This monumentally impressive Cabernet blend is built like a skyscraper, featuring towering levels of complex flavors now (after decanting) that promise to evolve gracefully over the next decade(s). We noted the intense graphite, cigar box, and savory baking spices reminiscent of favorite Bordeaux. Then, exuberant dark fruit (blackberry, plum) join the fun although tightly wound... Read Full Review →

The new Ovid Cabernet blend “Experiment N3.8” 2018 delivers a luxuriously smooth blend of bold and rich dark fruit + delightfully fresh tannins that provide sublime enjoyment now and bode well for pleasure for at least another decade. This Cabernet blend contains a dollop of Merlot which adds rich mocha and baker’s chocolate flavors, as... Read Full Review →

Wow, what a treat to taste after a decade in the cellar…almost Chateau Rayas-like! Still fresh, and youthful with intense notes of Morello cherry, perfectly ripe raspberries, crunchy cranberries and red plum with well integrated accents of Darjeeling tea and aromatic potpourri with savory notes of Morel mushrooms. Enjoy over the next 2-3 years for maximum... Read Full Review →

The 2019 edition of Continuum ‘Novicium’ contains a significantly higher percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon (compared to the Estate bottling) and vividly displays why the fruit from their Pritchard Hill Estate is coveted by collectors world-wide. This rare treasure delivers a luxuriously smooth combination of bold and rich dark fruit & delightfully fresh tannins that provide... Read Full Review →

Imagine alternating between milk chocolate covered blackberries and s’mores tossed in baking spices. Lush, big, bodacious, jammy, spicy, and loaded with blueberry cream, cassis, plum, currant, sage, vanilla and gloriously toasted oak. A genuine crowd pleaser for aficionados of hedonistic Napa reds. (Photo: Hobel Winery) Read Full Review →

This Della Earl Stephens Vineyard Pinot 2018 is an exceptional experience that sumptuous Pinot enthusiasts are going to adore. The flashy bouquet displays stunning aromas of violets, creme de cassis, cherries, and Christmas spices. A tour de force, this exquisite Pinot Noir flaunts silky waves of dark berries, black plum, oolong tea, cranberry, hints of... Read Full Review →

The 2019 Gap’s View Pinot Noir saunters from the glass with a sassy bouquet packed with red fruit notes of cherry and of raspberry jam that is forward and expressive. On the palate the fruit is more dark red plum and Bing cherry with hints of toasted molasses and subtle almond extract notes. It’s a... Read Full Review →

Absolute perfection, this awe-inspiring Cabernet reminds me of the new Mouton Rothschild with ultra-dense texture and grainy tannins that taste like ‘diamonds!’  Cabernet blend dazzles from the start with a soaring, almost Amarone-like bouquet along with toasty oak, cassis, and blackberry liqueur. Monumental in its grandeur, super-rich, and velvety-textured, this is a spectacularly impressive, Cabernet... Read Full Review →

The 2019 Gap’s View Pinot Noir saunters  from the glass with a sassy bouquet packed with red fruit notes of cherry and of raspberry jam that is forward and expressive. On the palate the fruit is more dark red plum and Bing cherry with hints of toasted molasses and subtle almond extract notes. It’s a... Read Full Review →

One of Napa Valley’s finest values year in, year out, the ‘Baby Insignia’ returns in full form with the oh-so-lovable 2018 vintage. A silky smooth texture launches forth with notes of creamy vanilla and hints of rich milk chocolate! Bold dark fruits include black cherry, plum, cassis, sage, blackberry, baking cocoa, exotic sweet spices, graphite... Read Full Review →