Rombauer Vineyards Merlot Proprietor Selection

Dark ruby/purple, Big nose of blackberry syrup, black currant, charred wood, creosote, French oak with a hint of mint. The palate is rich and sweet with loads and loads of blackberry and boysenberry syrup. Many will love this forward, flamboyant style, but it’s simply too sweet for me. 91? 1-19-2025 rest of Coravined bottle: This is really much better than before, perhaps I’m more tolerant of its high fruit content this evening. Loaded with very rich black fruits, eucalyptus and …

Dark berry, tar, mocha

Chocolate, vanilla deep berry fruit

Red current, plums. Beautiful wine!!

Very full bodied rich wine. Definitely need a steak to stand up to it!

great wine great body great price

Really enjoyed with filet mignon today. Rich/dark color, wonderful fruity nose, excellent dark plum, black cherry fruit with rounded tannins and long finish.

By sheer coincident, I brought a bottle of the Rombauer Cabernet Sauvignon “Diamond Selection” 2014 to a friend’s house to share, she had the same wine but from 1998, a perfect opportunity to compare. Of interest first was that the 1998 was actually made from grapes from the Armstrong Ranch Vineyard on Diamond Mountain whereas 2014 shows coming from estate vineyards and top grower vineyards in St. Helena (50%), Stags Leap, (20%) and Calistoga (30%) AVAs. From what I could …

As RP said, this Cab. is soft, supple with a long finish. It is however border on a Cabernet Port. But delicious. Drink by 2022.

good all around smooth

Gave it a 2hr decant. Still young but I'm impatient today and wanted to try. Will save second bottle for back half of the drinking window.

Big Gun Cabernet Sauvignon/Bordeaux Blends Tasting (7/9 CA from Napa, + 1 WA) (San Diego Wine Co.) : "A reserve bottling representing the best lots harvested each growing season." 94% C.S. & 6% Petit Verdot from the St. Helena (50%), Stags Leap (20%), & Calistoga (30%) AVAs; "Destemmed & optically sorted; Primarily barrel-fermented, then gently basket-pressed before being racked to FR oak barrels (100% new) for malolactic fermentation & aging for 16 mos." 27.0 ave brix @ harvest & 14.8% …

Nose: Smells like a chocolate port, subtle scents of vanilla and deep brooding dark/black fruit. Palate: Very good fruit and lots of it. Very slight and subtle oak (thank goodness). More dark fruits.. almost sweet but in a good way. Has some slight vanilla or cream notes? (Leaning more towards vanilla) Dark, garnet yet still slightly translucent. Medium bodied and dry with a lot of fruit. Tannins are there but they are smooth against the mouth. Good finish of about …