Community Tasting Notes 63

• Mark1npt Likes this wine: 93 points

  April 24, 2024 - Brought by WGDM to tonight's dinner......decanted for about 2 hours and enjoyed over 2-3 more during dinner with teriyaki skirt steak. Drinks much more reduced with no juicy glycerin noted. Feels like......just Cabernet? Pretty standard at this stage. So different from what I am accustomed to with Outpost. Small amount left under Repour stopper to try tomorrow.....
  
  Next day....more cassis, but slightly bitter and a lot more acidity upfront and throughout. Changed only minimally over another hour. I'm going to assume that this '14 vintage is just in a weird phase right now. I'd be very disappointed if I was holding these expecting 98 pts going forward. I've always questioned what happens to these big fruit bomb cabs as they age. I just don't know what the next phase holds for this one........

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• jkad Likes this wine: 93 points

  December 23, 2023 - Opened 90 minutes prior to drinking. Much better than last bottle. Last bottle had something a little off. Concentrated fruit like a boysenberry liqeur. Tannins still present and a little sharp on the finish. The concentration and roundness save the day. I prefer the 2013 based on several bottles of each. I don’t think it gets better from here and would drink this with a ribeye.

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• jkad wrote: 91 points

  December 9, 2023 - Bought at release and stored temperature controlled since. Clean cork, so don’t think it’s flawed, but lacking and not quite right. Decanted 30 minutes. Boysenberry, but not as round of a mouthfeel as I recall and a hot finish. 40 minutes later it’s opened more, but not a 95+ wine IMO (for this bottle). Have a few 2014s and two 2013s still and think I will need to open another soon to see if this bottle was an anomaly.

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• CWilliam wrote: 96 points

  December 7, 2023 - Un-named Atlanta Wine Tasting Group - High End Reds; 12/7/2023-12/10/2023 (Beebe House): Wine #4 in blind tasting of 7 "high-end" red wines paired with grilled NY Strips and Grilled Beef Filet Mignon.
  
  Loved this. Black in the glass. On nose, cassis, sweet cherry, blueberry, honey, huckleberry (?) and saline notes - very complex. Palate had similar flavor profile ex saline & honey. Medium body, medium+acidity, medium tannins and very long finish.
  
  I guess a California Cab blend with some Syrah (clearly I was wrong). I am too cheap to buy some of these higher end Napa wines but I would buy this. It was a treat to drink. I gave it a 95-96 rating. This scored #2 out of 7 for the group and was my personal favorite of the night -humorous as I tend to prefer Old World wines.

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• Geaux Tigers Likes this wine: 100 points

  November 19, 2023 - Picked up at release and slept in the cellar since. PnP—dark purple with just a bit of crimson edge.
  
  Initial nose was lovely blueberries and pungent perfume, and on the palate early notes of whiskey, macerated berries, hint of cola, more blueberry.
  
  After about 30 min, whoa, holy moly! This accelerated into perfection territory and then blew past the line leaving no doubt.
  
  Not a hard edge anywhere, oak integrated, fine tannins providing the structure for this to really strut. Still perfumed on the nose with crushed red and black raspberries, hint of forest floor, touch of crushed herbs. On the palate, blue and black fruits in harmony, heavenly kiss of chocolate on a long finish. With more time, plum and char notes appear.
  
  No flaws anywhere—Ben Franklin is in the house. First bout of perfection in ‘23. This is at peak drinking for my palate, but ain’t going anywhere anytime soon. Next (and last) bottle in 1-2 yrs.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2014
• Type Red
• Producer Outpost
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard True Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Howell Mountain

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• Pending Delivery 6 (0%)
• In Cellars 1,500 (68%)
• Consumed 715 (32%)

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