January 13, 2023 - Just a lovely wine drinking really well now. Found some more bottles on line and will be purchasing!
December 29, 2022 - Napa 2009 Vineyard 29 Cabernet Sauvignon Cru ($35 in 2012). Mid garnet, viscous (14.8 alc.); red fruit, mint, cassis, herbaceous Napa nose; mid acids, mid+ tannins; good Cabernet fruit; long semi-tight finish. w/beef bourgignon. 16.5 UC Davis scale, 91 other scales.
September 3, 2022 - Reliably very good in most years, at a good place now, likely can go another 2-4 if well cared for, but unsure it will reward much more patience, as I don’t get the sense it’s got what it would need to evolve onto those secondary notes that make waiting something we learn to do.
January 15, 2021 - Inky ruby. Aromatics of black(est)berry,, sweet tobacco, leather, cocoa cappuccino. Full bodied, round, still with some smooth tannin at 11 years out, zillion-layered finish.
April 5, 2020 - Solid wine. Aromatics of darker fruits and tobacco. Tannins have subsided but hint of earthiness and texture and tannin structure from when it was born still exists. Drinking superbly now.
May 27, 2019 - Drank on BI’s deck. Aged very nicely. Good fruit with low tannin.
May 26, 2019 - Red licorice nose, under ripe plums and lots and lots of planky oak. A bit hollow...DRINK
December 16, 2018 - Last bottle. Still a solid, fruit forward cab.
November 30, 2018 - Deep and dark. Tannins are gone. Berry, chocolate and nice mouthfeel.
July 1, 2018 - Reliable