Community Tasting Note
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Alexander Smith Likes this wine: 96 points
February 23, 2023 - Premiere Napa Valley; 2/22/2023-3/25/2023 (Napa, California): Fantastic tasting at Dana Estates, the 2019s are all showing very well. The Onda was the highlight of the tasting - punching way above it's weight, also Helms is certainly my favourite Single vineyard. Jae commented that they finally found the perfect signature blend for Onda, and it is really coming into its own style.
This was the wine of the tasting for me, aromas of cassis, blackcurrant jelly, blackberry coulee, orange peel, dark chocolate, unsmoked tobacco, black pepper and pencil lead. The palate was full bodied, muscular with firm tannins, waves of black fruit, velvety dark chocolate and Indian spices filled the palate which lead to a layered and succulent mid-palate finishing long and lingering. 96++2 people found this helpful 1,700 views
1 Comment
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rickphd55 commented:
5/6/23, 11:24 AM - Thanks for your notes on the Dana cabs--I only recently learned of their existence.
And congratulations on spelling "palate" correctly. I've seen users of this website use all the homonyms for it more commonly than the correct one.