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Saturday, June 6, 2015 - I had a rather strange experience with this bottle. I decanted it for about 90 minutes prior to serving. As I decanted the wine I took a small taste just to see where the wine was in its development cycle. The wine was fantastic! Deep, rich, balanced I couldn't wait to serve it when my son arrived for an early Father's Day celebration. When I served it the wine had undergone a drastic change during that 90 minutes. The nose was still beautiful with strong cherry notes but the fruit had nearly disappeared from the palate! The main component was a strong minerality with good acidity and slightly dusty tannins. This wine was not close to the wine I tasted a mere 90 minutes before. The initial taste was in the 96-97 scoring range but the 90 min. old wine was in the 87-89 point range. It was still a very good wine but a major disappointment. This is the second big name Cab that has changed for the worse after a one to one and a half hour decant. The other wine was a 2005 Shafer Hillside Select.

I would recommend that, instead of giving this wine a long decant, you serve it and let it decant in the glass so you can follow it as it opens up.

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