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Tuesday, July 19, 2022 - Magnificent right now, unbelievable that this is anyone's entry level wine. 93% cabernet. Highly recommend. Drank at our wine club tasting that Kim & I hosted 7/19/22 in Hickory NC at restaurant BOCA as the final wine. Drink or hold - fully mature so no further upside to cellaring but on the other hand with proper cellaring this still has years to go at the top, I don't think this is fading at all. We recently obtained several of these bottles as part of a much larger cellar contents purchase. Dark purple, peripheral bricking present, fully integrated, soft mouth feel, still very full bodied, well integrated oak & soft tannins present and the lovely aftertaste just went on and on. Nose dark, brooding and intense with an initial hint of barnyard funk which blew off quickly with aeration / swirling followed by classic dark fruit, clearly also cassis on the nose as well as kirsch, leather, a hint of black pepper and smoke on the tail. Classic flavor profile of controlled oak up front with plum, cassis, blueberry and an earthier finish of graphite, stone and loam. A prime example of what an aged high end Napa cab is capable of being, Bond is definitely in a small elite group of CA "1st growth" wineries.

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