1996 La Jota Cabernet Sauvignon Anniversary Release
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Monday, January 1, 2024 - Color is opaque black without of any sign of old wine fading.
Initally smell was shy and wine needed to be decanted 2 hours to open up buquet.
After 2 hs buquet became intense, sweet, fresh and was like smelling of fresh smashed blackberries, currants, cherries on palm completed with cigar tobacco, you immediately want to try the first sip.
There is sweet core of balck and red fruits which is unique seal/stamp for highest quality wines from Napa region. This sweet core is wrapped by a lot of silk like tannins. Amazing balance of sweet black/red friuts, silk tannins, accidity and structure. Simply WOW!
In aftertaste still there is "lion's claw" whis suggests that wine still remains in excellent condition a few more years.
Wine is concentrated, smooth like texture with silk like tannins, intense with long afterstate ( almost a minute). Elegant style as many top quality wines form legendary Napa period 1990-1997, not as heavy or clumsy or alcoholic as so many Napa caberntes form 2012 till present years.
This is true testament of greatness of Helen Turley winemaking from her prime career and legendary Napa period of 1990-1997.
One of the best wines of my life and probably the best wine of 2024 which has just started .
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Comment posted by Purple Tooth:
1/13/2024 9:02:00 AM - You’re going to make me dig out my magnum of this….i need a flashlight and a dust mask. LOL
Comment posted by RockinCabs:
1/15/2024 8:38:00 PM - One of the great wines of the 90s. The La Jota Anniv Cabs are simply tremendous wines that will prove to be some of the best from this period. Some of Helen's best work in my book over the Colgins and Bryant's of the era.