January 25, 2023 - Delicious. Complex deep dark fruit. Still ripe. Consumed in little Cayman.
September 23, 2022 - Consumed in Luxembourg. With cheese, figs, and prosciutto. Great fruit, appears to be drinking quite well.
February 19, 2022 - Decabted to get rid of sediment, then decanted for 2 hours. Certainly didn't need that much time but errands took too long.
Anyway, great wine, very well made at 13/14 years old. To me this is medium to medium-full bodied, which is very nice given the plethora of jammy fruit bombs these days. This is still a little over the top, but in a good way. Had as a Friday night wine with the wife after the birth of our son Hudson, so her first wine back in a while.
Day 2, found its balance, seemed good and enjoyable the first night but now this is integrated and balanced. Glad to have some 2019's on their way, and will keep an eye out for more vintages as they come up.
November 7, 2021 - Paired this with a ribeye and decanted for about 90 minutes. Great combo. Delicious. Very rich with blue and black fruit. Coats the tongue. Very good finish.
April 21, 2021 - Really like this cab. Decanted for 30 min. The nose has heavy hints of cedar and black cherry. The front of the palate hits you with a sweet black cherry before acidity and tannins take over. This wine would be perfectly paired with a heavy red meat dish. This wine will be good for many years to come.
October 13, 2020 - Typical Cabernet Sauvignon nose, big casis with a hint of pepper. Alcohol is present on the palate but not overpowering. Can also taste some wet cigar wrapper and a hint of cloves
April 27, 2020 - No good. Bought on release and stored well with cork intact and moist.
Disjointed plum fruit with a little heat. No depth or other flavors.
November 21, 2019 - Bring a Good Bottle at St Gen's (St. Genevieve, Mpls, MN): Purple red color. PNP, followed a glass over an hour. The nose is better than the palate, offering blackberries, green pepper, and fresh herbs and oak. The palate comes off rather angular and a bit over the top, but it's really the balance that is suffering now as there's a lot of heat and oak as well. I enjoyed this better a couple years ago.
November 21, 2019 - Worldwide Wines that Don't Suck (Saint Genevieve, Minneapolis): Can't drink these wines. Just boring and overpriced. Big with spice, pepper and some fruit. Not balanced. Pass.
May 7, 2019 - Probably would have benefited from a decanting. Still robust with fine grained tannins, dark mountain fruit. Can easily go another 5 yrs