Rombauer Vineyards, Atlas Peak Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Atlas Peak

On first opening the nose features currants, leather, earthy spices and underbrush. The palate features black cherry, cocoa and clove spices that linger to a coffee and semi-sweet chocolate finish. One hour later the nose is showing black cherry, currant, cocoa and cinnamon spices. The palate is equally bruising with black cherry, cocoa, cinnamon and coffee notes hanging around to bolster a tart coffee and semisweet chocolate mole' finish. One day later the nose has dark currant, dusty spices and …

Quite good, nice length and adequate structure, just enough fruit on the front to make it very enjoyable, nice for 25-30 bucks.

Some new oak hits the nose, a spicy cinnamon kind. Fleshy and round, plump with dark cherry. Some cocoa on the finish, finishes a bit sweet.

Upfront dark fruit bouquet with crashed wild cherry. A better drink for second day, even third day. A typical napa Cab, concentration is good, a bit oakyness, berries, tannins is a bit chewy and chunky, not a member able wine, but not a bad wine either. Drink well in next 2-3 years.

What a let down this wine was. At this price point my expectations have grown at the rythm of Spain, Portugal and Southern France. Heck! you can buy a superior Bordeaux (pun intended) at the same or lower price. Lean, weak and watery. Lacked concentration and substance. Hollow mid-palate. Unmemorable finish. The 85 is as a courtesy. This is one of the times where the effort that went into the label matches what's inside. Will not willingly pay for this …

Could use some more time in the bottle but still good with steak and chocolate.

Deep overripe fruit. Good balance of residual sugar and acidity. Soft tannins. Very nice.

P n P'ed at a work dinner. Overwhelming nose of dill which hid most of the dark fruit. Taste was much better than the nose, but the dark fruit was a little off balance b/c the wine seemed overly tannic. Had the wine had some time to breathe, the boquet might have calmed down making this a better experience. At $68 on the wine list, there would have been better choices imo.

Very good. Deep purple color. Cherries on the nose. Cherry and a slight bit of strawberry (?) flavor. A bit on the light side for a napa cab. Not as good as the last Rombauer we remember, but still nice. Not as terrific a value for the price paid this time?

Very smooth, nice red.

Dark garnet color - firm, a bit tight, moderately firm body - black berry and black raspberry fruit flavors give way to tar - creosote with a slightly hard firm finish.