM YUM)
3 hours Heat is gone, palate is smooth with lots of fruit and a weird hint of oil (?, not good). Other than that at this point of the night the wine is not terrible for what it is, a large bottle of pizza wine. (This was a double Magnum bottle that drank well through five days)

11/16/2009 - Evans Wine Cellar wrote:

The nose was very strong of alcohol right after decanting. After letting it decant for about one hour the nose started to open up and there were hints of dark fruit and vanilla with a very slight hint of coffee beans. The palate was full of fruit but was disappointing on the finish. I also noticed a bit of sweetness which was a little off putting. All the flavors seemed very muddled but this was the same for the other three bottles I have had from before.

11/7/2009 - Evans Wine Cellar wrote:

Just as good as last time I had it which was three years ago. I think you could get a few more years out of it but it sure is drinking well right now. We paired this bottle with an array of sushi, which I must say was amazing.

11/3/2009 - Evans Wine Cellar wrote:

Bottle was decanted for 1 hour before tasting. The nose was light with dark fruit and oak. The palate was very balanced with very little tannins. After tasting a glass thirty minutes by itself we moved onto enjoying it with food. The wine paired very well the bruschetta we made. Sauteed mushrooms thin slice of tomatoes and three different cheeses. (Havarti, Drunken Goat, & Merlot Bellavitano.)

10/29/2009 - Evans Wine Cellar wrote:

Highly recommend you drink this now as it is already way past its prime. Tasted with out food an hour after opening bottle and the wine was very tart and sweet. I could only take a few more sips before I gave up on the wine. My wife however enjoyed it, the whole bottle actually.

10/23/2009 - Evans Wine Cellar wrote:

This was the second time I have had this wine and I was very disappointed this time around. This is a bottle I should have opened years ago when it was in its "prime". It was very hard to detect anything from the nose except alcohol. The first 20 to 30 minutes the wine really didn't offer anything to want me to keep drinking, but low and behold I continued. After about another hour of opening up it finally started to show me what it had to offer. I would suggest at least an hour of decanting before consumption, but I still see this as nothing more than a pizza wine.

10/21/2009 - Evans Wine Cellar wrote:

This is a great every day bottle of wine. We let enjoyed the bottle over an hour and half and could notice it to really start to open up in the end. For the next bottle I am going to decant for at least 30 min to an hour before tasting. The nose is heavy with cassis and berries. The first taste is so subtle and soft in your mouth that it takes a little air to bring out the greatness that it is hiding. (Again, we did not decant this bottle.) We enjoyed this with a light balsamic pasta, which actually paired very well.

10/20/2009 - Evans Wine Cellar wrote:

This is the last of my four bottles from the group and it is not holding up well. I would advise drinking this sooner that later unless you like pouring your wine down the drain. For an everyday wine this is in the average to below average category. High levels of acidity that really overwhelm anything else this wine has to offer. The nose of the wine is very strong with berries and a heavy floral note which at sometimes was very displeasing. I would consider this a pizza wine at best.