2015 Ulysses Napa Valley
Community Tasting Note
MJP Hou TX Likes this wine:
94 Points
Thursday, April 11, 2024 - Open and consumed over 3 days. Still surprisingly youthful and unrelenting over the tastings. Nice tannins that are still firm. I would hold this for further development which might be very slow to develop.
93-94 hold.
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Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/13/2024 3:48:00 PM - Nice note, MJP......this has been my feeling as well. These are supposed to be made differently than their brother Dominus, yet it seems they will end up just as long lived?
Comment posted by MJP Hou TX:
4/14/2024 3:46:00 AM - The structure is there to go the distance. It's a very enjoyable wine right form the center of Oakville next to some of our favorites. And, very reasonably priced.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:
4/14/2024 6:26:00 AM - It's a very small world, Michael. Ulysses comes off of the old Swanson property which originally used to be part of MHopper, that Clarke sold to Christian Moueix in '08 who ripped out all the Merlot and replanted mostly Cab, along with some CFranc and PVerdot. Clarke was a patient of mine back in about 1984! I think the Bella Oaks people bought the very eclectic Swanson tasting room and turned it into their own.