Community Tasting Note

• Badmonkey wrote: 95 points

  October 28, 2017 - Get together with some friends. Drank next to a 2015 Vice Versa cab and 2014 Alpha Omega Dr Crane cab and I personally thought this was the third best wine of the three but I'm just splitting hairs because all three were really good. However, the others thought this was the wine of the night. Purple fruit - blackberry, dark currants, and dark cherry. Smooth mid-palate coupled with solid depth and a nice purity. Fairly long finish. Slow ox for around one hour and drank over another two. Improved a little with time but drinking quite well at this stage despite its youth. However, I believe this vintage could use another six to twelve months to let the fruit open-up a little more.

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• JLuch1 commented:

  11/6/17, 1:05 PM - BadMonkey, how would you rank the 14 vs the 15 Rattlesnake?
  
  I have access to my 14s, but I think the 15s will be rather limited in quantity available.

• Badmonkey commented:

  11/6/17, 1:22 PM - JLuch1, the 2014 vintage is drinking extremely well in my opinion. I realize it's young but I personally can't see it getting much better than where it is at right now - although I also believe it will be in a nice drinking window for a while. The 2015 vintage needs some time for the fruit to soften some and open-up - I'm thinking 6 to 12 months. Although it was still enjoyable now with a decent decant. I personally would buy the 2014 vintage knowing where it's at right now. Take care.

• JLuch1 commented:

  11/6/17, 2:45 PM - Thank you for the feedback.

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