Community Tasting Note

csimm wrote:

Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 2016 Napa Cults Blind - and a few Champs and such for fun: Deep and rich, but with a black fruited and mineral cut that starts out angular but quickly moves into a nice combination of grippy and giving. This is an interesting wine in that it starts out complex and gravitating, but actually moves to shutting down quickly as air permeates through its veins. It was one of my favorites at first, but then flatlines a bit and becomes drying on the finish. The back end screamed Bond, but the front end (especially in the beginning) had me thinking something in the Colgin Tychson arena. When revealed as Bond, it wasn’t a surprise, but I was initially impressed so much by the mid-palate here that I figured we were in a land that was a bit more on the opulent side. Overall, the classy concentration and persistence here is pretty impressive.

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