2018 Myriad Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Horizontal

“Gorgeous stuff, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley comes from a mix of the single vineyards and was aged in 50% new French oak. Showing beautifully, with lots of cassis fruit, spice, graphite, and tobacco, this beauty is medium to full-bodied, has supple, silky tannins, and a great finish. It's a beautiful, sexy wine to enjoy over the coming 10-15 years.” (08/2020)

“Smoky black fruits, tobacco, candied violets, and chocolate notes all emerge from the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Round Pound Vineyard, which has a plush, sexy style that still carries plenty of underlying structure, beautiful balance, and a great finish.” (08/2020)

“The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Round Pond Vineyard is a very pretty wine from this well-known Rutherford site. Crushed flowers, mint, cedar, leather and spice give the 2018 lovely aromatic presence to match its mid-weight personality. Floral top notes add brightness with a bit of time in the glass. All the elements come together so effortlessly in this inviting, sensual Cabernet Sauvignon from Myriad. (AG)” (01/2021)

“Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Round Pond Vineyard has a deep garnet-purple color and is scented of warm black cherries, boysenberries and fresh blackcurrants with hints of bay leaves, cast-iron pan, allspice and dried mint with a touch of crushed rocks. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers mouth-filling, crunchy black fruits, framed by ripe, grainy tannins and oodles of freshness, finishing long with a minty kick. (LPB)” (11/2020)

“The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Three Twins Vineyard is another beautiful wine. Loads of blue fruits, violets, graphite, and tobacco all emerge from this gorgeous wine, followed by full-bodied richness, building tannins, a gravelly, earthy, Graves-like minerality, and a gorgeous finish. It needs 2-3 years, but it’s brilliant. (JD)” (08/2020)

“The 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Three Twins Vineyard is a wild, exotic wine. Crushed ripe raspberry, blood orange, spice, mint, cinnamon, sweet French oak and star anise give the 2018 striking inner perfume and flavor profile that is highly unusual. I have never tasted anything like it. The Three Twins is sourced from one of the very finest vineyards sites in all of Napa Valley. (AG)” (02/2021)

“Deep purple-black colored, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Three Twins Vineyard waltzes out of the glass with baked blackcurrants, stewed plums and fruitcake scents with hints of espresso, tar and fertile loam. Medium to full-bodied, the taut, tightly wound, black-fruited palate has a firm frame of grainy tannins and lovely freshness providing lift on the long, earthy finish. (LPB)” (11/2020)

“Juicy and fresh, with a mix of darker plum and blackberry notes that show brighter red currant and violet hints, all melding steadily into the loamy-edged finish, leaving tobacco and bramble echoes in the end. (JM)” (04/2021)

“Chocolate, dark fruits, blueberries, smoked earth, flowers, and graphite notes emerge from the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Vineyard, which is full-bodied and has beautiful balance, ripe, polished tannins, and a great finish.” (08/2020)

“A new wine in this range, 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family Vineyard packs a serious punch. Inky dark fruit, chocolate, spice, new leather and licorice give this brooding, backward Cabernet tons of character and complexity. Huge, muscular tannins wrap around it all, adding to a feeling of gravitas. The 2018 is not exactly subtle, but it certainly has a lot to offer. (AG)” (01/2021)

“Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Peterson Family Vineyard displays a deep garnet-purple color, opening with expressive notes of warm black and red currants, black cherry compote, blackberry preserves and lilacs with nuances of chargrill, fragrant earth and tapenade. The full-bodied palate is concentrated, featuring taut, muscular black fruit and earthy layers and a firm frame of sturdy tannins, finishing long and savory. (LPB) 93+” (11/2020)

“A broad, muscular style, with a wave of loam and cocoa leading off, while the core of warm cassis and plum reduction flavors unwinds slowly. Shows roasted cedar and warm earth notes through the slightly brooding finish. Might be too stolid stylistically for some, but it's all there. (JM)” (05/2021)