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Sunday, March 10, 2024 - OG California Cab, made when they made real, non-fruit-bomb cabs.

Details: Flawless cork, popped and poured with a ribeye dinner. Hardly any bricking. Did not decant.

Make no mistake, this is a massive wine, and 30 years on it is still huge, luscious, ripe, and full of fruit. So many years ahead for this one, and no way over the hill yet.

Acid? You betcha, balancing out those big fruit flavors. Soft muted notes of vanilla round out the almost forever finish.

Oh, that they still made this style of wine, maybe the closest of which today is my favorite Mayacamas. However, you can tell this was made in in the valley, and it’s not at all a mountain wine like Mayacamas, but I make the comparison to show restraint, if one can believe that in this wine. But, back in 93 when they made this wine did they know they were still making a “restrained” wine of balance?

Unmistakably California, and early style, and in my opinion, better than what is produced today.

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