Community Tasting Note
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Joegish Likes this wine: 92 points
March 13, 2014 - Bottle tasted at Honig Wines Dinner at Culinary Institute, Hyde Park, NY. Beautiful ruby red in glass with wonderful fresh fruit nose. Still slightly disjointed with the tannins slightly fighting the fruit (much more so than the 2011) Also, a little too much ABV for a Honig. Definitely can see this integrating beautifully in another 24 months. Wonderful mouthfeel and mid-palate. Highly recommended and a definite buy for me. 92-93 pts.
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RobertDwyer commented:
3/15/14, 2:22 PM - Thanks for the early insight on this reliable favorite that we're all looking forward to in 2012! Your note reads like typical Honig Napa Cab. Immediately upon release and for about a year after it's a little quirky. I begin to wonder whether it's a so-so vintage and each bottle I crack from there out gets better and better. It's not an aging thing by any means - it just needs a *little* time to warm up.