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• I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 6, 2021 - Epic Napa Trip - Day 2: Tasted ate the winery with winemaker Brad Grimes - Brad is great! He really rolled out the red carpet letting us taste multiple barrel samples of 2 white wines and multiple barrels from the 2021 vintage and the 2019 vintage of barrels going into Thorevillos and Madrona. I can say all barrels tasted great and showed potential! The 2021 was teeth staining juice that would immediately make your mouth pucker from the tannins. Although I have no idea how that will translate into a final product, it was fun! Obviously all samples from the 2019 vintage were very good and certainly more approachable.
  
  However, the real treat was when Brad opened up this wine! Although still austere, and slightly tannic, the fruit was marvelous and the potential of the wine was starting to show! Dark, creamy fruit with chocolate and anise, as well as earth, bramble and tobacco notes with well-integrated toasty oak....this wine will undoubtably flirt with perfection in a few more years, but oh so delicious now! 96+ now and will definitely get better!

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• WineBurrowingWombat commented:

  12/21/21, 10:14 PM - Okay, holy hell. I'm gonna assume you're not even done with all the notes yet LOL
  
  This is why I don't hop on CellarTracker as often anymore, especially on a weeknight! It's 10pm and now I am thirsty, thanks a lot Jason. I should do myself a favor and check back on a Friday evening or the weekend with a glass in hand. A pleasure to read all the notes (so far!) and excited for the rest.

• MJP Hou TX commented:

  12/22/21, 6:11 AM - Great notes from an amazing week in Napa. Glad you're sharing with your friends on CT. Keep them coming!

• I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine commented:

  12/22/21, 9:49 AM - Thanks guys....Speedy Gonzales I am not! It was so much easier drinking the wines.....go figure! I will keep trying to add notes everyday! Thanks for reading, and hopefully they are somewhat helpful to others!

• csimm commented:

  12/22/21, 2:03 PM - “Epic Napa Trip” sounds about right. Well done sir!

• I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine commented:

  12/22/21, 2:55 PM - Thank you Csimm....if only these notes would write themselves! I don't have your gift of gab, but I am trying to be as thorough as I can!

• csimm commented:

  12/22/21, 5:12 PM - Your notes are great. I know they take up a lot of time to craft together. I appreciate all the detailed info and experiences you're sharing in them. Like others here, I always love living vicariously through others' experiences when they have memorable trips with buckets of awesome wines tasted.

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