Community Tasting Note

chablis28 wrote:

Saturday, August 3, 2019 - 3 years since my last btl and this continues to rock and great with Nita's "fat burgers" knockoff. PnP small glass & further slow oxed for 3 hours in btl prior to dinner. Semi opaque ruby color. Smoky nose with creosote, tobacco and mature berries. Well balanced with a polished, supple texture. Rich dark fruit, tobacco, chocolate and hint of cedar. Very tasty! In spite of its 14.5% Alc this is exceedingly fresh & balanced. Winery states it has Cohn fruit with a little bit of American oak / mostly French oak / 35% new. $60 is a very good value by today's Napa standards. Especially fun from the legendary producer label. My parents and I visited & tasted at the winery in 1971 in a little room ( now closed to the public) near the original entrance. Confusingly, Coppola / Inglenook messes around, a lot, with branding and cuvees designations. Too much for me! I really like this one but it appears they stopped the historic "Cask" designation, again, with the 2013 vintage and now label it Inglenook Cabernet Sauvignon sans "cask" since this 2012. Oh well :). I plan to try a 2015 soon. NOTE: I serve all of my CA reds with a good 30 minutes in the fridge as these are best drank in high 50s/low 60s. Warm and this might not be so interesting and balanced with its 14.5% alc.

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