2014 Promontory

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 96.9 points

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  4/7/2024 - Ltim BE Likes this wine: 96 Points

  8h decant. The wine was simply stunning.

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  3/15/2024 - EM_MB Likes this wine: 95 Points

  5 hour decant and it was ready to go. Drinking very well now but still more upside to be had. Drink with lots of air of hold.

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  9/15/2023 - toppcats@aol.com Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Opened with a dinner gathering of family/friends. Mid-neck level, cork removed intact with deep purple staining about 15% up the cork, no evidence of seepage beyond that point. Given about a 3 hour decant prior to pouring; minimal sediment noted. Beautiful fruity/floral aroma noted. In glass, opaque deep purple coloration. Nose - ripe black cherry, blue/black fruits, pencil, and forest floor. Palate showed predominantly dark red/black fruit with a silky mouthfeel along with a notable lightness in the texture of this wine. Medium to long finish with mild/fine-grained tannins noted. There was no alcoholic heat or chalkiness noted at any point. While excellent, I will admit to expecting a bit more here. The nose, while focused, was not particularly strong/explosive with fruit and seemed to be missing some elements of complexity (earthiness, spices, pine needles) that were noted in other reviews. Palate complexity and length of finish were two other areas where I also was expecting a bit more. Still, this wine was excellent, well structured, and enjoyed by all who partook. There was a brief discussion of the QPR of the more expensive California cabs and Bordeaux wines. Most at the table felt that while these expensive wines are worth trying, it is a question, though, as to whether they deliver an experience worthy of their price tag.

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  7/6/2023 - jmoon Likes this wine: 96 Points

  From pop and pour Very rich and dense, thrilling and ripe and loaded. After an hour hard graphite notes, some tar. Then 2 hours in all was forgiven the graphite blew off and plush roch deep layered beautiful Napa cab. But very intense style, could still taste it the next day. More a thrill than a great food wine at this stage due to the richness of the fruit.

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  1/26/2023 - WojoWineCave Likes this wine: 98 Points

  This is a wow wine. A rare wine. Yes it’s expensive but it creates a unique experience. With a nice decant it shines. Palate is still tight for 2014 and a long decant but in a good way. It’s not overly ripe or a heavy syrupy fruit bomb, rather its medium body with all the blue fruits present and well integrated. It has structure and fine tannins to age easily another 10-15 years.

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