Community Tasting Note
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Aegis1 wrote: 95 points
January 8, 2009 - Served at holiday dinner 3 weeks ago, but I wanted to get a note in on my recollections. Decanted for 1 hour before pouring, which clearly was not enough. The earth aromas and notes were strong, almost overpowering, but I took my cue from previous tasters and waited for it to blow off, which it began to, revealing what was to my palate a mature, balanced, pretty, but not exceptional wine. Nevertheless, the Tasters-Who-Know in the group pronounced it an exemplary expression of a California Cab. For me, it didn't blow me away until the next morning (11 a.m. on a Saturday, decanter covered with plate), when I decided to have a taste to see how it held up. Phenomenal nose now, everything well-integrated, still bright, I called the guys back and we finished it off! The moral of this story is to pull the cork on this one well in advance.
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