Flora Springs
Flora Springs Vineyards and Estate is situated at the base of the Mayacamas Mountains within the Rutherford appellation. Founded in 1978 by Jerry and Flora Komes, Flora Springs Winery has been a family run operation for over three decades. Jerry and Flora's children, John Komes and his wife Carrie, along with Julie and Pat Garvey, have been the driving force behind the winery since its inception and still are today according to our Flora Springs wine guide. While a plethora of different grape varieties are used to produce their Napa Valley and Signature wine lines, it is their single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon series that receives the highest accolades within our Flora Springs ratings. In keeping with the Napa Valley green movement, almost all of Flora Springs' red wines are sourced from its organically-farmed estate vineyards, and all of their wines are crafted in the Flora Springs’ solar-powered winery and caves. To learn more about their wines be sure to check out our Flora Springs reviews below.
Flora Springs 2008 Trilogy Red (Napa Valley)
- $65
A flashy, classy wine, grown in the estate vineyard in the benchlands and hills above Rutherford. Shows lots of sweet, ripe cherry fruit and toasty oak, but has enough of an acid-tannin structure to dry it out for balance. Should hold and develop over the next 6–8 years.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Flora Springs 1997 Trilogy Red (Napa Valley)
- $45
With a sweet core of cherry fruit, plenty of tobacco and coffee nuances and other fine touches, this meritage blend hits the right chords and shows just the right weight. Deep, handsome, and fairly seamless; some light oak is applied skillfully, and in general the final product sings a pretty song.
— W.E.
(11/1/2000)
Flora Springs 2004 Soliloquy Sauvignon Blanc (Oakville)
- Editors' Choice
- $25
Soliloquy was a hit from the very start and the wine has become steadily more interesting and complex as the sourcing shifted to Oakville. Now 100% single-vineyard Sauvignon Blanc from the Musqué clone, it’s dry, elegant and crisp, with a ripe finish to the fig, Key lime and white peach flavors. Sur lies aging adds a mouthwatering creaminess.
— S.H.
(7/1/2006)
Flora Springs 2004 Hillside Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- Cellar Selection
- $108
The vineyard is source of high-quality fruit, but also intense mountain tannins that require time to melt. Under those tannins is dramatically rich black currant and carob fruit flavor, easily big enough to sustain 100% new French oak. By 2009 this 100% Cab should begin to soften and sweeten, and it will drink beautifully for at least six more years.
— S.H.
(12/15/2007)
Flora Springs 2007 Wild Boar Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $85
Quite a fine wine, although like Flora Springs’ other ’07 Cabs, it needs time in the cellar to come around. Grown in the Pope Valley section of eastern Napa, it shows ripe, flashy flavors of blackberries, cherries and chocolate, but those tannins are tough and hard. You can decant it now, but better to hold until 2011 or so.
— S.H.
(6/1/2010)
Flora Springs 2008 Holy Smoke Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- $85
Smoky sweet oak and pure flavors of black and red cherries and raspberries mark this young, intense Cabernet, which was grown in Oakville. It’s strong in tannins from both grapeskins and wood, but they’re very refined, and the impression is of a flashy, upscale wine. Good now, with decanting, and over the next 6–7 years.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Flora Springs 2008 Out of Sight Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon (Napa Valley)
- Cellar Selection
- $85
The grapes come from the cool Oak Knoll District, and the wine shows firm acidity and tannins that give it a dry, astringent texture. But it’s very rich, brimming with blackberries, cola and a tang of minerals. Seems like it should age well. Hold until 2015 and see what it does.
— S.H.
(7/1/2011)
Flora Springs 2009 Hillside Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Rutherford)
- $100
So softly delicious, it’s probably not an ager, but what a terrific wine to drink now and over the next few years. Really luscious, showing modern-style ripe blackberry, black cherry, cassis and mocha flavors that sink deep and last long into the finish. The tannins and overall structure lift it into classy elegance.
— S.H.
(5/1/2012)
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