2019 Vice Versa Cabernet Sauvignon Mysterons
Community Tasting Note
Cristal2000 Likes this wine:
Friday, April 29, 2022 - Holy sh*t, this wine is killing right now with a few hours of air. First vintage of this wine, and blends are always question marks in my book, but damn if Maayan, Patrice and co didn't pull off a stunner.
Gorgeous aromatics, displaying a beautiful interplay of violets, cassis fruit, cedar and forest floor. Drank PnP to start, and the tannins were clamping hard, but after letting it sit for a while the expansion was epic. Concentrated dark fruit dominates on the front end, but without over the top extraction or opulence, just damn pure fantastic fruit. Immediately transitions to grainy minerality, with tons of earthy notions that are deeply layered and insanely expansive. You know how the best wines start small and focused and then keep moving the flavor outward until it fills the entire palate? Well that is this wine. Fills in dramatically over time with enduring persistence and awe inducing energy. I am sure it will continue to get better for some time, but I would drink one if you have a few. Just a great wine.
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Comment posted by RayT:
4/29/2022 11:45:00 PM - Great tasting note as usual. I have not drank wine from the old Thorevilos vineyard and have been very curious. I only have 1 bottle but your tasting note has talked me in to popping it soon. I did buy the new Maybach from the same vineyard.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
4/30/2022 8:25:00 AM - I picked up a couple of the Maybach's too, although their style is obviously a lot more extracted. This Mysterons is a blend with their new estate grapes and Beckstoffer fruit, so I doubt it will be that similar to an SVD of Ecotone (former Thorevilos), but it'll be fun to find out! Cheers!
Comment posted by AGELVIS:
4/30/2022 9:52:00 AM - Terrific review. I only have one bottle (all I can afford ), so I’ll likely wait a year or two. Cheers Cristal!
Comment posted by jonboy74:
5/1/2022 5:45:00 PM - Sounds like the CT drinking window is a wee bit off, at 2026-2039?? I wasnt planning on popping one of these for awhile, I may have to sneak a peek.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/2/2022 7:54:00 AM - I don't put a lot of stock in drinking windows. A lot of has to do with your palate preference and when you catch the wine. I personally enjoy the intensity of a young cab as long as it is not super tightly wound, tannic and coiled up, but I am sure many of the older wine lovers wouldn't find this appealing. That being said, I would guess most buying this style of napa cab are more like me...but who knows? If you're looking for earthy, leathery and herbaceous, then yeah, I'd give in quite a lot longer.
Comment posted by AGELVIS:
5/2/2022 10:30:00 AM - Well said. I have a similar, fruit forward, “American” palate. I don’t want extraction and I do want complexity, integration, and good tannic structure. Earthiness is not my thing, but I can appreciate why others love it. Cheers Cristal!
Comment posted by gymnastpro:
5/2/2022 10:25:00 PM - I was told it was 85% Ecotone and 15% estate. So much more SVD than not.
Comment posted by Cristal2000:
5/3/2022 11:43:00 AM - Interesting. A while back I was told it had some Beckstoffer fruit in it. Even Jeb's tasting note says parts of it from there...I will be seeing Patrice shortly, and will try to confirm.
Comment posted by gymnastpro:
5/3/2022 2:00:00 PM - I was told by one of the staff. But who knows
Comment posted by gymnastpro:
5/4/2022 12:17:00 PM - I had the wine on April 30th. Was truly spectacular. Glad I picked up 4, but almost wish I had picked up more!
Comment posted by gymnastpro:
8/1/2022 11:04:00 PM - Biggest mistake was not picking up a mag tbh
Comment posted by jonboy74:
8/1/2022 11:12:00 PM - Do they make mags?
Comment posted by gymnastpro:
8/2/2022 6:12:00 AM - Yep
Comment posted by gymnastpro:
8/29/2022 10:20:00 PM - Clarification: it’s mostly ecotone fruit. 94% or so.