Reviews

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Fortuna Vineyard

Similar notes as last month, though this bottle seemed even more tightly wrapped and less forgiving at the moment. Black licorice and coiled up fruit just waiting to burst in a couple of years. A…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Three Twins Vineyard

Notes of black fruits, dark currant, earth, and some spice. Chalky tannins surrounded the fruit, but the wine was still accessible considering how young it is.

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Coliseum Block

A very nice medium-to-full bodied wine (by Carter standards), with a rounded and plush texture. Notes of black fruits, licorice, asphalt, graphite, cedar, and some earth. Some chalk and granite…

Pott Wine Cabernet Sauvignon Kaliholmanok Bel Canto

Great mountain fruit, with notes of wild, ripe red currant, raspberry, blackberry, boysenberry, marionberry, graphite, red soil, rusty iron, and cloves.

Séléné Cabernet Sauvignon Dead Fred Vineyard

PnP with notes of black and purple fruits, blackberry jam, black licorice, tar, and wet rock. An hour of slow O2 and opening up in the glass rounded out and softened this wine a bit, whereby some of…

Lewis Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

Similar to my notes on 7/20/15. A profile of chocolate cherry and blackberry liqueur, vanilla, cassis, and chocolate truffle. Not overly sweet like the flavors might first have you believe, but…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Three Twins Vineyard

Tasted at Mike Smith's house in late 2014 and this thing was really screaming with bold, young notes of powerful black and blue fruits, licorice, cassis, and spice. Clearly it was flaunting its youth.

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

Opened up with aromas of dark fruit, cedar soil, wood, and alcohol. In the glass, similar notes of dark black fruits, ripe blackberry, cedar/wood, forest floor, and a hint of coffee. Initially the…

The Grade Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Winfield Vineyard

PnP with a bit of a restrained nose of black fruits, black licorice, and stone. Initial palate entry showed notes of tightly coiled-up black and red fruits, blackberry, black and red licorice, and…

L'Aventure Cabernet Sauvignon Estate

Tasted at L'Adventure alongside the 2013 Estate, Cote a Cote, and Optimus.

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Fortuna Vineyard

Tasted at a private Carter Cellars 2013 Horizontal tasting.

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Georges III Vineyard

Tasted at a private Carter Cellars 2013 Horizontal tasting, with additional 2013 Myriad wines for comparison.

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Tasted at a private Carter Cellars 2013 Horizontal tasting, with additional 2013 Myriad wines for comparison.

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Coliseum Block

Tasted at a private Carter Cellars 2013 Horizontal tasting.

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The Grand Daddy Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

Tasted at a private Carter Cellars 2013 Horizontal tasting.

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon The O.G. Beckstoffer To Kalon Vineyard

Tasted at a private Carter Cellars 2013 Horizontal tasting.

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Weitz Vineyard

Tasted at a private Carter Cellars 2013 Horizontal tasting.

Bremer Family Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

What one would expect from a standard, mid-level Napa Valley cabernet. Plum, red currant, cedar. After some air, the cedar and dust notes come more to the forefront, with subtle tannins clamping down…

Pott Wine Cabernet Sauvignon Kaliholmanok Kicu'me

An outstanding Spring Mountain cabernet, with complex and fascinating notes of purple and black fruits (copious energetic dark berry notes - blackberry, blueberry, ollalaberry, marionberry), scorched…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain District

Good black fruits, licorice, earth, slate/granite, and faint wood notes. Drank alongside a 2010 Myriad Napa Cabernet. The Napa was a little more expressive compared to the Spring Monutain, but the…

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

Similar to some of my notes from 7/16/2015 on the 2011 version of this wine, with black fruits, licorice, and a faint streak of slate minerality.

Myriad Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Beckstoffer Dr. Crane Vineyard

Right out of the gate, the 2010 Myriad Dr. Crane reminds you why Mike Smith knows what the hell he is doing. A velvety smooth version of a Dr. Crane and a solid, hedonistic effort that's showing very…

The Grade Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Premiere Napa Valley Auction 15 Lot 76

Same notes as 7/21/15. Tasted side-by-side with a 2009 Favia Cerro Sur red blend. The Favia out-performed the Grade, with the Favia giving more dark berry fruit and a more voluminous texture.

Forman Cabernet Sauvignon

The best Forman Cabernet I've had to date. PnP and then decanted over a two hour period. Nose was a little muted at first, but then opened up a bit with aromas of earth, licorice, and dark berry…

Forman Cabernet Sauvignon

A graceful, feminine, medium-bodied style, with notes of red currant, cedar, and light plum. On more of the red fruit side of the cabernet profile; almost pinot-like (which is a bit visually…