February 17, 2024 - Haven’t tried this since 2020. This bottle was silky smooth and wonderfully mellow, but very enjoyable. It did not have the personality I remember from last time, either on the nose or palate, but was fantastic for a 20 yr old. For those of you with multiple bottles remaining I would try soon and determine for yourself where you think this is going. For my last bottle I think I will uncork within the next 2 years. Posted a new photo.
June 12, 2023 - Really really good and well worth the wait.
August 13, 2022 - One of the best napa wines I've had in some time and up there with the very best. Everything about this wine is pure and classic Oakville. Lots of life still left in the tank but excellent today
August 6, 2022 - Initial decant of 2 1/2 hours. Held up nicely. Purple fruit and dark cherry… a little tobacco on the finish Fine grain and fully integrated tannins Easy to enjoy … and great with a medium rare filet with wild mushroom bordelaise.
Finish second half the next day and enjoyed just the same.
July 2, 2022 - One of the best wines I've ever had from the Oakville region and in general. Sweet cassis with a suave mouthfeel and long but semi sweet finish. Truly a spectacular wine in all aspects.
April 6, 2022 - Purple black and bold, much like a younger Malbec, this wine was dense and concentrated with a youthful core of blackberry, cedar, smoke and licorice. 5-7 good years of life left, will try again in 2024.
December 24, 2021 - A beautiful wine- hitting its stride now!! A full bodied wine with a nose of sweet floral, dark fruit and some oak. Flavors were full of fruit - black cherry and a load of plum. The finish was long and gentle with dark fruit and a sweet spice. Had it with a great ribeye which made this wine spectacular!!
November 17, 2021 - Fruity. Not as much depth as I had hoped
July 9, 2021 - I'm drinking my first Backus with a friend tomorrow over steaks. I have one of each bottle from 1997-2016. Planning on giving it 4+ hours of airtime. I'll probably open the bottle around noon and start a decant around 3. Open to thoughts ahead of time! I'll post after.
- Punted dinner to next day.
- pulled cork @1. Noticed cork was very soft on putting in the cork screw. Despite being very careful, cork broke.
- The immediate nose on this thing is MASSIVE. I won't taste yet. Just going to enjoy the bouquet the next few hours as I work some work done. :) I'll taste and consider decanting around 3.
November 13, 2020 - This was so smooth and pure. Stellar, with room to run. Posted a new photo.