2001 Fleury Estate Winery Cabernet Sauvignon Lauren Bryce

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  6/4/2004 - OneLastSyrah wrote:

  Napa-Noma Trip: Barrel Sample - Lovely nose - leafy, vanilla, ink. Rich, concentrated. Boysenberry fruit, somewhat obscured by structure. This is likely a nice addition to one of these Cabs. We then did some samples blending this with the Cabs. The first Hypothetical blend was 85% Cabernet (of which 25% was the Calistoga sample) and 15% of the Petite. I thought it was nicely layered and concentrated, but I thought some of the good qualities of the Petite Verdot were lost. But I was in the minority and we next tried a 5% blend with the Petite. This time, the wine seemed to sing, with sweet carmelized sugar, crushed black fruit, layers of flavor and sweetness. Pretty nice. I think I may have been wrong.

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