Community Tasting Note

aero wrote:

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - Medium bodied, traditional styling, high quality but weakening natural cork.

Third bottle in 6 years. With my mind's eye I can pick on this wine in little ways: linear nose, slightly bitter mid-palate, medium finish... but my hedonistic flesh wants two more cases. Now. Every sip has me holding up the glass up to light mouthing "wow".

This style is a rarity: truly racy acidity paired with full ripeness in a CS. That combination brings out a pure, bright, translucent red currant quality that has been wholesale lost to bigger, fatter Cabernets for many decades. Especially since around 2000 when fruit-forward Napa Cabs took over the hearts and minds of consumers worldwide.

If any Intel founders are reading this, please keep releasing vintages. This is a potential cult wine; an off-beat treasure.

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