Community Tasting Note

RockinCabs wrote:

Sunday, January 29, 2023 - Nose: Upon opening mulchy dark soil notes, a bit of bright cherry and cranberry and slight oxidative almond note. After an hour of air this wine really opened up to show a brilliant perfumed nose of dark cherry, garden vegetables (carrot), soil and sweet herbs. Eucalyptus and a nice soy broth note.

Palate: Initially a nice cherry/cranberry note with mulchy soil, but as it got air the freshness became remarkable. Bright red fruited top notes, bits of spice and elegant earthy garden notes and a cool eucalyptus in the back palate.

Finish: Like many old wines this goes the way of old oak, leather and cocoa in the finish. Such a fine experience.

This wine provided a tremendous journey over about 2-hours open, and really saw a significant evolution. When the opportunity to enjoy pre-1960 Napa cabernet comes around there is some worry about condition, storage, etc because very few of these bottles were collected the way 50's Bordeaux was. This was a delight.

A piece of Napa history enjoyed with Englishman's Claret

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