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7 notes

2019

VHR Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

Napa Valley · Oakville

A compelling VHR, and one that carries a perfect combination of structure, intensity, and flavor. It's a serious presentation at first pass, but it relaxes enough to allow lovely dark fruit and earth…

Reviewed 13 July 2026
2010

VHR Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

Napa Valley · Oakville

This comes off a bit disjointed at first pass, with an overly heavy and sluggish ripe/dark fruit front end and an angular and bitter tail. It is as if a cooler version is colliding with a hot…

Reviewed 29 July 2025
2018

VHR Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

Napa Valley · Oakville

A quartet of VHR wines side-by-side (among 20 other wines that night): 2018 VHR 2018 VHR Extended Barrel Age 2019 VHR 2019 Arrow & Branch VHR

Reviewed 27 June 2022
2019

VHR Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

Napa Valley · Oakville

A quartet of VHR wines side-by-side (among 20 other wines that night): 2018 VHR 2018 VHR Extended Barrel Age 2019 VHR 2019 Arrow & Branch VHR

Reviewed 27 June 2022
2018

VHR Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

Napa Valley · Oakville

Young, driven, and really, really determined in its energy and thrust, this wine was off to the racetracks with a super thrilling acidic frame that was spinning its essences in the mouth with so much…

Reviewed 30 April 2021
2015

VHR Cabernet Sauvignon Vine Hill Ranch

Napa Valley · Oakville

Coiled-up red currant, red cherry liqueur, black cherry, spice, and peppercorn. Bound up pretty tight, with a spicy/peppery element to compliment the red (and black-ish) core fruit. The purity of…

Reviewed 26 July 2018