Community Tasting Note

blanquito wrote:

Friday, December 20, 2013 - Big, spicy, minty, rich bouquet, in a classic Californian mold, with some roast, some char. Sweet, lots of mint, juniper berries, and a cool streak of menthol, a big round slug of sweet Cali cab fruit on the attack, followed by brisk acids, good depth, and near perfect balance. Ready to go. Very classy but still a New World style in my book (not a criticism). There's a spicy, piney thing to the fruit that I get from lots of Priorats (must be the oak). My quibble is I'm not sure it's better than the lovely 1992 Ridge Santa Cruz Cab I had recently. 92 or 93 pts.

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