2018 Roy Piper Cabernet Sauvignon
Community Tasting Note
Nutty08 Likes this wine:
96 Points
Friday, March 15, 2024 - Maybe my favorite Piper to date? This is very tannic with a firm backbone that really defines the wine--but is well balanced with plenty of rich dark fruit notes that wrap the tannins. While tannic there's a polished or "rounded" texture that keep it from detracting. Has some graphite on the nose that gives it lift and depth. Very long finish and lovely elegant fruit and a little verve of herbal complexity. How does the descriptor "elegant" end up in a description of a wine of this scale?? I have no idea, but it's apt. F***! Roy nailed this one.
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Comment posted by Roy Piper:
3/16/2024 12:21:00 PM - Glad you liked it! It was a great vintage. That helped. I think my transition away from Mark Herold-style winemaking, beginning in 2013, was completed to a Graeme MacDonald style of winemaking by the start of 2018.