2012 Christopher Tynan Wines Cabernet Sauvignon Old Vines Meleagris Gallopavo

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  6/18/2022 - csimm wrote:

  I’ve written a ton on this wine, so I’ll spare everyone even more of my usual drivel and just say that this MG continues to impress. Though it offers upfront, chewy pleasure now (and a decent amount of unctuous power), I still say the best is yet to come. With more swirling and air, this becomes further layered. I’ll hold my remaining bottle for another 5 years if I can help it. I’m too greedy with these wines and need to pump the brakes a little here. Awesome wine now. Awesomer wine later.

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  4/11/2022 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 98 Points

  Won’t change the long winded top part for each Tynan, only the specific wine. Feels like I just gave away the ending… good news if you are part of the CRAFT club like I am apparently a new member, you can read the entire thing each time and act surprised.
  
  Damn Tynan makes great juice. Looking at the two lonely barrels we almost felt bad watching him thief that glorious juice out… almost but at the same time I was like a fat kid in a candy store hopping from one foot to the other waiting for the Closed sign to flip to Open. This was one of four barrel samples and while Inwould like to say nah, it’s not very good to don’t buy it, only for me to be able to buy more, that would be a flat out lie. These were my first peak into 2021 following the horrific fires so I went in a bit tepid, curious and a realist (for Promontory 2020 I can’t say I went in with an open mind, more on that later if I ever get to it… although not good odds with a stupid amount of 2021 EP samples headed my way in near hours.)
  
  This is a generic Tynan wine comment- are there better wines Year after Year at this price point that no one knows of? Not to my knowledge. Note as others have said, Tynan builds his wine for depth, complexity and agining however his one offs are typically more ready to go earlier on. This doesn’t mean his wines aren’t good young- all great wines need to be good young and older, it’s just they blossom into something even greater once they get some bottle age. Suggested not to open MGs before their 8-10th birthday and that’s really just the beginning (and I appreciate both young and - 30 year old wines with exceptions of course).
  
  All wines were PnP with little time in the glass. I can confirm the last sips were the best but we all marveled about just how damn great these wines are.
  
  Will try and only update my notes on the wine it is linked to in order to avoid a war and peace novel.
  
  4 Tynan barrel samples all 2021
  1) Meleagris Gallopavo
  2) Judge Syrah
  3) Old Game Farm
  4) Ch La Paz JH
  18 C. Corbet Hillside Blocks
  18 Old Vines Meleagris Gallopavo
  12 Old Vines Meleagris Gallopavo- Wow. 98. I don’t give out many on this category but this wine deserves it- and it’s just getting started. It’s stupid good.
  11 Judge Family Vinyeards Syrah
  13 Judge Family Vinyeards Syrah

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  4/11/2022 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 99 Points

  Napa Trip - Trying new wines and meeting new people; 4/11/2022-4/12/2022 (Napa): This wine showcases the skill and talent of Christopher Tynan and how well his wines age. Such an amazing example of how good balance and integration should be like. The nose was a melding of deep dark earth, brooding red and black fruits, and a subtle running of dark oak. Palate matches the nose completely but with the addition of well integrated acidity and minerals. Everything was just so beautifully integrated and balanced. There was a lovely weight to this but nothing heavy; a sensual coating on the palate as if the wine wrapped her legs around your tongue, caressing it. The crazy part? This wine seems to have just started showing off its goods. The only reason this did not get 100 points is because it can and will get there with another 4-6 years. Magical elixir level stuff.

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  4/11/2022 - bsumoba Likes this wine: 97 Points

  Spring 2022 Dream Napa Trip; 4/11/2022-4/12/2022: A great expression of his wines as they are built for aging. Great to see what the Tynan MG’s will become and if they are like this, then this is an easy buy. More classically structured and a treat to taste some of his earlier bottlings. If you are not on his list, you are missing out.

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  4/30/2021 - csimm wrote: 100 Points

  3 days in Napa: Arkenstone, Memento Mori, Maxem, The French Laundry, Christopher Tynan, Kinsman, Harlan, Vice Versa, Accendo, Fairchild, Macdonald, and a truckload of others (Napa): Two years since I've last sampled this juice. One of the most phenomenal wines I’ve had all year, the 2012 Tynan MG absolutely soars from the glass with aromas of ripe blackberries and earth. On the palate, this is a stunning expression of Cabernet Sauvignon. Unreal levels of concentration and intensity expand and drive massive but controlled flavors of blackberry, earth, campfire, pencil lead, and spice. Loaded with so much complex flavorings undulating repeatedly, with a mid-palate drop that lingers on and on, cruising through to a finish that lasts even longer. The density and concentration is matched only by the complete drive and concerted speed by which the flavors are executed.
  
  This is exceptional winemaking my friends and it just goes to show with a few years of bottle age what Tynan is able to produce with the MG. If you happen to have this vintage of MG, consider yourself extremely lucky. If you have more than one, then slap yourself and thank your lucky stars you scored on these when you did. I would encourage those to muster up a bit of courage and pop the cork and see what’s under the hood on one of these bad boys because it is absolutely without question one of the wines the vintage. It’s just starting to come into its optimum drinking window now and will drink exceptionally for decades. 99-100 points.
  
  During this trip, I was continually impressed with all of the wines we were fortunate enough to drink. I will say also that there were three wines in particular for me that totally crushed my cranium with their unbelievable representations of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. The 2012 Harlan, 2012 Tynan MG, and 2018 Macdonald were next-level juice that dominated the landscape even among their otherwise remarkable peers.

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