Like almost all of Reverie’s Cabernets on release, this one needs time in the cellar. Tasted in fall 2011, it’s tight and grapey, with blackberry jam flavors girded by a firm, stony minerality and sweet, but hard, tannins. Give it 6–8 years.——S.H.(4/1/2012)—— 92

Impressive for the volume of its flavor, which is all intensely concentrated mountain blackberries and cassis, with an interesting and savory salty earthiness of green olives. Beautifully oaked, too, so sweet and refined in toast. But those notorious Diamond Mountain tannins are gigantic, and the wine needs serious cellar time. Stash until 2014, and the drinkabiity window could last for an additional ten years.——S.H.(6/1/2011)—— 93

Like all of Reverie’s 2007 reds, this one’s super-tannic. In fact, it’s one of the hardest, most astringent Napa Cabs on the market. Still, it has a rich core of blackberries and currants, with lots of smoky oak, and the spicy fruit lasts a long time on the finish. A good sign for cellaring. Try after 2013.——S.H.(8/1/2010)—— 91

Few wines out of Napa Valley need age as much as this one does. That’s due to its mountain origins and the cool vintage, which combine to make the tannins pushy and hard. But once they start to fall out, the blackberry and currant flavors should emerge, pure and sweet. Best after 2010, but if you open it before that, decant.——S.H.(4/1/2008)—— 91

Here’s a ripe, polished Cab, brimming in cherry, plum and new oak flavors. It’s soft and gentle enough for immediate drinking, although it has the structure for five or six years in the bottle.——S.H.(6/1/2007)—— 87