Community Tasting Note
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GQG Likes this wine: 95 points
July 26, 2018 - Drinking wonderfully now, this velvety smooth and finessed wine delivers a floral and earthy nose, sharply focused, energetic and lifted black and red fruit palate, and remains focused as it beautifully rolls through the lengthy finish. The medium-full bodied flavor and nice complexity doesn't veer towards the somewhat warm and viscous lush fruit of, say, the 2014 Macauley Reserve (that I also like very much), but rather leaves an indelible impression of "silkiness, focus, and finesse with concentration."
Tasted at 55°F, which no doubt helped the exceptionally delineated focus feel like a big train rolling down the tracks, clicking off its tasty flavors of dark cherry, cassis, blueberry, and spice as the silky tannins and minerality provided the track ballast, all the way down the line. This 2014 Vice Versa Cab is like the "A" student that applies impeccable focus to the task at hand, while the the less focused and more lush 2014 Macauley Reserve is like the "C" student that "A" students eventually end up working for, and I admire both equally.
After an hour, I preferred the taste from the opened bottle as it kept the fruit a bit more lively than from a decanter (tried both.)3 people found this helpful 7,918 views
1 Comment
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msuwine commented:
11/13/19, 6:59 PM - Ha! I love the life lesson here about A and C students. Precision and focus aren't everything, and a little passion can go a long way. Great note.