Quite a good wine! The ‘07 was the first vineyard-designated wine off this site, and is stylistically a bit different from the more recent vintages. At age 16, still pitch black but with a supple, velvety texture. The wine has a briary wild-blackcap character, with a nose centered on roasted fruit, rose petals, crème caramel, hints of peppermint. Tart with a tannic bite but it works well, fades into a long saline finish. Fully mature, but no rush to drink them up. Impressive!
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Yes there are fans of this style and presumably this wine is made in a way to please them. While not as sweetly sticky as some, it’s much too oaky and simple fruity to appeal to those whose palate aligns more to the old world.
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This was pop and pour was a bit tightly wound initially, but after 2 hours it really opened up nicely. Gotta say this was a pretty great performance for this 13 year old wine. Still had great tannic grip and good balance. Fruit profile was dark and not overly sweet or too “fruity”, which I find myself noticing in many aged Pott wines these days. Very happy and impressed with this. Wish there wasn’t so little of this produced in their first vintage.
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Aging absolutely beautifully - impeccably balanced and developing additional complexity and tertiary flavors. Now with a wonderful caramel note on the finish in addition to herbs, cinnamon, cloves, and wet leaves. Should go out another 5-10 years and look forward to drinking my one last bottle in about that time. Wonderful wine
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Pop and pour. This was great out of the gate. Lovely nose of red and black fruit and a hint of vanilla oak spice. Nice dusty earth note on the nose too. Palate was elegant with a nice grip. Acidity still keeping things in check. Great wine.
Drank this along side the 2007 Pott Arsenal (same vineyard and winemaker). The Arsenal was good, too, but more dark fruited character and a bit more sumptuous in a fruity sort of way. Still a good wine, but I preferred the Greer.
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One of the better California Cabs that I have had over the past couple of years-easily in a league with wines 2-3x more expensive. Dark brooding cassis. Plenty of structure with graphite and firm tannins on the finish. Not at all ripe and goopy- this a very masculine styled Cabernet. Terrific stuff!
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Dinner with Friends (SQN, Bevan, Greer, etc.) (home): Soaring, fragrant nose. Perfectly balanced on the palate. This wine really captures the essence of Cabernet with beautiful cassis and black cherry fruit accented by violets and fresh herbs. Amazingly beautiful wine. This was my third time with this wine and was definitely the best showing yet.
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I opened my first Greer (2007) about a month ago, and decanted it for a little over 2 hours. This was my first experience with an Aaron Pott/Greer wine, and I was absolutely blown away. I feel very privileged to have gotten in on the ground floor of this wine. I can't remember the nose, but the flavour of this wine was magnificent, refined, yet incredibly layered and complex. Everyone that tasted it kept commenting on how good it was! I have had the pleasure of drinking some incredible bottles of Napa cabernet, and I would rate this within the top 5. My only wish is that I could purchase more than the 3 packs I have bought so far... 97 points!
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Slow O for 8 hours, decanted for 1 hour. What a treat! Huge, fragrant nose. Pure cassis fruit, leather, and some light sweet oak notes fill the glass. Soft on entry in your mouth, but picks up intensity as it crosses your palate. Great balance of tannins and acidity. Awesome! Not too huge. Everyone loved this wine and it was WOTN amongst 3 other Aaron Pott wines (09 Pott Actaeon, 06 Pott Incubo, 06 Seven Stones).
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4/12/2023 - KPB Likes this wine: 95 Points
Quite a good wine! The ‘07 was the first vineyard-designated wine off this site, and is stylistically a bit different from the more recent vintages. At age 16, still pitch black but with a supple, velvety texture. The wine has a briary wild-blackcap character, with a nose centered on roasted fruit, rose petals, crème caramel, hints of peppermint. Tart with a tannic bite but it works well, fades into a long saline finish. Fully mature, but no rush to drink them up. Impressive!
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6/26/2021 - sdr Does not like this wine: 88 Points
Yes there are fans of this style and presumably this wine is made in a way to please them. While not as sweetly sticky as some, it’s much too oaky and simple fruity to appeal to those whose palate aligns more to the old world.
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3/15/2020 - Lateva wrote: 95 Points
This was pop and pour was a bit tightly wound initially, but after 2 hours it really opened up nicely. Gotta say this was a pretty great performance for this 13 year old wine. Still had great tannic grip and good balance. Fruit profile was dark and not overly sweet or too “fruity”, which I find myself noticing in many aged Pott wines these days. Very happy and impressed with this. Wish there wasn’t so little of this produced in their first vintage.
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2/1/2020 - J_Smallwood Likes this wine: 97 Points
Aging absolutely beautifully - impeccably balanced and developing additional complexity and tertiary flavors. Now with a wonderful caramel note on the finish in addition to herbs, cinnamon, cloves, and wet leaves. Should go out another 5-10 years and look forward to drinking my one last bottle in about that time. Wonderful wine
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5/9/2018 - Lateva wrote: 95 Points
Pop and pour. This was great out of the gate. Lovely nose of red and black fruit and a hint of vanilla oak spice. Nice dusty earth note on the nose too. Palate was elegant with a nice grip. Acidity still keeping things in check. Great wine.
Drank this along side the 2007 Pott Arsenal (same vineyard and winemaker). The Arsenal was good, too, but more dark fruited character and a bit more sumptuous in a fruity sort of way. Still a good wine, but I preferred the Greer.
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3/12/2016 - mjf@ulkner wrote: 96 Points
One of the better California Cabs that I have had over the past couple of years-easily in a league with wines 2-3x more expensive. Dark brooding cassis. Plenty of structure with graphite and firm tannins on the finish. Not at all ripe and goopy- this a very masculine styled Cabernet. Terrific stuff!
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8/29/2015 - elamasters wrote: 97 Points
Dinner with Friends (SQN, Bevan, Greer, etc.) (home): Soaring, fragrant nose. Perfectly balanced on the palate. This wine really captures the essence of Cabernet with beautiful cassis and black cherry fruit accented by violets and fresh herbs. Amazingly beautiful wine. This was my third time with this wine and was definitely the best showing yet.
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12/18/2012 - EMichels wrote: 91 Points
Nice nose; Heavy; Much discussion about lacking acid; This really only came around when it was fortunately paired with mustard
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5/17/2012 - lucaslabelle wrote: 97 Points
I opened my first Greer (2007) about a month ago, and decanted it for a little over 2 hours. This was my first experience with an Aaron Pott/Greer wine, and I was absolutely blown away. I feel very privileged to have gotten in on the ground floor of this wine. I can't remember the nose, but the flavour of this wine was magnificent, refined, yet incredibly layered and complex. Everyone that tasted it kept commenting on how good it was!
I have had the pleasure of drinking some incredible bottles of Napa cabernet, and I would rate this within the top 5. My only wish is that I could purchase more than the 3 packs I have bought so far... 97 points!
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5/5/2012 - wittkoje wrote: 96 Points
Slow O for 8 hours, decanted for 1 hour. What a treat! Huge, fragrant nose. Pure cassis fruit, leather, and some light sweet oak notes fill the glass. Soft on entry in your mouth, but picks up intensity as it crosses your palate. Great balance of tannins and acidity. Awesome! Not too huge. Everyone loved this wine and it was WOTN amongst 3 other Aaron Pott wines (09 Pott Actaeon, 06 Pott Incubo, 06 Seven Stones).
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