April 7, 2024 - Fantastic. Needs more time to reveal tertiary notes.
August 17, 2023 - Simply magnificent.
January 14, 2023 - Decanted for an hour or so. 95 for finesse and quality, though been wanting more fruit as we drank for over 2 hours with various foods from prawns to pork, duck, beef and lamb pasta. Nowhere near the 2004 mouth coating glycerin, fruit, acid and tannins, but as silky and smooth.
December 15, 2022 - Drinking beautifully. May improve further but no regrets opening it.
April 24, 2022 - Cork crumbled worse than anything I’ve ever seen. Fortunately the wine was in great shape. Red currant, tobacco, leather…. More Bordeaux than Napa. Probably close to peaking now.
It lost some freshness getting a little too thick after 4-5 hours decanting. I would likely only give it about an hour open.
November 29, 2021 - PNP the first night - was big, velvety and a bit tightly wound. Night 2 the wine came alive - flavors sprang from the glass and melded together in a gorgeous dance across the palate.
p.s. thanksgiving leftovers
May 20, 2021 - Peak drinking for this great cab. Full of flavor, stewed red fruit, moderate tannins, and a long, smooth finish.
February 19, 2021 - Garnet, mostly opaque, just a hint of brown at the edge. Pronounced but very elegant and complex aromas of cassis, raspberries and blueberries. Soft, round, but still full-bodied red and black fruit flavors, fully mature, no significant tannin, nice acid balance. Very long aftertaste. A perfect and perfectly mature, great California cabernet.
Ric
January 11, 2020 - Drinking really well. Smooth and balanced with unique character. Should continue to age well for a long time.
November 23, 2017 - Decanted for 1.5 hours. Beautiful bottle drinking well now.