Pott, Cabernet Sauvignon Her Majestys Secret Service, Napa Valley
Pott · California › Napa Valley › United States of America
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
94
/100
Reviews
23
professional
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93.7
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96
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Taster #0728
· Jul 23, 2024
94/100
This is delicious. Drinking well. Great fruit - new world but far from over the top. Should have kept buying over the years.
2012 vintage
Taster #0728
· Sep 24, 2023
94/100
Excellent wine, in a great window, ranks up there with the best Napa cabs.
2012 vintage
Taster #9687
· Aug 24, 2023
95/100
Pop and pour, needed a few minutes to open. At age 11 this is still a firehose of dense fruit and punchy alcohol. A true cult Cab priced well below most, drink it if you can find it.
2012 vintage
Taster #1491
· Jun 13, 2023
95/100
1 hour slow ox, enjoyed over 2 nights. Lush & smooth sweet blackberry with dark chocolate at the end. Just exquisite.
2012 vintage
Taster #6330
· Mar 18, 2023
Drunk over 2 nights but never decanted Lovely nose, Smooth and rich but never really came together for me.
2012 vintage
Taster #0238
· Feb 20, 2023
95/100
Extended decant, Deep, dark color, nose of dark fruit with some floral notes and secondary notes. Pure, linear, smooth mouthfeel, tannins smooth but present. Long finish. Very pleasing.
2012 vintage
Taster #1491
· Sep 29, 2022
95/100
Full bodied, rich, ripe sweet blackberries, cassis spice, cocoa and earth. The fruit is so incredibly lush, round and open. I had this 5-6n years back and liked it just as much. Great value for a Napa Cabernet.
2012 vintage
Taster #4001
· Jun 28, 2022
92/100
Drank in Asheville, NC. Drinking very well, elegant
2012 vintage
Taster #3847
· May 28, 2022
Pnp and consumed over a couple of hours at a gathering of friends. Delicious out of the gate and improved over the course of drinking. Good balance of fruit and tannins.
2012 vintage
Taster #8236
· Sep 5, 2021
95/100
Impromptu dinner at the Canal's OC place. Last bottle of the 2012 in my cellar. Slow oxed about 30 minutes, drank over an hour with the main course - grilled pork chops and veggies. Notes from 2017: "Medium purple color with "blue tinge"...Nose was showing dark fruit, smoke, perfume, licorice. Palate showing blue/dark fruits, graphite, plums. A nice sweetness w floral notes through the mid palate...lots going on here. Tannins are starting to soften, giving this a very nice texture..." …
2012 vintage
Taster #4001
· Jan 5, 2021
92/100
Pretty tannic still after 8 years, some sediment. Dark with clearing at the edge. Certain Pott wines at certain points in their evolution show more herbal than fruited, and this was one of those time. There was definitely dark fruit, it's just that it seems to be battling it out with tannin and herbal notes rather than being harmonious. Being pretty picky, still very good, but hoping for something more profound and balanced with more aging.
2012 vintage
Taster #0238
· Jul 31, 2020
92/100
Powerful dark fruit, Moderately tannic. Could use several hour decant. Still young.
2012 vintage
Taster #9687
· Mar 20, 2020
95/100
Pop and pour. Still very youthful but bursting with flavor. Intense black cherry, wet earth, chewy tannins. So enjoyable.
2012 vintage
Taster #1043
· Sep 21, 2019
93/100
This took a good 1 1/2-2 hrs to come around. I think it will be at its best in 2-3 years. Bell pepper, lead pencil and leather. Long finish. 92+ I feel it will merit a better score in a couple of years.
2012 vintage
Taster #4001
· Sep 17, 2019
95/100
Drinking really well with 2 hours decanted back into the bottle. Lots of flavor complexity, balance and interest.
2012 vintage
Taster #9986
· May 3, 2019
93/100
Smooth and creamy, with chocolate and blackberry flavors. No rough edges with a long finish
2012 vintage
Taster #5005
· Oct 23, 2018
93/100
Consistent with prior notes, delicious
2012 vintage
Taster #5005
· Sep 17, 2018
93/100
Decanted a couple hours prior to drinking, it improved a bit towards the end of the bottle at hour 4. Primarily black fruits, cassis, cocoa powder, herbs, earth. Wine was pretty dense in color, with deeper purple hue, but in drinking it was not overripe or heavy on the palate. Medium long finish. I have always enjoyed Aaron's wines and this is no exception. Would have been more enthusiastic about this one, but the 2009 BV Latour that followed it …
2012 vintage
Taster #7264
· May 15, 2018
96/100
Full, rich, and multilayered. This is one of the best Pott wines I've had in a while, and it still has a ton of maturing left to do. Excellent!
2012 vintage
Taster #3173
· May 5, 2018
92/100
Dominates by purple fruit and took about 2 HRs to open up. Really good but dominated by fruit and was expecting some other notes to hit.
2012 vintage
Taster #5677
· Apr 2, 2018
93/100
Blackberries, dried herbs, violets and some tobacco on the nose. Relatively high levels of acidity, red fruit, medium bodied and old world-ish. Relatively long finish that is a bit clipped by the acid bite. Definitely showing secondary and tertiary notes at this point. I didn't love it, but it's a nice wine, especially with food.
2012 vintage
Taster #9177
· Mar 15, 2018
94/100
Cassis, mocha, sage and flowers constitute the aromatics. Medium-bodied in the mouth, with dark fruits, earth, minerals and chocolate. Most importantly, there is absolutely no sense of heaviness or overripeness that is common in Cabs and Cab blends from the region. Long on the finish, with excellent cut and persistence. Quite enjoyable already with some air, this will undoubtedly improve with some additional cellar time. 94.
2012 vintage
Taster #9687
· Jan 19, 2018
93/100
Decanted and served. Another Napa 2012 that's up and ready to go. Lush, velvety blue and black fruit that tastes like a smile. Crowd pleaser.
2012 vintage
Taster #2767
· Nov 11, 2017
94/100
always so well made - you can taste the effort and expertise of this wine maker. It's like he extracted every aspect of the fruit to work its wonders.
2012 vintage
Taster #3244
· Oct 15, 2017
93/100
Nice, bright flavor and good body.
2012 vintage