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Sunday, February 4, 2024 - Had a great lunch with Jack Bittner and agelvis at Cook (great local restaurant in Napa).

Very well built from the former Abreu Thorevilos site (not to be confused with Abreu's new Thorevilos site.) Now called Ecotone. Ecotone is in no man's land; above St. Helena but not in the Howell Mountain AVA. Jack sells fruit to some of the higher end producers (Kinsman Eades, Vice Versa, etc), and make his own juice, 001.

This is a big wine and has a very long life ahead. It was tight at lunch even though Jack double decanted it for hours. It got better in the glass and my final sips were the best. Dark red and black in the glass, still a little primary and built like a brick s**t house. Slight mineral notes, bakers chocolate, nice acidity with a long finish. Stylistically similar to Macdonald which makes sense since they share the same winemaker Graeme Macdonald

My score is a placeholder as this is very well built and will improve with time. Should end up being 97"ish" but right now, it was drinking 95 points.

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