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• Mark1npt Likes this wine: 97 points

  January 4, 2021 - Might very well be the most put together wine of the evening for me, personally. Plenty of power here...decanted for an hour while we drank and ate our early apps/salads......lots of great cab bits, all integrated and all very smooth. I can't imagine this drinking any better than it does right now, all things considered. Much like the '16 Weitz of the other night, this has really smoothed out in the last year or so and really come together rather seamlessly.....it disappeared quickly at tableside with Jaime and Melissa and of course, Caol Ann.........

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• cablover123 commented:

  1/5/21, 3:26 PM - Nice note Mark. While it seems the wine that Mike Smith typically makes wine that drinks well young, I have also recently had some Carter and 12C at the 5+ year mark that has been exceptional. Last year I went big on the 2018 Myriads. I called and talked to Leah on their recommendations and she recommended to hold the Empyrean and Elysian 2+ years and the Crane and G3 3+ years. She then laughed and said "I know it sounds backwards". With that said, I am trying to give Mike's wine a bit more time. I have yet to break into any of his 18's as the rest of you are doing such a great job posting. :) Thanks...Dan

• Mark1npt commented:

  1/6/21, 5:09 AM - Dan, I'm personally finding that some vintages like '16 could be enjoyed very early for my tastes but not many others. So many of these big wines need that 3-5 year window to come together and even out. I wish I now had kept more of these '16 Carters like I did so many of my other wines, but they just drank too well early on. The '18s def need time whether Myriad, Carter or Quivet....along with many others of the '18 vintage. Cheers! Mark

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