Community Tasting Note

KPB wrote:

Friday, June 18, 2021 - Tasted from a bottle sample, the 2018 Beta Monticello is a majestic wine, a tremendous success from this promising winery and perhaps the best of Ketan's wines that I've tasted to date. It needs more time to mellow before release, however, and Ketan isn’t in a hurry.

Mahogany-tinted black cherry. The nose is currently a bit reclusive but shows ripe cassis against an herbal backdrop, pomegranate juice, elusive floral notes, leather. On the palate, the fruit is a bit sweeter than the 2017, but you still find the acidity and tannic structure here to support long term aging. Extended breathing reveals the silky, soft texture of the tannins... A real statement of terroir and climate, the 2018 will have a very long life and although I am sure it will be drinking sensationally by 2025, probably won't peak before 2030 or beyond. 97-99.

Bottle preparation: I pulled the cork 24 hours before writing this note, then recorked loosely and let the wine rest in the cellar. But this was actually not enough air -- the wine noticeably opened up once we began drinking it, and revealed more and more over the subsequent 4 hours.

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