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Howell Mountain Wines

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Arkenstone 2006 Obsidian Red (Howell Mountain)

  1. $120
Score Chasers: USA 2011
This is a devastatingly good Bordeaux blend from Howell Mountain. Based on Cabernet, it has all the flavor you could ask for in blackberries, cherries, cassis, chocolate, herbs, spices and sweetly smoked oak. But the structure is awesome. Near perfect tannins, soft and intricately firm, and grand acidity make for a total Cabernet experience. Tremendous now, and…  — S.H.  (3/1/2011)
96
points

Stephen & Walker 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)

  • Editors' Choice
  1. $65
Score Chasers: USA 2011
An absolutely first-rate Cabernet that not only shows the big tannins and ageworthiness of Howell Mountain, but is made in a dry style that calls to mind a fine Left Bank Bordeaux. It’s a big wine, voluminous in tannins and extremely mouth-filling, and the blackberry and cassis flavors have elements of dried herbs, minerals, tobacco and cedar. Already throwing some…  — S.H.  (5/1/2011)
96
points

La Jota Vineyard 2002 21st Anniversary Release Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)

  1. $90
Classic Howell Mountain tannins, powerful and focused, but ripely sweet, frame opulent cherry, cassis, plum sauce and new oak flavors, and for all that, there’s a crisp edge of acidity that makes everything clean and bright. Drink now through 2012.  — S.H.  (10/1/2007)
96
points

Charles Krug 2007 Limited Release Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)

  1. $120
Score Chasers: USA 2011
This dramatic, compulsively good Cabernet is the first Howell Mountain Cab ever from the winery. It’s enormous and gigantic in volume, with blackberry and cherry pie filling, cassis and oak flavors that scream, yet the tannins are tight, and the wine is so dry, the rich fruit is cloaked in a veil of control. Really defines an important new step for this veteran…  — S.H.  (3/1/2011)
95
points

Piña 2007 Buckeye Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)

  1. $85
Piña has a spectacular record with this wine, and indeed with all their Cabs from Howell Mountain. The ’07 is notable for its superb structure. It has pristine tannins and a good, dry mouthfeel, with very rich flavors of blackberries, currants, chocolate and cedar that are grounded with notes of anise and sweet herbs. Very fine and dramatic, this 100% Cab should…  — S.H.  (6/1/2010)
95
points

Duckhorn 2004 Red Wine (Howell Mountain)

  • Cellar Selection
  1. $75
Almost entirely Merlot, with a few drops of other Bordeaux varieties, this Howell Mountain red screams for time in the cellar. The tannins bite and dog the mouth through the long, astringent finish. But chew on it for a while and you hit a deep core of blackberries and currants, and the more the wine warms up in the glass, the more impressive it gets. Cellar until…  — S.H.  (12/15/2008)
95
points

Nickel & Nickel 2005 Vogt Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Howell Mountain)

  • Cellar Selection
  1. $90
A beautiful Howell Mountain Cab that shows its terroir in the firm, rich tannic structure. And what gorgeous tannins they are, so refined and expressive. The fruit is perfectly ripe, suggesting currants, blackberries, red and black cherries, licorice and a hint of milk chocolate. Rewarding now, and should hold and improve for at least a decade.  — S.H.  (12/1/2008)
95
points

Arkenstone 2007 Obsidian Red (Howell Mountain)

  1. $120
So softly delicious, so complex and sensually satisfying, this Bordeaux blend, which is based on Cabernet Sauvignon and contains all the other classic varieties, is truly a wine to savor. The blackberry and cassis flavors have an edge of chocolate, and the deliciousness is compounded by superbly ripe, sculpted tannins and a long but thoroughly dryfinish. Dazzlingly…  — S.H.  (3/1/2011)
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