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2015 Mending Wall Cabernet Sauvignon Tournahu Vineyard St. Helena

11/9/2017 - zoeldar Likes this wine:

95 points

Tasted at '17 St. Helena Appellation (SF) Holiday Wine Experience - wow, a stunner! Deep, lush, powerful yet polished single vineyard. Impressively accessible this young, but layer upon layer of complexity. WOTN in a room of many contenders. Retasted at end and confirmed.

zoeldar commented:

11/9/17, 10:21 AM - BadM - not sure how long it had been open - the woman pouring had years with MWall, knew her stuff...my hunch was 3-4 hours. It deserves a double-decant and 4-5 hrs on the counter prior to drinking...if you can wait.

Rob - makes me jealous! Enjoy! Tough one here is trying to find optimal drinking window. My hunch - it will shut down in 12-18 mo...and exchange the bright fruit for secondary/aged attributes. Tough to resist young, but would love to try in 8-10 years (my hunch of it's peak).
zoeldar commented:

11/9/17, 12:37 PM - BadM - excellent to hear...I'll look forward to the party invite!

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2013 Antucura Cabernet Sauvignon Vista Flores

10/21/2014 - erkson622 Likes this wine:

91 points

It has the legs of a high priced hooker and a color to match her panties after the fleet's been in town for a week. There's lamb placenta and freshly filed toenail up front, desiccated cat mid-tongue and it flips you the bird as it heads down your throat. All in all a very solid offering. Looking forward to seeing this wine evolve over the next few years.

zoeldar commented:

12/2/14, 10:08 AM - Most colorful descriptors seen this year! Awesome...and disgusting, in a fraternity manner. Still don't get the "flips you the bird..." comment - is that bad or ok? Hmmm

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2010 Atlas Peak Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley

4/23/2014 - billwine5 wrote:

88 points

Good fruit on the nose and palate, however lacks sophistication of a cab from this area of Napa Valley. Few tannins or hints of spice, or really any traces of elevation terroir you would expect. Nice fire pit wine but not something I would serve prominently with a meal. At the wine.com discount of 19/btl it is a good value, hardly worth the retail price point of 40/btl in what is normally an outstanding vintage.

zoeldar commented:

8/1/14, 10:39 AM - Love the description and details regarding relative value...helped me make a (non) purchase decision. Bummer, as the previous vintages of this have been stellar (at times). Dramatic changes in ownership/mgmt do weave their way down to the bottle, unfortunately. Thanks again!

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