Community Tasting Note

• Mark1npt Likes this wine: 96 points

  November 8, 2022 - 2.5 years since having my last bottle of this gifted to us by CC, himself. That bottle was an easy 96. Took me 2.5 years but I finally found a 3 pack of this at auction a couple of months ago and decided to pop one tableside at dinner tonight with good friends who have 25 years of experience drinking these wines from CC. Co-incidentally, they brought an '18 of this same wine to dinner table tonight, too!
  
  Right from the pnp, this one is ready to go and it only improved over the next 45-60 min til it was gone shortly after our apps arrived. Perfectly integrated on all fronts and perfectly balanced. Smooth, yet powerful with some nice secondary components. This bottle has obviously been well stored, however the cork still came out in 2 pieces for our server. This is still quite dark, it's silky and did I say, smooth? Earns the same score as the last bottle and dare I say as I hold the other two, it may yet improve another point going forward as it further evolves? This is why wine is so much fun........and so enjoyable. Thank you again CC for making such a beauty.

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2 Comments

• wine-enthusiast commented:

  11/10/22, 8:51 AM - Chris Carpenter is a wine master. Really knows the mountain fruit.

• Mark1npt commented:

  11/10/22, 10:17 AM - There is no doubt....def his 'specialty'.

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