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Dominus Estate
Napanook Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2014
Best valve at the duty free shop. This over the 2013 Altagracia that was twice the price.
While this is showing some nice evolution, if I had others, I would wait another 3-5 yrs…I’m leaning 5 yrs as this still has some astringency and has earthy dominance.
The nose reveals wild, dusty blackberries, black currants, black cherries, poached & backed strawberries, some slightly, stewy plums, leathery, dry tobacco, graphite, loamy earth, subtle baking spices, dark spices that show intensity and yet some restraint, dark chocolate baking bar, dry herbs, withering to dry dark flowers and floral violets.
The fruits are ripe but have a dusty coating. Wild blackberries, black currants, black cherries, poached & backed strawberries, black plum skin, plums, notes of boysenberries as it lingers, leathery, dry tobacco, oak barrel to cedar, string graphite, loamy earth, subtle baking spices, soft caramel chews, dark spices, dark chocolate baking bar, dry herbs, sage brush, withering to dry dark flowers and floral violets, good acidity, well made for a selection second, the balance isn’t quite there and still shows big structure/tension, dry, powdery M+ tannins that finishes with dry earth tones and ripe fruits over the top and lasts nearly 90 seconds.
If you have this vintage, it is a hold for another 5 yrs and has 15 yrs ahead. — 4 months ago
Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7
Bring me the Altagracia
Weinbau Wenzel (Micheal Wenzel)
Wild + Free Fränky Pinot Noir & Blaufränkisch 2020
Austere, with nice effervescence; opens quite well, cherry without sweetness, frozen blueberry, limestone. — 4 years ago
Heitz Cellar
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7
I’ve had friends put them in there for the steam from a shower and it worked out.I prefer indirect lighting like a patio room. Typically they would last 5-6 months before they bloomed out.
Just don’t buy one thats fully bloomed, sometimes they are in a store for a couple months. A fresh one would typically have 4-6 buds that haven’t opened.
Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7
And the Heitz was great but from 2 days ago, Delectable takes a couple days now to show the wine you post.Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7
Oh if it’s a garden like this you can use ice cubes placed on top of the roots then drain the ceramic after they melt.Vinos Libre Yá
Yá Cuvée 23 Brut Reserva Cava Macabeo-Xarel-lo-Parellada 2020
Produced from the "mosto flor" ("free-run juice") of sustainably grown and hand-harvested grapes. Ya means "yes!" in Spain. Straw yellow with good flow of tiny bubbles and light mousse. Stone fruit aromas with a vanilla nut fragrance. On the palate peach and citrus flavors, good balance, plenty of acidity and lingers nicely. — 5 months ago
Free Run Juice
Paperbark Red Blend 2019
Still good. I miss the old label. — 4 years ago
Alex Mutch
fun drinking chilled red with unexpected grapes — 8 days ago