Drank from Bin East 22. In cellar since April 2010, $25. Cork failure. Prominent vanilla oak nose. Sparkling dark yellow. Full body sour bitter presentation dry vanilla oak finish. Past prime. 3/10.
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California Wine Tasting Adventure; 8/2/2010-8/6/2010 (Napa, Sonoma): Tasted at winery. This is a big old California oak monster. This may round into form in a few years, but right now it is a bit tough to get a sense of where it is going. The nose is dominated by oak and there simply is not a whole lot of fruit behind the oak. A little green apple and some shy acidity, but this was mostly butter, vanilla and oak. Good mid-palate weight at this price, but this has requires some cellar time and even with that time, I'm not sure it will ever shed enough of the oak.
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6/2/2020 - RDB Wine wrote: flawed
Drank from Bin East 22. In cellar since April 2010, $25. Cork failure. Prominent vanilla oak nose. Sparkling dark yellow. Full body sour bitter presentation dry vanilla oak finish. Past prime. 3/10.
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8/6/2010 - jrobs7777 wrote: 84 Points
California Wine Tasting Adventure; 8/2/2010-8/6/2010 (Napa, Sonoma): Tasted at winery. This is a big old California oak monster. This may round into form in a few years, but right now it is a bit tough to get a sense of where it is going. The nose is dominated by oak and there simply is not a whole lot of fruit behind the oak. A little green apple and some shy acidity, but this was mostly butter, vanilla and oak. Good mid-palate weight at this price, but this has requires some cellar time and even with that time, I'm not sure it will ever shed enough of the oak.
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