Community Tasting Note

csimm wrote:

Friday, April 7, 2023 - A few days in Napa with fellow CT'r Cristal2000: Quick math question for you. What’s 2018+2019? If you answered 4037, then you should definitely think about taking another stab at community college and reapplying for that cashier position at Dunkin’ so your mom doesn’t have to keep shelling out payments on your 2003 Kia Sorento. However, if you were savvy enough to pull out your Bella Oaks vintage tasting profile calendar calculator and promptly answered 2021, well now, you my friend are a savant indeed. Do not pass ‘Go,’ do not collect $200, but instead make your way straight to the Master Sommelier Wine Whisperer Illuminati graduation ceremony and pick yourself up your well-earned degree in Winestein & Wineocology. Indeed, the 2021 Bella Oaks is a bodacious barrel sample hybrid of the 2018 and 2019 Bella Oaks, and is a must have addition in the 2018, 2019, 2021 benevolent Purple Triad of empirical awesomeness.

The 2021 is a Jackson Pollock of flavor expressionism, with free-associative essences of rose pedals, electric black and purple licorice, black cherry, fresh soil, and Indian spices. How a sample is able to marry such purity with such density is beyond me, especially when you add in a weightlessness resulting from a vibrant acidic lift that permeates through the profile and prolongs the entire execution. The endurance is unreal, as is the concentration of core fruit, making for a wine that kills it in profundity as well as persistence. It’s obviously pretty flashy right now in its current form, but the control and focus set the stage for a wine that is going to be even more compelling once it hits bottle. This wine is gonna be better than sniffing a fresh pack of tennis balls at Wimbledon. 98-99+ points.

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