Community Tasting Note

• Cristal2000 Likes this wine: 94 points

  September 14, 2019 - Arrow & Branch Tasting - with CSIMM1161 (AB House): AB started sourcing from Vine Hill Ranch in 2017. This will be a great addition to their lineup. It's 100% Cab. Tasted from bottle.
  
  The nose on this wine reminded me a lot of LPV. Lots of smoked meat, charred embers, rich blackberries and scorched earth. On the palate it's rich, nicely layered, with solid tannin structure and a complex, expressive profile. Quite a bit of loamy earth and forest floor notions. Time should be this wine's friend, letting the layers unfold into something special. It's one of the better 2017's I've tasted, with no astringent bitterness linked to smoke taint. I believe this was picked before the fire (for real, not just what they tell you).

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