Community Tasting Note

Napa144 wrote:

Friday, December 18, 2009 - I wasn't sure a 25-year old Gorth Cabernet would still be in it's peak drinkability years, and iniatially thought my concern was warranted. This wine was tasted like a great cabernet, five years past its peak, out of the bottle. The taste was dominated by pepper and oak, but not much fruit. However, within half-an-hour, the flavor began to escalate into an explsion of life. Just delicious. As usually, I opened a second bottle, just for the fun of a small blind tasting, and saved about 3-4 ounces for the next day (the other bottle was a 1983 Rutherford Hill Cab). The Rutherford was quite good when first opened, but didn't improve much. In contrast the Groth was even better the next morning, and better still, the next evening. I have some 87 Groth and am anxious to find out if the 84 was exceptional, or if Groth is a much better producer than I was previously aware.

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