February 2, 2024 - Reasonably decent bottle of wine, but felt like it was a little bit too young gonna wait a couple more years to try the others
December 25, 2023 - Maybe too long - seemed like a lot of Petit Verdot, which outsized some of the nuanced tastes of the cab. Not much of the rich peppery notes of the cab franc. Does pour a beautiful ruby color.
August 2, 2023 - I do love you......Still.
December 21, 2022 - Dark crimson. Toasted oak, leather, spice, and blueberry nose. Medium to full bodied, bramble, black pepper, crushed black cherries, smoke, leathery tannins, and a medium to long finish. The fruit is a little bit smothered by everything else on this one.
November 20, 2020 - Nicely structured, BDX character, but otherwise feels muted, inharmonious. Dumb phase perhaps, though feels like a wine with a good but not great ceiling.
July 5, 2020 - This is an easy wine to like--as it should be with the name "Victory". As I slowly sip, swirl and sink this lovely red blend I wonder if Victory, in this case, means the rapidly disappearing contents of this bottle are my "victory" for choosing this bottle. Surprised at how quickly the last few drops are poured I ponder a "Victory lap"...no, not drinking this like my dog drinks water, but rather running down to the cellar for another bottle.
November 28, 2019 - Approachable. Another year or two la down would be good.
July 29, 2019 - Another precious Wellington is gone, now. Never forgotten, of course.
June 1, 2019 - Much better than a SV Cab I recently opened from this producer--as it should be. Ribena and wood spice, cedar, capsicum, violet. A 'fancy' sort of classic New World Cab nose. Ripe, chewy tannins that glide in at the mid-palate. Dark fruited, but not roasted, deep, nicely integrated oak. Fine finish.
Drinking well now, though I'd expect more olive and herbal complexity as it ages. No hurry to drink, easily has 5-10 years more in it.
May 4, 2019 - Every time I open one of my precious Wellington wines, I have joy and regret, all at once. I have just one left from this vintage. It was wonderful, as expected.