2001 BOND Matriarch

Community Tasting Notes (94) Avg Score: 92.8 points

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  12/10/2023 - sswales103 Does not like this wine:

  Dark brown color, still drinkable but way past its peak.

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  12/6/2022 - Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 94 Points

  This is a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon blend from Napa Valley.
  
  Dark ruby in color with a short reddish rim. Not showing age at all.
  
  Full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.
  
  Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, cedar, vanilla, spices, espresso, cola, tobacco leaf, earth, dark chocolates, peppercorn and herbs.
  
  Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.
  
  This second label from Bond, is drinking wonderfully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years.
  
  I had it blind and called it, including the vintage. Love it when that happens.
  
  This 21 year old is good right out of the bottle, and better after 3 hours of airtime.
  
  Nicely balanced with great complexity and elegance. A great shipping wine.
  
  Robert Parker 94 points.
  
  A gorgeous wine that doesn't need food.
  
  14.5% alcohol by volume.
  
  94 points.
  
  $200.

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  7/19/2022 - ikkaariainen Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Magnificent right now, unbelievable that this is anyone's entry level wine. 93% cabernet. Highly recommend. Drank at our wine club tasting that Kim & I hosted 7/19/22 in Hickory NC at restaurant BOCA as the final wine. Drink or hold - fully mature so no further upside to cellaring but on the other hand with proper cellaring this still has years to go at the top, I don't think this is fading at all. We recently obtained several of these bottles as part of a much larger cellar contents purchase. Dark purple, peripheral bricking present, fully integrated, soft mouth feel, still very full bodied, well integrated oak & soft tannins present and the lovely aftertaste just went on and on. Nose dark, brooding and intense with an initial hint of barnyard funk which blew off quickly with aeration / swirling followed by classic dark fruit, clearly also cassis on the nose as well as kirsch, leather, a hint of black pepper and smoke on the tail. Classic flavor profile of controlled oak up front with plum, cassis, blueberry and an earthier finish of graphite, stone and loam. A prime example of what an aged high end Napa cab is capable of being, Bond is definitely in a small elite group of CA "1st growth" wineries.

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  1/31/2021 - JDB's Cellar Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The wine looks garnet colored. The legs are slow. It smells like plum, blackberry and red currant. It tastes like blackberry, plum, black pepper and sandalwood.
  
  The nose has a very strong plum aroma - very enjoyable to swirl it and stick your nose down in the glass.
  
  I'm surprised at the number of different flavors I'm getting while sipping and sucking air across my tongue. What surprised me the most is the woody flavors, especially sandalwood. The tree and berry fruit aromas also follow through in the taste. There is definitely some mineral notes to the flavor, making this not a typical "in your face" California style wine that's all fruit and alcohol.
  
  This wine is still drinking very nicely. If 2015 was the called peak, it is on a very gentle slope down.

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  8/9/2020 - dkentaustin Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Light amber edge showing pretty signs of subtle age. Chocolate, fresh red fruit, wet limestone and cassis with light perfume. Incredibly minerality on the palate with a welcome lighter than expected body with lots of gorgeous flavors pouring from the wine. Sandalwood and cedar box with layers of complexity that’s coming through this soft, amazing structured wine. Harlan and Bond truly produce some of best wines in the world. Drinking in its prime.

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