My last bottle unfortunately. In a sweet spot now, there’s still plenty of blue and black fruit combined with tertiary flavors of tobacco, leather, sous bois. Napa origins showing through, but this is cool, upright and strict. Great wine.
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Wasn't expecting much as this was misread as a 2002 vs the actual vintage of 1998 (Common error with Heitz labeling). It still delivered in an unexpected way. I was time pressed so double decanted it to and from the bottle with my Winebreather Carafe. Earthy and dusty. Lots of tannins, sort of Brunello from Rutherford.
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Took a flyer on this at a Spectrum Auction ... glad I did, still singing after nearly 20 years, with the stuffing to go several more. Would definitely seek out again.
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Took about an hour to open up and when it did, wow. There's still so much dark fruit here, it's so restrained and well knit together and behind there's flavors of tobacco, leather, forest. The tannins are soft and smooth, no edges. There's enough material here to keep this going for many, many years. Californian Cabernet at its best.
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3/10/2022 - pbaek wrote:
My last bottle unfortunately. In a sweet spot now, there’s still plenty of blue and black fruit combined with tertiary flavors of tobacco, leather, sous bois. Napa origins showing through, but this is cool, upright and strict. Great wine.
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10/3/2020 - NMWineLovers wrote: 88 Points
Good thing we opened this bottle. Cork fell apart. Aerated and hope it will open up. Hot and strong tannins.
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5/18/2019 - Vitis Maximus wrote: 90 Points
Wasn't expecting much as this was misread as a 2002 vs the actual vintage of 1998 (Common error with Heitz labeling). It still delivered in an unexpected way. I was time pressed so double decanted it to and from the bottle with my Winebreather Carafe. Earthy and dusty. Lots of tannins, sort of Brunello from Rutherford.
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1/27/2018 - dpolzien Likes this wine: 92 Points
Took a flyer on this at a Spectrum Auction ... glad I did, still singing after nearly 20 years, with the stuffing to go several more. Would definitely seek out again.
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10/17/2016 - pbaek wrote:
Took about an hour to open up and when it did, wow. There's still so much dark fruit here, it's so restrained and well knit together and behind there's flavors of tobacco, leather, forest. The tannins are soft and smooth, no edges. There's enough material here to keep this going for many, many years. Californian Cabernet at its best.
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