12/17/23, 9:33 AM - Should have been 2018! Corrected.
9/26/23, 6:41 PM - I’m with you in this one. I wonder if some of it is lack of familiarity with older vintages that are less ripe and lower in ABV. This is 12.5% and going to drink very differently than more Modern styled recent vintages.
10/21/20, 7:52 PM - Totally agree
8/21/19, 5:44 PM - Only about 30 minutes before first service then consumed over the next 2 hours. Review was from the end but really thought it was great from first pop to last drop.
8/25/19, 3:33 PM - Well I have a personal preference for Napa Cabs in the 6-12 year age range, though certainly it could go longer. So I think it is entering its prime window. If I only had one to drink, I would probably target 9-10 years.
4/15/19, 7:08 AM - Didn’t have an opportunity to decant, but it was open a little over an hour before pouring. Drank just over 1/2 the first night and the remainder the next. Both nights it wa exquisite. A couple of hours in the decanter might have helped but it wS so good i can’t complain. This was my second and last of two bottles from my second vintage I received an allocation from. My allocations have gone up over the years since, though it is still a challenge because you mostly get a bootie or two of more of the wines produced. I appreciate that I am now getting almost all the wines (including Old Sparky) but it is really impossible to taste a single vintage label over multiple points in its life cycle. Ultimately I think give them 5 years and maybe pick some point before 15 to enjoy. They will age much longer, but probably more risk and less upside.
1/19/18, 7:16 PM - Assume you are referring to the Wine Advocate review by Jeb Dunnuck regarding 2034. I have always thought that was a typo ... maybe 2024. It isn’t even consistent with the text of the note which says it will evolve nicely “upwards of a decade” which sounds like 2024 compared to the start of 2014. That 2034 drinking window would be more consistent with the Estate Cab than the Columbia Valley Red (CVR). Either way, I am drinking my last bottle now ...
7/4/16, 1:56 PM - Webb Dunnuck originally called for cellaring this wine until 2017 when tasted before release. Now he has revised that to 2020. I imagine you popped this way too early for the tannins to resolve.
4/4/16, 5:32 AM - If I had time, I would. But I didn't and I didn't regret it.
1/14/16, 10:42 AM - From memory, perhaps slightly darker in profile than prior vintages. Not drastic, however. Not dark ripe blueberry and blackberry profile.
11/21/15, 7:57 PM - Thanks for the reply. That has been my experience as well. Though often I will wait for a second bottle to see if it might have been me ... Or s single bottle being off. Though even if it is a single bottle, at the price point it is worth reporting an experience. The worst thing is I opened this side-by-side for a friend with a 2011 Figgins as a neat horizontal and it didn't show well at all. Not the full throttle big fruit Foley I expected.
11/22/15, 11:24 AM - Figgins is a great label produced by Chris Figgins, second generation winemaker and owner of Leonnetti Cellars (http://www.figginsfamily.com). After years of Leonnetti being one of the pre-eminent labels in Washington state -- particularly for Cabernet -- Chris decided to create a separate label for their first estate wine. It is a Bordeaux style blend. More finesse and elegance than over extraction and ripe fruit. Highly recommend.
9/13/15, 11:02 AM - I tend to ere on the side of drinking too early to too late. But I think 7 years is a good point to assume this wine is entering its peak period of development. I will probably have my 2nd of 3 bottles about then and the final around age 10. Could not go longer? Probably. My guess is it won't get substantially better thereafter.
8/13/15, 5:39 AM - I think it sort of depends on how many bottles you have and your preference for drinking early in the drinking window or late. I didn't find it to be shut down at all. I think it is ready to drInk but would be fine to wait too. I only had two bottles and was willing to give it a go, and probably will hold the next one 4 -6 years. I like to put some age on my Bordeaux, but at some point I get anxious to pop the cork. If I had a case, I wouldn't hesitate to start drinking and finish over the next 15 years.
4/4/14, 7:59 AM - Frank, I really didn't find this overly rich. Not sure if it was my palate that particular night, what I have been drinking lately, or the fact that I took my note after a couple hours of sipping on it. I have a vertical of 2007 - 2011 going, and I recently purchased a Coravin. I am actually looking forward to doing a little vertical tasting of this wine in particular, something I have never really had a good chance to do. Should be a good one to educate myself more not he vintage variations.
1/19/14, 3:25 PM - When I consumed this bottle in early 2014, I had missed that I referenced the Wine Advocate review from Antonio Galloni's original 93+ point review, but there was a more recent review from Robert Parker on October 31, 2013. First off, Parker's review includes a drinking window ending in 2021, whereas Galloni's had the window beginning in 2020. I find that very odd and makes me wonder if Galloni's was a typo. Second, surprising to me that Galloni would end up being the one more generous with point rating, with Parker only giving this wine 89 points.
1/10/14, 9:01 PM - Loren I have one bottle left of the 2005 and a vertical through the most recent release of the 2010. I am holding off on finishing out the 2005, but am always in favor of erring on the side of drinking early to past past maturity. Suspect I will have the last 2005 in the next 1-2 years. Thanks for reporting on your taste.
11/15/13, 8:39 AM - I only have one bottle left, and will probably wait 18 to 24 months to open it up. I generally like my Cali Pinot in the 3 - 7 year window from the vintage year.
10/17/13, 8:17 PM - Internationally I think there are good alternatives at lower price points . . . but in terms of California, I find it hard to find many options better than this at $40. There are some Carlisle and Turley alternatives I like, but little else in the sub-$40 range.
9/18/13, 6:24 PM - Was this on a 90 pt scale, or the more typical 100 pt scale? I have a hard time seeing this as an 85 pt wine. Your note doesn't sound like an 85 pt wine. I only picked up on one negative descriptor, medicinal, which if this tastes like medicine, drug me! Clearly you don't prefer a more extracted fruit driven Pinot, and I can only assume you prefer a more acidic version, but I find this to be well balanced and delicious, earning more respect than an 85 implies.
9/19/13, 5:30 AM - Thanks for taking the feedback constructively. And I thought your note was spot on. I would still contend it was relatively well balanced, simply leaving more heavily on a riper fruit style driven in large part by the vineyard. I know we have "point inflation" issues in reviews, but I would never have quibbled with an 87 or 88. The 85 just stuck out to me, especially compared to the tasting note. I sometimes wonder if CT should have some algorithm for the CT average that drops both high and low scores outside of a standard deviation or something.
9/6/13, 7:46 AM - Are you sure you have reviewed the correct vintage? This wine hasn't been released yet.From their Facebook page: "... the 2010 Tempranillo is slated to be released this fall! Keep an eye out for an email from us in the next few weeks." -9/1/2013
Thanks for letting us know about this problem. We will review your comments and be in touch soon with an update.
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