Community Tasting Note

rocknroller wrote:

Saturday, November 4, 2017 - Napa/Sonoma Trip With Some Exceptional Gems; 11/1/2017-11/5/2017 (1800ft Up Cavedale Road, Glen Ellen, CA): Very dark red color. Open for about an hour before pouring, drank 2 glasses over 3 hours. We drank this after getting back up the mountain to the house on what turned out to be a very cold evening. We sat around the fire pit and it was 37F without the wind chill. I left the bottle inside most of the time and repoured to warm it up along with some hand warming of the glass. Despite the extra chill this evolved and was a very nice drink. Classic old school Bordeaux in a style that seems to last forever and from a vintage that is drinking well yet shows incredible potential longevity. There's still plenty of structure here with tannins that are somewhat youthful but certainly refined. As I said, the nose is classic with earth and funk out front, loads of pencil lead, leather, black cherry and cassis on top of dried spice box. The palate is fuller bodied but has a feminine grace to it, cherry, darker fruits of berry and cassis, soil infused and earthy, pencil, cigar and a long finish.

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