2018 de Négoce Cabernet Sauvignon OG N.81 Brokenrock Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 90 points

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  3/19/2023 - brianschool Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very little on the nose, maybe some purple fruit and a very slight tinge of alcohol. On the palate: Rich blackberry, tones of menthol/licorice/spearmint, a touch of lilac with a long, dry finish including some leather and tobacco. Comes out swinging with a lot of fruit, then very angular, lacked complexity, but...
  
  HOLD! Big fruit up-front, some hidden tannins on day 1 and 2. On the first day this came across as an unbalanced cabernet. Powerful, but no nose and NOT a whole lot on the complexity front. By day 2, it got better, slightly. By day 3, this wine is starting to really sing and show its quality. It's more complex, it's less angular, the wine allows one to pick out several notes, as opposed to the singular blackberry fruit. Very, very good wine on day 3.
  
  I'm not opening another one of these until late 2024 or early 2025. Too young.
  
  100% Cabernet Sauvignon, 60% new French Oak 14,5% alc.

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  4/10/2021 - Be.Lee Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Came around really well compare to last bottle few months ago. Cameron was right. Needed some time. Pleasant acidity to match the boldness of the wine. Definitely less disjointed. Tannins are still rough, and likely would improve with few years of cellaring.
  
  I think my strategy for buying De Negoce has to change going forward. I was treating them as cellar defenders but perhaps they should be considered as buying good wines for low cost that needs time and nurturing before they shine.

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  2/21/2021 - Be.Lee Does not like this wine:

  Perhaps this is due to my changing palate, but this was a total dud for me. High pH, sweeter than Conundrum (Yuk), with ever present singular fruit, fruit, fruit, that was neither pleasant nor elegant, not sure how the original winery could ever consider selling this wine for more than buck fifty.
  
  i am not certain aging would ever fix this wine, and certainly what was billed as a cellar defender, turned out to be an imposter.
  
  Update: Based on my tasting on 4/10, decided that scoring this wine so early is unfair. removed the rating

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  2/19/2021 - cyc wrote:

  Popped this open and immediately regretted it. It's either truly not ready for consumption or maybe it will never be good, it's hard to say. Right now it's like prune juice mocha milkshake, that's how awkward the fruit and unintegrated oak are.
  
  Not opening a bottle for another 12 months or so. No rating for now.

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