Community Tasting Note

jeff nowak wrote:

Sunday, May 3, 2009 - not decanted, but you can. quick aside: is this now the best cab producer in napa? TRB is fashioning wines of pleasure, distinction, and even contemplation. this is no bordeaux, and shouldn't make apologies for that. i love the expressive fruit that is certainly bold, but balanced. the only way to answer my question is to sit tight for 10 more vintages. if you have been along for the ride since i have (inception) it's a rags to riches story. the 98-99-00s were...pathetic. really. then, the switch was tripped. why i hung on, i'll never know, but i'm glad i did because this wine, and everything else i have tasted since 01 is spectacular. i like the way this wine is almost restrained. perhaps that is vintage specific. it's not a "wow" wine, just solidly excellent. 24 hours later...rarely do i hold residual wine overnight. vacuvined and refrigerated, brought back to drinking temp. the wine is not oxidized by any means, but it is more grainy in the tannin department, and oddly alcoholic. it tastes pretty good, but remains a shell of it's original performance. this did nothing to change my mind that drinking even huge cabs like this over several days is illusionary, in my humble, but correct, opinion.

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