95 pts - Wine Advocate
["Wine Advocate (May 2018): 95 Points. “Reflecting on the 2007 Monte Bello, Eric Baugher describes the year as “a vintage that almost didn’t happen.” Until the eve of harvest, everything was going well, with a large crop ripening in balmy conditions. In l
94 pts - Wine Spectator
["Wine Spectator (June 2019): 94 Points. “The 2007 shows noticeable mature notes of alder and tobacco wafting up from the core of mulled berry fruit, while sage and sassafras notes lend a perfume to the finish. It’s here at age 12 that the wine really see
94 pts - Vinous
["(79% cabernet sauvignon, 10% merlot, 9% petit verdot and 2% cabernet franc) Opaque ruby. A complex, heady bouquet displays red- and blackcurrant, pipe tobacco, cigar box and rose oil, with suave spiciness gaining strength in the glass. Sappy and sweet,