2002 Laurel Glen Cabernet Sauvignon
(Sonoma Mountain)
95 Points
 Classic Laurel Glen, a Cabernet stuffed with dense, thrillingly ripe fruit, yet surrounded by dusty mountain tannins that warrant cellaring. The flavors are as intricate as a tapestry, weaving together black currants, blueberries, plums, cocoa, macaroons, spices and sweet oak. Thoroughly dry, this is great Laurel Glen. Decant now, drinkable through at least 2015 - S.H.
2001 Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Mountain
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar Jan. 2005 Issue 118
Saturated ruby-red. Dark aromas of blackberry, cassis and licorice. Classy and penetrating, with tangy flavors of red- and blackcurrant. At once dense and bright; solidly structured yet already quite sweet and showy. I've used the term "dead fruit" to describe wines made from overripe, dessicated grapes; this is the opposite of dead fruit. Finishes very long and sappy, with firm but suave tannins. Should reward a decade of additional bottle aging. 93(+?)
WINE ENTHUSIAST, Oct. 2004
92 points Cellar Selection
High-octane mountain wine. Bone dry, with a big refined structure that promises long life. The blackberry and cherry flavor is as rich as any Laurel Glen in memory. Big time tannins, too, but soft and sweet in the modern style. Drink 2006-2020.-S.H.
WINE & SPIRITS, Dec. 2004
92| Laurel Glen Vineyards
2001 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma Mountain
You can drink this when its just been opened, the wine feeling silky and solidly built, just sweet, round fruit surrounded by edgy, stony tannin. Or you could wait and let the tart cherry flavor evolve into elegance, the oak invisible and the fruit itself seeming to give the wine all its structure, to provide an inner clarity. It`s a subtle and beautiful wine from Patrick Campbell`s mountain vineyard planted in 1968.
TERRA ROSA 2003
Leslie Sbrocco, the irrepressible wine writer for the SF Chronicle, noted that:
Patrick Campbell, of the acclaimed Sonoma winery Laurel Glen, has traveled to Argentina to source Malbec. The signature variety of Argentina, Malbec is grown in high-altitude vineyards at the base of the Andes Mountains. Hot days and cold nights help the grapes develop dark berry intensity and a taut spring of acidity. His concentrated, peppery 2003 Terra Rosa Mendoza Malbec ($11) overdelivers for the price and will make a steak dinner sing.
Nationally syndicated wine writer Dan Berger
WINE OF THE WEEK
2003 Terra Rosa Malbec, Mendoza –- A delicious red wine from Argentina, [by] Laurel Glen of Sonoma County. This wine has ample blueberry and blackberry fruit, and a juiciness in the mouth. An excellent value from an up-and-coming wine region.
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