2014 La Jota Cabernet Sauvignon Howell Mountain

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Mark1npt Likes this wine:

95 Points

Sunday, October 17, 2021 - Not much the first night from the pnp.....you can tell there's good fruit there, but the oak wins out. Put the cork back in the bottle and into the fridge......2nd night, much, much better....smooth and integrated. Classic graphite and deep, dark fruit.....very well integrated and easily 3 points better than the 92 of the first night over the next 3-4 hours of air. This doesn't surprise me one bit as this is made to age and increase in depth and complexity with time. A really quality wine, that all too often gets opened years too early.......

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Comment posted by Decanting Queen:

10/18/2021 3:19:00 AM - Agree this one is an ager, not built for the early drinkin FW’s!!!!
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

10/18/2021 3:42:00 AM - Yes it is! But I have really been enjoying the much maligned '14 vintage of many Napa wines all summer and wanted to see how this one was doing. I retrospect, it should sit for 3-4 more years! I have an '09 mag for our next big meal down here. I have 2x '13s left also, but they probably need even more time than this '14 does.
Comment posted by MJP Hou TX:

10/18/2021 6:50:00 AM - Smart man recorking the bottle. La Jota is one of my favorites if you catch it at the right time.
Comment posted by Mark1npt:

10/18/2021 1:47:00 PM - Thanks, MJP....really good the 2nd night with another 3-4 hours of air. I'm holding various vintages going forward. This and the Amapola Creek will be my agers over the next 15-20 years for Napa cabs.
Comment posted by MJP Hou TX:

10/19/2021 7:27:00 AM - Sounds like a plan.