Bond: Unripe red raspberry, sour red cherry, green peppercorn, and plum skin notes present as painfully young, holding the fruit back a thousand yards from expansion. With vigorous swirling in the glass, the plum note becomes more prominent and turns from biting red to a more purple contour. The spine here is more defined than the other 2018s. A good deal of potential here. 93-94+ points. A wine to hold for a decade.
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Return to Napa; 3/6/2022-3/13/2022 (Wineries and various restaurants): Usually this is the wine that I find jumps out of the glass at you and is easy and accessible and friendly from the start. First bottle missing that but the second one had it in spades. Red fruits and raspberry and just a hint of heat.
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6/9/2022 - csimm wrote: 94 Points
Bond: Unripe red raspberry, sour red cherry, green peppercorn, and plum skin notes present as painfully young, holding the fruit back a thousand yards from expansion. With vigorous swirling in the glass, the plum note becomes more prominent and turns from biting red to a more purple contour. The spine here is more defined than the other 2018s. A good deal of potential here. 93-94+ points. A wine to hold for a decade.
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3/7/2022 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Return to Napa; 3/6/2022-3/13/2022 (Wineries and various restaurants): Usually this is the wine that I find jumps out of the glass at you and is easy and accessible and friendly from the start. First bottle missing that but the second one had it in spades. Red fruits and raspberry and just a hint of heat.
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