8/15/2015 - bestdamncab Likes this wine:

Family Winemakers 25th Anniversary Tasting, I remember their first at the Hyatt Embarcadero. Nose of ripe black cherry fruit, currants, and dusty earth, more of the same on the palate, almost elegant tasting, big body, mouth filling fruit, reminds me of the 1978 as it should improve the next five years and drink for twenty years, I almost always drink the vintages about 6 to 9 years as they seem livelier. medium/long finish

7/4/2015 - zuluvino Likes this wine:

Here's another example of wines that are under-rated by members at large on this site and why I always add 2 or 3 points to the average rating. This is a great wine that is way too young right now. It is surprising soft and silky but the flavors are separated and racy. Color is a bright violet and the nose explodes out of the glass which should tell people a lot. I sacrificed one bottle out of a case to get a baseline of it's development as it ages. Nowhere near drinkable. It should get roughly 4 years time if you want to start drinking but I can understand if you can't wait. I drank this the same evening as an '06 Mollly Dooker Enchanted Path which was stunning (an easy 96) and showed why many wine lovers need to assess bottles at maturity instead of throwing out a score as it's tasting now that is not a true assessment of its potential.