24 Wine Reviews Found

  • Tasting Note: Toasted Oak
97 Points

Meyer Family Cabernet Sauvignon Bonny’s Vineyard 2017

The new Bonny’s Cabernet is another impressive release and a surefire crowd-pleaser for all that appreciate the most opulent wines from Napa’s most historic vineyards. The luxurious, rich & creamy texture is intensely delicious, boasting dark fruit, vanilla bean, toasted oak and coconut flakes and then a cornucopia of savory spices on the exotic finish....

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98 Points

Goldeneye Pinot Noir Ten Degrees 2019

Soaring out of the glass with perfumed, fresh fruit aromatics, this showstopper captures the depth and complexity found exclusively in the most luxurious Pinots in America (a short list!). The palate features an array of intense dark fruit flavors including cranberry, chocolate-covered cherry, toasty oak, and truffle. The deftly balanced finish offers hints of smoky...

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98 Points

Arkenstone Sauvignon Blanc Howell Mtn. 2019

An outrageously-delicious + refreshing wine that delights with power and elegance. The bouquet is dominated by dazzling aromas of lemon oil, honeysuckle and passion fruit. The creamy palate showcases exotic flavors of papaya, honeydew melon, hibiscus, and a subtle hint of toasted oak. There’s a lot to love here; a refreshing thriller you’ll find yourself...

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Plinth Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley 2018

This brand new 2018 is 100% jammy, juicy, and gorgeous! The word “plinth” is defined as a “strong base of support” and certainly applies here since the winery’s precious Estate Cabernet grapes ‘support’ the velvety smooth, deeply satisfying dark fruit from a world-famous vineyard in Napa’s prized Oakville district. Deliciously ripe (but not overripe) with...

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97 Points

Hobel Cabernet Sauvignon Napa The Figure 2018

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)

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97 Points

Arkenstone Sauvignon Blanc Howell Mountain 2016

An ultra-expressive wine that delights with power and elegance. The bouquet is dominated by dazzling aromas of melon, lemon oil, grapefruit pith and passion fruit. The super creamy palate showcases exotic flavors of guava, lemon citrus, hibiscus, and a subtle hints of toasted oak. There’s alot to love here, a refreshing thriller you’ll find yourself opening bottle after bottle.

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96 Points

Ken Brown Pinot Noir Santa Rita Hills 2013

A tour de force, this exquisite example of Pinot Noir from the highly pedigreed Santa Rita Hills appellation shows off waves of dark berries, black plum, dried tea leaves, cranberry, hints of toasty oak and then culminates in a 40 second finish.

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