Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky purple. Heady aromas and flavors of blueberry, mocha and incense. Elegant, seamless, deeply fruity syrah, with bright acidity adding lift. This expansive wine finishe...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Bright ruby-red. High-pitched aromas of cassis, blackberry, licorice pastille and violet. Round, suave and lush but with lovely inner-mouth lift to the cassis and chocolate ...

About this Wine: In 1886, high in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Monte Bello estate vineyard was planted, and the winery constructed. A first vintage from the young vines followed in 1892. Duri...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Glass-staining purple. Highly perfumed aromas of black and blue fruits, licorice, black olive and smoky Indian spices. Pliant and broad on the palate, with appealing sweetne...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007, which was the debut vintage from this 14-acre parcel, is beautiful. Elegant, silky notes of red and black currants intermixed with lead pencil shavings, bay leaf, li...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon Kelham Vineyard is succulent and exotic. A racy, flashy wine, the 2009 Kelham boasts serious depth in its dark fruit allied to formidable structure...

Wine Enthusiast: A substantial Bordeaux blend that trips into the palate on cat's feet-a delicate touch that gradually gains mass and dimension. It's compact and balanced, with a core of red f...

Wine Enthusiast: Rich and dramatic by any standards, this new release offers a blast of ripe blackberry, currant and mineral flavors. New oak adds the perfect touch of smoky caramel. It’s pret...

Stephen Tanzer's IWC: Inky ruby. Dark berries, cured meat, smoky herbs, minerals and dried flowers on the fragrant nose. A sexy anise quality adds complexity to the powerful blackberry and boysen...

Wine Enthusiast: One sip is all it takes to know this is a terrific Pinot Noir. It’s dry, silky and complex, and not only that, it will develop bottle nuance over the next six years. Rich and ...

Wine Spectator: Pure, clean and focused on snappy green apple, floral, honeysuckle and mineral flavors. The sheer vibrancy gives this a unique personality, ending with a long, mineral-laced f...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The same can be said for the 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Monolith. Slightly more opulent with a sumptuous perfume of espresso roast, chocolate, and creme de cassis as well as supe...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: Epoch’s 2010 Ingenuity bursts from the glass with massive dark fruit and a rich, powerful personality. Provencal herbs, mint and tobacco develop later, adding considerable com...

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: The 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon is a huge wine bursting with dark fruit, mocha, spices, tar and licorice. It shows remarkable depth, richness and intensity from start to finish. T...

Wine Spectator: Dense and powerful, with firm road tar, black licorice, blackberry, smoke and ripe berry flavors. Full-blown, deep and persistent, long and layered, promising even more in a y...

Wine Spectator: An intriguing, multidimensional wine, with layer after layer of truffle, mineral, clove and chicory notes that frame the plush, ripe black cherry and plum flavors. The intensi...

Wine Spectator: Supple, polished and expressive, offering mint and other frsh herb notes around a focused core of black cherry and dried fig. Intense without being weighty. drink now through ...

Wine Enthusiast: You know you're dealing with a great Pinot Noir when it's this delicious right out of the bottle, yet will age. This wine is enormously rich and sweet in cherries, blackberrie...

Wine Spectator: Fresh, lively and crisp, with focused cherry and raspberry flavors, veering toward floral and peppery notes on the finish. This has style and transparency. Best from 2013 thro...