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• I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 7, 2021 - Epic Napa Trip - Day 3: Tasted at Melka's Lithology winery - This was a tasting I was also looking forward to. These wines are new project by Jayson Hu. The thought here is to showcase the talent of individual winemakers. Grapes are sourced from reputable places throughout the valley and three famed winemakers use the grapes to fashion a wine that showcases their talent. The three winemakers are: Thomas Rivers Brown, Philippe Melka and Benoit Touquette. The winemaker overseeing the project is Michel Rolland, who also makes a blend using barrels selected by each winemaker (only magnums).
  
  The first vintage of this wine (2018) was released this year with a price tag of $1000. All the wines are remarkable, IMO. They definitely seem structured enough to age for quite a while but are also showing hedonistic fruit right now. Of course, when you talk about big price points, you should also be think aging the wine....after all, that is a large part of paying such a premium, iMO.
  
  TN - Nose shows plenty of dark and red fruit, some florals, and bramble with some minty notes. Palate is silky tannins, dark cherry, French silk pie and blackberry, with notes of pencil shavings, bramble and toasted oak. The wine has great structure and while offering hedonistic pleasure now, will likely improve with 10 years in the cellar. 95 today and may pick up a point or two in the future.

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• galewskj wrote: 89 points

  December 7, 2021 - Napa trip day 3 (Napa): Drank a glass at the Lithology winery over an hour. Plush and lacks strcucture. Not as big as other Thomas Rivers Brown wines that I have, I can see this as Napa but not totally over the top. Restrained and shy now, hopefully it improves.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Fairest Creature "Perihelios"
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 24 (92%)
• Consumed 2 (8%)

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