This Napa Valley favourite offers plush chocolate, cassis and black cherry, vanilla and toasted spice aromas, which are followed by succulent undertones. The palate is supple; it has generous fruit, a substantial weight and plenty of rich, satisfying flavours. Plush fruit, spiced mocha, vanilla, licorice and pipe tobacco flavours lead to a long chocolaty and sweetly spiced finish.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - February 11th, 2013

A Napa Valley favourite, perfect for special occasions and gift giving.
Expect notes of rich cassis, smooth dark mocha and toasted spices that are followed with sunbaked earth and succulent undertones. The palate is supple; it has generous fruit, a substantial weight and plenty of rich, satisfying flavours. Plush fruit, spiced mocha with licorice and clove flavours trail across the finish. The finish is long and chocolaty. Delicious!

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Wine Scores Reviewed - December 7th, 2012

Napa Valley soil runs in the Wagner family's veins and Chuck Wagner makes his wines just as he likes to drink them, "round, rich and full of fruit." The premium Cabernet is inky in colour and offers plush cassis and black raspberry notes that leap out of the glass and are layered with spice cake, vanilla, licorice and chocolate. Concentrated and chocolaty in the mouth with flavours of cassis, pipe tobacco, baking spice and cedar. It's a hedonistic wine, geneorus and supple with excellent persistence.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - April 29th, 2014

Napa Valley soil runs in the Wagner family's veins and Chuck Wagner makes his wines just as he likes to drink them, "round, rich and full of fruit." His premium offers plush cassis and black raspberry notes that leap out of the glass and are layered with spice cake, vanilla, licorice and chocolate. Concentrated flavours of plump juicy dark berries, baking spice and sarsaparilla linger long after you swallow. It's an exceedingly satisfying and supple wine with sweet ripe tannins.
Delicious!
This is an impressive special occasion or gift wine.

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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 1st, 2012

Opulent, velvety, generous.
Durif (aka Petite Sirah) is the name commonly used in Australia. Here, Caymus presents their version, which is grown in the valley neighbouring Napa, and is located 40 minutes southeast of the winery. Suisun (SU-Soon) is a small valley AVA, with only about a dozen wineries, which has been producing wine since the mid-1800s.
If you want a wine that is fruity AF and blatantly opulent, this is your wine.
Velvety notes of blueberry pie, melted chocolate and raspberry jam are layered with star anise, vanilla and cinnamon. Almost thick enough to stand a spoon up in, it's boldly flavoured with full-throttle purple fruit, pipe tobacco and chocolate.
This wine brings it.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - May 21st, 2021