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Community Tasting Notes 2
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lundmc wrote: 94 points
November 4, 2023 - Score 93 with minimal air time. Opened up (had to knife that wax a little it’s super thick! Couldn’t just drill my beloved bumblebee olive wood waiters corkscrew and pull it through. Good thing it was the first bottle of the night- wax cutting can be dangerous!). Decanted through screen and funnel aerator, glad I did, some sediment on the screen.
2017 as a vintage was famously challenging, and to me the Modus Operandi (how perfect is that) on this one -reverse sangier- resulted in an extremely restrained wine. There is fruit for sure but in the first hour the backbone is very firm. Somewhat relentless. The tanins are fine, so it is not punishing, but I think this needs to be revisited after some air.
Added a point after 2 hours. Shocking how fast this smoothed out. Still a little restrained versus other Antithesis bottlings but very nice. -
Coachron13 Likes this wine: 93 points
June 18, 2021 - Unique, interesting, delicious wine. Very smooth for such a young wine, but has plenty of backbone to last many years.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2017
- Type Red
- Producer Modus Operandi Cellars
- Varietal Red Blend
- Designation Antithesis
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Napa Valley
- Appellation Napa Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 71 (76%)
- Consumed 22 (24%)
Food Pairing
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Who Likes This Wine
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- ProducerModus Operandi Cellars
- VarietyRed Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNapa Valley
- AppellationNapa Valley
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