Friday, October 16, 2015 - Filling in w/the Friday Brown Bag Group (R&D's): Perfumed black fruit, vanilla, spice and more florals. Lavender and violet qualities over cassis and blue fruit. Full-bodied with fine, sweet tannins and flavors of black cherry, cassis, blue fruit and chocolate/mocha. Long finish. Wonderful stuff. 94-95 pts. Guessed Napa Cab blend.
So it turns out that our host split a magnum of Insignia into two bottles (sneaky!). It was amazing how much better the 2nd portion of it was- none of the chalkiness to the tannin structure and much more floral and pretty.