December 12, 2023 - Tuesday night blinds: [Tasted Double Blind] This pours inky dark in the glass with no bricking. The nose is of extremely dense fruit centered on blueberry jam. The palate is rounded and polished, with notable RS. Acid keep things fresh, but you also can't help but wonder about acidulation at this ripeness level. I guessed napa valley floor cabernet from a modernist from 2007, so I got that right. Not really my style.
November 26, 2023 - Still complex and delicious with black fruit, graphite and taking on some forrest floor earthiness. Tannins are incredibly soft, but still there.
September 27, 2023 - After an hour and a half of air still tightly wound with tannin. Began to dissipate after 2 hours Opened up and wonderful. Still has time.
May 13, 2023 - Pop an pour
Wow will decanter the bottle for 2 hours but wow
March 12, 2023 - decanted for 3 hours. well rounded and integrated. blueberry, boysenberry fruits with black licorice. long finish. paired nicely with reverse seared rib-eye.
January 1, 2023 - Pnp. First time I've had this wine, purchased in 2010. Seems like the blackberry toned fruit is a bit diminished but held up by the tannic structure. Full bodied, mostly smooth but a bit of alcoholic heat. Improved with time in the glass and paired well with a t-bone steak.
December 25, 2022 - Just excellent from start to finish. Super smooth, plenty of dark blue fruits with rich but well integrated vanilla/oak/mocha tones. Enough tannic structure to support the fruit but wouldn’t want this to recede much more. First sip out of bottle was great, decanted part of the bottle but not really necessary. Could have been a pop and pour - opened up fine I bathe glass and didn’t change a lot over 2+ hours. Bought for $125 in 2009-2010 - was worth the wait. Recommend drinking within the next 2-3 years - can’t see it evolving much more.
November 17, 2022 - delish!!!!! So rich and flavorful. I just wish i had more bottles!
May 16, 2022 - Simply amazing! Just a beautiful Napa Cab.
April 22, 2022 - Very good sipping wine