2015 Venge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Bone Ash Vineyard
Community Tasting Note
csimm wrote:
Saturday, June 2, 2018 - Napa Cabernets + SQN + others (Home): Definitely more fruit-driven than the Morlets and Rudd served alongside it, with seemingly less backbone and acidic grip. Ripe red and black core fruit, with lush, plush, rounded edges that would be just fine in a stand-alone situation, but when compared to the other wines next to it, seemed a little overly mushy at times. From the front end to the back, it is a “gushing with fruit” kind of wine. One comment made was that it seemed like it was trying too hard to be a top-shelf Cabernet. I still thought it was a good wine, but it did seem like it was graduating medical school with a D+… It’s still technically a doctor (which is noteworthy), but probably not one you’d want doing neurosurgery on your daughter. The 92-93 point MD is probably fine as a check-your-prostate kind of GP, but otherwise I’ll pay the extra tariff to seek out the summa cum laude from Stanford for my specialty needs.
The 2015 Bone Ash is a big wine, with still a lot to sort out. It just seems like a big “plop” of fruit flavor right now…good flavor, but alas, not as focused as I would prefer. The 2015 Venge Family Reserve was a bit more delineated and framed-out in its flavor profile when compared to this Bone Ash, but both Venges seemed less sophisticated when next to some of the other top performer Cabernets.
Previous notes from 12/31/2017 still apply otherwise. Hold until 2019/2020.
Day two update: Much better than day one. I bumped it up from 93 to 94 for the added depth and concentration.
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Comment posted by amauryc1:
8/26/2018 6:16:00 PM - The acidit on this wine and fruit level tells me that it is a ver ageable wine. Like you I found this much balanced on day 2. I have three bottles left, so I'll either double decant for 3-4 hour or wait a couple years. One thing is certain; the improvement from day 1 to 2 tells me it has a lot of potential.
Comment posted by csimm:
8/27/2018 7:46:00 AM - I saw your recent note. Very helpful! I like where the 2013 is headed. This 2015 just needs time to settle down I think and it’ll be great!
Comment posted by amauryc1:
8/28/2018 4:46:00 PM - I have to say that when I started drinking Venge, I did not think that they were lomg term ageable wines but I'm pleasantly surprised. I had a 2010 Bone Ash last week with a friend, and Man..was it good.
Comment posted by csimm:
8/28/2018 8:50:00 PM - Good to know. I too made some assumptions about Venge's wines' ability to age. I'll definitely hold for a while on this one!