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Robert Parker eRobertParker.com
Highlights: "A positive surprise during my Napa Valley tastings was the performance of the Salvestrin offerings."
Robert Parker eRobertParker.com
Highlights: 2007 Salvestrin Retaggio
"90 Points. The 2007 Retaggio, a Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc blend, is a sleeper of the vintage as well as a very good bargain. Its dark ruby/plum/garnet color is followed by aromas and flavors of strawberries, black cherries, spicy unsmoked cigar tobacco, earth, and cedar. This is a sexy, open-knit, lush, medium to full-bodied wine with an endearing texture, and a heady, lush finish. Enjoy it over the next 6-8 years."
Robert Parker eRobertParker.com
Highlights: 2007 Salvestrin Estate Petite Sirah
"93 Points. A blockbuster, the black/purple-hued 2007 Estate Petite Sirah displays aromas of camphor, violets, pepper, incense, blueberries, blackberries, burning embers, and smoke. Massively concentrated with terrific purity, high alcohol (over 15%) and a long finish, this wine will benefit from 4-5 years of bottle age, and last for 20-25 years."
Robert Parker eRobertParker.com
Highlights: 2007 Salvestrin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
"91+ Points. The 2007 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, while closed, reveals a more saturated opaque purple color as well as a big, sweet bouquet of black cherries, black currants, white chocolate, graphite, new saddle leather, and a touch of background oak. This deep, rich, powerful 2007 should hit its prime in 2-4 years, and last for 15-20."
Wine Enthusiast Wine Enthusiast
Highlights: 2006 Salvestrin Estate '3D' Cabernet Sauvignon
"94 Points. As ripely fruity and oaky as any cab out there, offering a flood of blackberries, currants, cherries, raspberries, mocha and sweet, smoky new oak. Yet lifted up by the tannin-inspired structure and a welcome, herbaceous note of olives. Marries the best of the old and new styles, a terrific Cabernet that will develop for 6-8 years."
Wine Guys TV Wineguys TV
Highlights: 2007 Salvestrin Retaggio
"Episode 223: Retaggio is a blend made up from Sangiovese, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Retaggio is a word named after Legacy..."anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor".
Wine Guys TV Wineguys TV
Highlights: 2006 Salvestrin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
"One of those Cabs that has a ton of complexity and structure. It is a bottle to love and cellar for sure..."
St. Helena Star "Napa Valley Holiday Wines"
Highlights: 2008 Salvestrin Estate Sauvignon Blanc
"All perfume and white flowers with hints of citrus and good acidity."
Wine Guys TV Wineguys TV
Highlights: 2008 Salvestrin Estate Sauvignon Blanc
"Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley ... we say, Get Some!!! This is really good S.B. and we know you would agree. Very complex and it is showing nice layers."
Bruce Cass Wine Lab "Top Wine Reviews"
Highlights: 1999 Salvestrin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
"The Salvestrin showed itself several cuts above your typical 10-yr-old Napa Cab."
St. Helena Star "Wine panelists choose six 2006 cabs as tops" Wahoo! Second year in a row!
Highlights: 2006 Salvestrin Cabernet Sauvignon
Cuvee Corner "A Super Tuscan without a Super Price: Salvestrin Retaggio 2006"
Highlights: 2006 Salvestrin Retaggio
"This wine makes pairing very simple, because of the supple tannins it makes a fine food companion and will pair nicely with just about most menus. A well made wine, drink now and often."
PB Pulse "Tasting at Sabor Havana Connoisseur Club"
Highlights: 2005 Salvestrin Cabernet Sauvignon
"Ah, my favorite of the evening. Of course, it took me a good five minutes to get around to tasting it because I was so
enamored with the aroma. The smell was amazing! This is a great wine that will ask a lot of the drinker but will give a lot back. I suspect it will age very well – there’s a lot of potential in the wine and will probably be even better after being decanted. It retails for $60."
