REVIEWS

WINE ENTHUSIAST
November 2008 - buying guide

2006 Coup de Foudre Pinot Noir
94 POINTS

WINE SPECTATOR

2005 Coup de Foudre Cabernet Sauvignon
92 POINTS - "Savory wild berry, currant and black cherry is ripe and fleshy, with nice touches of cedary oak, dill and black licorice that gain complexity and nuance, offering depth without weight. Drink now through 2014. 400 cases made." - J.L.. October, 2008

2006 Coup de Foudre 37.2 Cuvee
92 POINTS - "Rich and well-structures, with black cherry and toasty mocha aromas and lusciously layered red current, spice and dusty, loamy flavors that finish with firm but ripe tannins. Drink now through 2012." - J.L.. September, 2008

2006 Coup De Foudre Pinot Noir
90 POINTS - "A subtle, understated, elegant style, with refined strawberry, dried currant, fresh earth and mineral notes that are graceful and delicate. Drink now through 2011. - J.L. September, 2008

ROBB REPORT
november 2007

The wine, too, is as memorable as any moment. The second vintage, the 2005, is a vibrant Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon blended with 5 percent Syrah, which adds a spicy character to this immense, deep, and complex wine. Coup de Foudre’s remarkable range of textures and flavors works its effects gradually, like the courses of an elegant and ample meal. First, luxurious berry and chocolate caress the nose, then coat the palate in a silky-soft blanket of chocolate and smoke, before the final course—a rich and unique finish of coffee and cream. This dark miracle of chance is one with which you will want to have a long and lasting relationship.

ROBB REPORT
July 2007

2004 Coup De Foudre
issue, “Coup De Foudre’s remarkable range of textures and flavors work their effect gradually, like courses of an elegant and ample meal. First, luscious, rich, dark berry and chocolate caress the nose, then coat the palate in a silky soft blanket of chocolate and smoke, before the final course—a rich and unique finish of coffee and cream.”.
– Brett Anderson

WINE ENTHUSIAST
May 2007

Editor's Choice 98 POINTS - “Coup De Foudre really is a stunning Cabernet, soft and complex, rich in blackberry and chocolate fruit, and irresistibly delicious. Somehow they have made a wine that’s powerful and opulent and impossibly rich, yet maintains and almost weightless elegance.” - Steve Heimoff

WASHINGTON POST
May 2007

2004 Coup De Foudre Cabernet
92 POINTS - Blended with 'select amounts of Syrah,' this skillfully crafted Cabernet delivers deep flavors and impressive richness and concentration but still comes off as suave and very well integrated, thanks to excellent balance between the fruit and the structural elements lent by oak and tannin. - Michael Franz

WILFRED WONG

96 POINTS - “Coup De Foudre is truly superb. One of
California’s greatest Cabernets PERIOD! Exceptionally rich and tremendously balanced; stands on a
pedestal.”