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5 notes

2014

Vinroc Wine Caves Cabernet Sauvignon Atlas Peak

Napa Valley · Atlas Peak

Dark black cherry, very ripe plum, and dark chocolate notes, with a bit of earth. Like The Mascot Cabernet served next to it, this wine suffered from a monolithic hit of near-over ripe fruit. A…

Reviewed 22 December 2018
2016

Alpha Omega Cabernet Sauvignon Stagecoach Vineyard

Napa Valley · Atlas Peak

Indicative of the terroir, the Stagecoach shows a dark baritone core of chocolatey and earthy black fruit. A touch heavy mid-palate at first with the chocolate and spice pushing out before the fruit…

Reviewed 30 November 2018
2012

Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon BBS Stagecoach Vineyard

Napa Valley · Atlas Peak

This BBS was a beautifully crafted, brooding but sultry beast, strikingly indicative of the best of what can come out of the alluring 2012 vintage and the Stagecoach site. Sexy black core fruit,…

Reviewed 30 June 2018
2016

Alpha Omega Cabernet Sauvignon Stagecoach Vineyard

Napa Valley · Atlas Peak

Barrel sample. The most low-toned wine in the '16 AO line-up, with dark, black core fruit, fresh black soil, espresso, bitter chocolate, char, clove, fresh vanilla bean, and obsidian. The dark spice…

Reviewed 7 February 2018