95pts Wine Advocate

The 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon Diamond Mountain is a slightly more expensive cuvée. A blend of 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Malbec and the rest Petit Verdot, this is another gorgeously elegant, beautiful wine with terrific purity, plenty of blue, red and black fruits, some floral notes, medium to full body, supple tannins and a layered mouthfeel that builds incrementally to a long, long finish. This superb wine represents a perfect style between the elegance of Bordeaux and the ripeness and exuberance of a Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink it over the next 20 years.

93pts James Suckling

Aromas of currants and mint with hints of spices. Ful-bodied, round and silky with lots of fruit and intensity. A little diffuse on the middle palate, but I like the richness. 

91pts Wine Enthusiast

Soft and robustly concentrated, this showcases its mountain fruit in a powerful way, with interwoven layers of cola spice, tobacco and dark black fruit. The oak adds a reductive character to the dense, full-bodied whole.

Tasting Notes

“Aromas of vanilla, blueberry, and mulberry are accentuated by licorice and dark chocolate.
The bright entry of raspberry and clove are infused with a hint of mint and fresh plum,
which are sustained by the extended youthful finish.”

Winery Notes

The Davies family, proprietors of Schramsberg Vineyards in Napa Valley, presents its ninth vintage of J. Davies “jd” Diamond Mountain District Estate Cabernet Sauvignon. Like its companion J. Davies Estate bottlings, this red wine is crafted solely from the densely-flavored, richly-structured fruit grown on the family’s hillside property. Following the blending of J. Davies, winemakers Sean Thompson and Hugh Davies carefully select from the remaining outstanding barrels of wine to craft this offering. Vibrant and approachable as a young wine, the medium-bodied “jd” is released after two years of aging. Bearing the initials of Jack Davies, who along with his wife, Jamie, revived the historic Schramsberg winery property in 1965, it is the product of an intimate knowledge of this place, and a passion to create delicious Cabernet Sauvignon.