Community Tasting Note

isaacjamesbaker wrote:

Monday, March 18, 2013 - New World Cabernet & Blends - Sample Bottle Tasting; 3/16/2013-3/24/2013 (My Place - Washington, DC): The nose, where to start? Plum cake, fig, currant jam, cedar, pine needles, mocha. Wow. Tart acid on the palate, firm tannins, and generous fruit. Plums and currants mix with earth and cedar, even a hint of black olive. This is granite-structured, but the acid is wonderful. The notes of bay leaf and potting soil pay homage to the Old World, but the fruit has such richness. Aged 12 months in 50% new oak, but the toast and mocha flavors are extremely well-integrated. This wine is showing wonderfully now, but it’s a big one that will be even more interesting in five or eight years. A blend of 57% cabernet, 14% merlot, 13% malbec, 11% cabernet franc and 5% petit verdot.

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