Community Tasting Note

• JJYoyo Likes this wine: 94 points

  October 7, 2023 - What really struck me about this wine was that it allowed you to see into its future: wildly disparate notes that would fire at random — stern pith/granite minerality, green apples, anise (?), dark spice ( allspice, yeah, even cloves - although maybe that was just the label suggesting it). You can see exactly how these elements will all come together in time. This was a wine that told you in no uncertain terms that you have opened it too soon. It’s enjoyable now with a little air but … this has the transformative potential for greatness ina few years.
  Very far from a ho hum “good value” CA chard — this has a challenging and initially almost confrontational acidic spine and drive. It’s an intriguing mix of raw power and incipient sophistication. Quite a bit of reduction at first. Matched with some challenging cheese and this wine rose to the occasion. I would love to see what this wine does in about 3-5 years.
  Score: 93. Relative to expectations: ++
  
  A day later and had the rest of the bottle. This confirms yesterday’s suspicion that this wine has a glorious future ahead of it. All the elements assembled for a classic, restrained, elegant rendition of CA chard. Since age in the cellar is almost always better than forcing it with a day in an evacuated bottle, I bet this will be far more complex in about 4-5 years than it is now even with air. This is steely, nervy chard Adding a point for obvious potential.
  Score: 94. Relative to expectations: ++

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5 Comments

• cyc commented:

  10/7/23, 8:35 PM - 51 points?

• JJYoyo commented:

  10/8/23, 5:36 AM - Fixed it. Fat finger. Thanks for catching it !

• Mutsuchoji commented:

  10/29/23, 6:09 PM - Thanks, JJYOYO for a wonderful review! 19's Linda Vista retained more acid throughout the aging despite grape chemistries being almost identical to the 18 and 20's Linda Vista. I haven't opened my library bottles for a while but am looking forward to tasting them in Japan during my promotion trip next month!

• JJYoyo commented:

  10/29/23, 7:44 PM - You’re welcome! You made me look up “mutsu choji “ and I learned a little bit about kamon. Thank you!

• Mutsuchoji commented:

  10/29/23, 10:09 PM - Awesome! Sorry, my member name may have been a bit confusing! My brand name & logo and design come from my family's kamon since my ancestors used to sell spices as medicines centuries ago, although these 6 cloves in kamon don't look like cloves but fat carrots!!

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