2018 Wine Access Cabernet Sauvignon Yesterday Howell Mountain
Community Tasting Note
bsumoba wrote:
Saturday, November 7, 2020 - Will not score either as this is just too young to drink now. But, for the price point, it's a decent value.
Poured some in glass and the rest in decanter.
Right from bottle, dark, brooding purple. Thick wine. Glass staining. On the nose, dark fruit bomb, heat, little oak. On the palate, tannins, dark fruit, more tannins, blackberry jam, more tannins! I can feel the 15+% alcohol. Seems actually a bit more than the label indicates.
19 hours later, poured a taste. Tannins mellowed out a tad, but still mouth coating and tongue drying. Feels a little extracted and is still all fruit. I don't get much else.
I will follow this over the next few days and update this as I go along. 11 bottles left. If this moves along like I think, the next bottle wont be opened until 2025 or later.
Based on my research and using the hints this comes from Hershey Vineyard and made by Thomas Rivers Brown. Dana Estate juice.
Update 48 hours later. Left on the kitchen counter, about 70 degrees constant. In decanter and swirled every so often throughout the 2 days. Nose is displaying blackberries, dark fruit, some vanilla, but is actually a tad muted now. I am getting a bit of lead pencil also. Still some burn on the nose from the high alcohol.
Medium finish but it is masked a bit by the tannins which are very much evident still. Someone who is sensitive to tannins will be turned off by this wine. This is approachable now with a fatty steak. If you want to open one up, throw in a decanter and forget about it for a couple days.
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Comment posted by Philly NQ King:
11/7/2020 2:37:00 PM - I agree it has to be TRB and, after seeing your post and researching the Hershey Vineyard, can see how that fits the bill too...but TRB isn’t the winemaker at Dana, is he? Does anyone else make a Hershey Vineyard bottling (haven’t seen one). Besides Outpost and Black Sears, what other Howell properties does TRB make wine for?
Love the guess...I’m just not quite there yet
Comment posted by bsumoba:
11/7/2020 5:49:00 PM - I thought Melka was their winemaker, but I wouldn't be surprised if some juice was sold off or there was some sort of collaboration. The video notes did mention it was destined for a project that fell through, leading me to believe that maybe TRB was planning on doing a Vineyard designated wine maybe?
Or...the napa top gun is Melka?
The hints of 35 acre and bowl shape and howell mountain just sounds like Hershey vineyard.
I can also see how Outpost could be the vineyard as well being that it is about 29 acres and 1800-2000+ ft elevation and the winemaker is TRB
Comment posted by #1Winelover:
11/13/2020 4:07:00 AM - The good ole guessing game! I will try to do a little research as well. O'Shaughnessy has 37 planted acres and it's certainly a bowl shape.
Comment posted by TMOVino2:
12/4/2020 2:38:00 PM - I haven't purchased this, but my guesses were TRB winemaker and either Hershey or O'Shaughnessy vineyard. I'm trying to confirm, but TRB's newer project Lyrix from Howell Mountain just released their 2016 wine from 98-99pt howell vineyard. Wondering if something changed for the 2018 vintage which is resulting in TRB made wine going for this price. Have to see if Lyrix releases a 2018 vintage.
Comment posted by Philly NQ King:
12/4/2020 3:27:00 PM - Fantastic guess TMO! Hadn’t even heard of Lyrix, but just checked it out...and you might be on to something here. Even THEY don’t name the vineyard, but - similar to WA - imply it’s overall importance. Hershey wouldn’t surprise me at all there...and here too!!! 2018 Lyrix for this price? Wow...
So, gotta know...what’s your guess on the 2018 Oakville Yesterday?