Community Tasting Note

• KPB wrote: 95 points

  August 3, 2019 - Another highly successful Montecillo red from Ketan Mody, and like the 2017, quite an interesting wine to taste.
  
  Call this 95 now, (95-97) as it ages. The wine is medium bodied and less dark in color than many 2013 reds - Ketan says that Montecillo is cooled by ocean breezes and has natural subsurface humidity, and that this protects against drought and heat spikes. On opening the wine was a bit reticent but it blossomed with air. The nose shows red cherry and black cherry aromas, leather, sage. On the palate the fruit was harvested before it reached that point where acidity can drop, so you have ripeness but more structure than in many Napa cabs (call this "St. Emilion" in style). As the wine opens, you find layers and layers of complexity in the long and expressive finish. A great success, and will reward aging.

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