2012 Memento Mori Cabernet Sauvignon
Community Tasting Note
jhieb Likes this wine:
97 Points
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - WOTN. This bested the '10 Spottswood. The strucured tannin lifts the fruit to a higher level. Faultless. Among other great wines, this is the one everyone kept revisiting.
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Comment posted by csimm:
5/28/2016 3:38:00 PM - Hi there. What was the treatment/service of the wine insofar as exposure to air? Decanted? PnP? Would you say it still needs some time? (If you happen to remember..I know it was back in December). Thanks in advance!
Comment posted by jhieb:
5/28/2016 10:12:00 PM - This was open for about an hour before tasting. We had a great lineup of cabs that night, so no one was in a rush. The '12 MM is really approachable out of the gate, but it does open more with air. Enjoy!
(Can't wait to try the '13, but, wait I will).
Comment posted by csimm:
5/29/2016 8:57:00 AM - Great! Thanks so much for the information. I had the 2013 MM back in February and it was a very good wine. Very similar to what the 2012 was a year or so ago. The 2013 was understandably coiled-up, but it had an almost identical profile to the 2012. Cheers!