2013 Riverain Cabernet Sauvignon Tench Vineyard
Community Tasting Note
Geaux Tigers Likes this wine:
Sunday, April 9, 2023 - PnP but really hit the peak after 30 min air. Unmistakably Tench! Into its drinking window with plenty of fruit, but rounded edges and hints of secondaries. Plenty of acid to go 5+ years. Viscous but not inky, blackish purple color, faint discoloration on the edges. Perfect wine for the back nine of the ‘23 Masters.
Blueberry, black cherry, black raspberry, morello cherries, red raspberry, fresh green sage and thyme, black olive, hint of green olive, cracked peppercorn, fresh black tea, hot cinnamon, moist forest floor. Grippy tannins early on, but not obfuscating the flavor menagerie.
A cool blue mint aroma filled the glass and cooled the nostrils as I tried to keep my nose out of the glass.
At 1hr, it lost the boisterousness and became high maintenance elegant. Much of the same, just not as much in your face. In addition, browned beef, warm brown sugar, cornmeal fried oysters (crazy huh?), more earthy notes and more tar/asphalt/touch of creosote and fruit closer to balance, enough acid to keep it interesting.
I loved it on open, I really loved 30+ min. 96 on open/97 in the end.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again—-Oh Tench, how I love thee!
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Comment posted by sfwinelover1:
4/9/2023 5:00:00 PM - Great note, GT. I got my bottles at <$70@, one of my all-time value plays. IMHO, this hangs in closely with much more expensive TRBs like the Outpost True and Maybach Materium. Cheers!
Comment posted by Geaux Tigers:
4/9/2023 5:11:00 PM - Could not agree more on comparisons—<$70 for these is a fricken’ scream of a deal! Good on you!