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Friday, March 22, 2024 - One off ($103) delivered yesterday from Napa Cellerage #1. On the nose and palate, medium notes of cranberries and red currants, with dark berries, black cherries, dark plums and black currants coming in with substantial air, dry earth with wetter notes likewise coming in later, rose petals, ground spice led by lavendar, cocoa hulls, dark roast coffee and a slightly tarry streak on the back end. Medium purple, darkening a bit with air, plumping from medium light to medium full bodied, thick legs. Very racy acidity, integrating fully on night 2, medium tannins, no heat. By night 2, VG+ complexity, intensity and persistence. Very red, high toned and somewhat clipped off the pour, this mellowed out over a couple of hours on night #1, but was still fairly uninspiring, considering its price point (92-maybe 93). An almost completely different wine the second night, not going to be confused with anyone’s idea of a cult cab, but a wine in full, with more notes, depth and length. VG in each instance with food, a rib cap steak night one, spicy chicken and veggies with penne night 2, particularly enjoyable on its own the second night. As mentioned in a TN for the ‘07 of this bottling (95, 10/22), I had a fabulous and generous tasting at this winery, brought there by wonderful CT friend cyclist, who was treated as the conquering hero, and while I bought a bottle of the ‘19 of this that day, I’ve been steadily accumulating (surprise, surprise) other vintages of both this and One Post since. While I’m a general skeptic of Napa cabs in their infancy, this may be an extreme instance of this, coming from this generally accessible vintage 12 years ago showing so much better on the second night. I rate this a hard hold at this point, and would give it a rest of at least 3+ more years, unless you have many bottles or like the profile I described above. I may be giving my newer bottles to cyclist’s children. Alas. 93-94++

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