November 24, 2023 - Closed on the first night by massive tannins but opened up on the second night. Dark fruit, cassis and anise. Still tons of structure and a bit of a bruiser. These are nowhere near peak.
January 6, 2023 - Dark ruby in color with a short reddish rim.
Dry and very fruity on the palate, with medium acidity and long legs.
Showing black fruits with cedar, vanilla, spices, espresso, earth, licorice, tobacco leaf, herbs and peppercorn.
Nice length on the finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
This is a delicious Cabernet Sauvignon based Bordeaux blend from Napa Valley. Showing nice complexity with a great mouthfeel.
Smooth and elegant, with a gorgeous nose. Rich, extracted and so enjoyable by itself.
Robert Parker 94 points.
This 10 year old is good right out of the bottle, and better after 2 hours of airtime.
Love these Napa Bordeaux Blends, especially from this great 2013 vintage.
A blend of 77% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 6% Petit Verdot and 4% Cabernet Franc. Grapes are from Oakville and Stags Leap regions, and were fermented together. 559 cases produced.
14.7% alcohol by volume.
93 points.
$325 (current vintage).
February 14, 2021 - Really great Napa cab. Drank in honor of Wiley's birthday.
February 5, 2021 - Decanted for 2 hours, and drank over the next 2. Bold flavors of black cherry, blueberry and crushed rocks. A very good bottle, but not great. I think it needs another 2 -5 years in the bottle. Drank side-by-side with a much less expensive 2008 OV, and the OV was much more flavorful.
September 14, 2020 - Superlatively decadent
September 8, 2020 - Popped this last night.
Not sure what was more disappointing- this wine for the first three hours, or Francis Tiafoe laying an egg on national TV at the US Open.
This began to show its goodies, but only after a several hour decant and vigorous "coaxing" while in glass. She will get there, but it clearly needs time.
Lay down remaining bottles for at least 3-5 years, maybe more.
For those who own this, I wouldn't be in any rush to pop a cork.
April 24, 2020 - Bold aromas of violets, blackberry, black cherry and cedar. On the palate, this wine was magnificent...a complex array of black cherries, blackberry jam, plums, licorice and mocha with an earthiness that added structure to the wine. Drink now or over the next 10 years.
January 1, 2020 - Not interesting at all. Hold or sell.
April 19, 2019 - The nose is all violet flowers to start which then gave way to more Bordeaux-Like aromas. The in mouth feel is delicate and elegant. Not a modern fruit bomb at alll. Briefly hinted at modern Cabernet but the palette was all Bordeaux. While I know that it is built on a platform of Modern Napa, I sensed the Old World structure in the flavors of this wine.
Probably provided by the classic blend that this wine is a product of.
All that said this wine is still too young but I see the potential future greatness of this wine. The flavors included Wild berries, anise, and dried herb follow through. Aftertaste is medium in length and has distinct cigar box feel to it.
I would still HOLD for several more years
November 10, 2018 - Wine Advocate: Grand Walkabout Tasting (NYC): Nose of black currants and black pepper spice. Lovely, but still needs a lot of time for the tannins to soften.