Hall, Craig's Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley

Hall · California › Napa Valley › United States of America

Red · Cabernet Sauvignon
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LWIN 1996135
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92 /100
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19
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96
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Taster #9252 · Dec 30, 2024
96/100
This is a huge wine. Plenty of fruit and savory goodness. Blackberry, plum, chocolate, tobacco, pencil lead on the palate. Full bodied with a huge mouth feel. Grippy tannins. Still a young wine with years of improvement ahead but very approachable if you decant for one to two hours.
2016 vintage
Taster #8381 · Jul 5, 2024
88/100
Decanted an hour, ready to drink now, slowly losing fruit.
2016 vintage
Taster #0608 · Dec 10, 2023
89/100
Easy drinking cab that has some life left in it. Solid for the price point
2016 vintage
Taster #4064 · May 23, 2022
96/100
The young and the beautiful. Tasted blind and was no shock to anyone that it was Calicab. Opened for hours before serving. Beautiful fruit that wasn't in overdrive and showed mainly cassis and kirsch which is perfect for me. Some complexity already developing with a savory component that compliments and supports the fruit. There is some serious heft here but it is already very subtle and elegant. This wine will last a couple of decades probably but with air, is …
2016 vintage
Taster #1719 · Mar 19, 2022
Very decent for the price. This is Hall’s lowest cab relative to price and was the first time I tasted. A lot of flavor and reasonably well structured. All things considered, I enjoyed it.
2016 vintage
Taster #2455 · Sep 4, 2021
96/100
Aerated at dinner. Took 10 minutes in the glass. Better with age. Wonderful blend of raisins, earth, and bell pepper. Drink with steak au poivre or bordelaise sauce.
2016 vintage
Taster #7410 · Apr 17, 2021
90/100
Don’t remember details. Good Napa cab for the price
2016 vintage
Taster #3799 · Dec 16, 2020
91/100
Full bodied, typical cab from Napa vallly - St.Helena region, which I love the most. Great texture and lovely finish with supple tannins. It is fantastic wine to drink by itself or with fresh fruit and cheese or seafood.
2016 vintage
Taster #7421 · Dec 12, 2020
91/100
I decanted this 2nd bottling for a long time because I was leery of it. But it was better than the Hall North End I had a couple of days before. Not quite as fruit-forward and the finish was a tad dryer. It's a 2016 vintage, so it may even get better with some age. All the 2015 Halls I've tasted so far are much more developed than any of the 2016s. Still, I like this wine quite a bit …
2016 vintage
Taster #5833 · Oct 11, 2020
A proper deep rich cabernet balancing fruit and tannins. Great value.
2016 vintage
Taster #2455 · Sep 16, 2020
95/100
Drinkable from the beginning, improves over a couple hours. This is a luxurious wine, complex and fruity, not the least bit jammy. Hints of Cabernet Franc.
2016 vintage
Taster #0284 · Aug 22, 2020
91/100
Dark ruby fruit - currants/cassis, dark cherry, and blackberry. Smooth mid-palate with a nice purity and decent depth/concentration for the price point - medium/medium plus body. Nice rich flavors of dark berries, some spice, cocoa, and a little graphite component. Fairly long finish. Popped/poured but drank out of a decanter for a couple hours. Not much improvement with time but it appears to be at a nice drinking point. Decent QPR at $40. 92% cab and 8% merlot.
2016 vintage
Taster #4277 · Jul 3, 2020
89/100
Very good value. Quality Napa Cab- well balanced, light-medium tannins, Med-oak. Dark fruit, hint of pepper, Basic and approachable.
2016 vintage
Taster #9347 · May 20, 2020
88/100
Blackberry and dark raspberry with some pepper notes. Pretty decent wine.
2016 vintage
Taster #8776 · May 16, 2020
90/100
A great value from Hall. Pnp anytime wine. Low on tannins and lighter fruits in this bottling. It went down way to fast!
2016 vintage
Taster #3246 · Apr 24, 2020
95/100
Just exquisite wine. It is young and needs quite a bit of decanting to truly appreciate what it has to offer. It was significantly better on the second day of drinking it.
2016 vintage
Taster #6928 · Jan 9, 2020
93/100
Pop and pour. Great cab, about the right price (perhaps a bargain) and great with a ribeye.
2016 vintage
Taster #6512 · Oct 16, 2019
92/100
I love this wine. The wine looks purple colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like mineral, stoniness, black pepper and stoniness. It tastes like cranberry, pomegranate and a hint of nutmeg. The body is medium/full. The wine has coarse texture. The wine finishes long. A great buy!!! Cheers
2016 vintage
Taster #6512 · Sep 28, 2019
92/100
What a great value! Great everyday wine. Very approachable. Cheers
2016 vintage
Taster #6512 · Sep 23, 2019
90/100
Not bad at all. just need lots of time. It finally opened after 24 hours. I opened. then corked it again.
2016 vintage
Taster #1998 · Jun 15, 2019
91/100
Definitely on the bolder, more extracted side but a good offering for the price.
2016 vintage