Diamond Creek Volcanic Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Professional Ratings

• 96 James Suckling
  Loads of blue fruit, violets and lavender. Flowers everywhere. Full body and medium chewy tannins. Bright and vivid. Tangy and long. Needs four to five years to open. Try in 2022.
• 96 Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
  Mastering the beast, I have always had a soft spot for the 2014 Diamond Creek Cabernet Sauvignon. While the wine has often been super tannic, I never found it too tough. This vintage is one of the best this property has yielded. (Tasted: August 21, 2017, San Francisco, CA)
• 96 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
  Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Volcanic Hill is a little youthfully subdued and broody at this early stage, revealing black soil, truffles and tapenade notions over a blackberry and cassis core, plus a touch of chocolate box. The medium to full-bodied palate springs to life with vibrant black fruit and subtle earth and savory suggestions, framed by rounded tannins and plenty of freshness, finishing long.
  Rating: 96+
• 92 Wine Spectator
  Offers a frame of dusty, cedary oak around a core of loamy dark berry, anise, licorice and blackberry flavors. Deftly balanced, this is tempting now but worthy of cellaring. Best from 2020 through 2032.