1/13/2024 - Chefannie11 Likes this wine:

Youthful and vibrant in depth. Still so many nuances and wonderful to experience. A “well built “ wine that was enjoyed in its glory!

1/13/2024 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Acidity gone… over the hill

1/13/2024 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Right in stride – classic Brunello at the top of its drinking window now.

9/2/2023 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Corked. Ugh! So disappointing.

9/2/2023 - Chefannie11 wrote:

So sad and disappointing!

8/17/2023 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Perfectly stored - great fill, unsaturated cork, and...hitting on all cylinders. Still youthful - great balance - acidity, tannins and dark fruit.

10/20/2022 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Corked

12/20/2021 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Corked

12/17/2021 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Corked

9/25/2021 - Chefannie11 Does not like this wine:

Same notes as last bottle

9/8/2021 - Chefannie11 wrote:

When Napa was Napa… Centercut.

A perfect bottle from our cellar -drinking beautifully after 30 years…

9/4/2021 - Chefannie11 Likes this wine:

In our cellar for many years-great fill, cork. We still have the better part of the vertical left.

From the glory days of Napa, before the days of homogenous,“Napa style“ wines - a beauty that still sings…

In a blind tasting, you’d swear it was a 40-year old 2eme Cru Left Bank Bordeaux. A few more years of good life still left in it. Classic!

6/25/2021 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Opened, double decanted -not ready to drink after two hours.Put the cork back in, and pulled it out the next night. Drank exceedingly well over 2 1/2 hours -deep, plush dark fruit flavors - plum, prune, black cherry.

A beauty, and great example of “old style“ Napa, winemaker driven Cabernet. A cut apart from today’s homogenized, in your face, Napa Cabernet style.

5/30/2021 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Over the hill

5/24/2021 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Still drinking great after 26 years - classic Napa Valley Cabernet hitting all the notes.

1/4/2021 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Big time corked

1/4/2021 - Chefannie11 Likes this wine:

A beautiful wine, totally in stride - Merlot speaking. Only needs a short decant.

12/5/2020 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Casserole Night at Rockgate December 5, 2020 out of magnum

12/2/2020 - Chefannie11 wrote:

After four hours of error just starting to peek out-still very restrained and very young - 5 to 10 more years of cellar time will do it some good

11/16/2020 - Chefannie11 wrote:

In a great drinking plateau, very similar to bottles consume it over the past couple of years. Typical Graves notes -Minerality and gravel on top of classic east bank cassis, cedar.

11/16/2020 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Harsh and angular - not drinkable

11/14/2020 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Saturday night Spanish fiesta wine- Funky and unusual, but appropriately different for our dinner

11/14/2020 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Surprisingly quite good for Thursday night dinner with minestrone, Rice pilaf and salmon

10/24/2016 - Chefannie11 Does not like this wine:

Leather, rose petal, something a bit coarse and unresolved about this one – short finish - actually a bit unpleasant.

10/23/2016 - Chefannie11 wrote:

Beautiful tobacco, cigarbox, sweet tannins, and long finish - still... a beautiful wine, past what should be the drinking window, but still a few years ahead for it.

9/16/2014 - Chefannie11 wrote:

With Phillip at Cafe des Architectes. Fun fall dinner.