Community Tasting Note

• etherscreen wrote:

  September 7, 2012 - In anticipation of the '09 release on Saturday, the wife and I popped a bottle of the '08 this evening.
  
  After a 4 hour decant, this beauty blossomed. after reading my note from april, i have to say it's nearly identical. note modified a bit. high class.
  
  purple with a reddish hue towards the edge. nose explodes as a gorgeous perfume of spring flowers, red more than dark fruit, and chocolate with a background suggesting top soil, brown sugar, and mint to cool the throat. definitely on the feminine spectrum. a bit more coiled than my previous encounter, but still gives up plenty of the goods. fresh, ripe berries in the mouth and again the florals permeate the retro-nasal passage. what makes this wine most intriguing is that the significant floral element, and not the fruit (although lovely and not overdone), plays the lead role. well balanced. soft and silky mouthfeel. tannins a bit more pronounced than my last visit. not plush. not overoaked. not austere. discernibly rutherford, but a very pretty, poised, and graceful iteration of the area's offerings.
  
  while so much napa cabernet is very correct within a relatively narrow confine, this is a wine that is clearly of its origin, but with a great deal of interest that positions itself in a unique way. i a very happy customer and greatly anticipating what rob greer and aaron pott will achieve in the coming years

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