Annual birthday WWC hosting. As normal, 1 sparkler, 3 whites, 4 reds, 1 dessert, all presented blind.
Fun to open birth year wines around your birthday, especially when you can do a Bordeaux and Napa side by side. While not a great vintage, this held up well after a few hours and presented as expected. Clean and zero Brett. Great color! Deep ruby with hardly any bricking. Leather, cassis, vanilla pipe tobacco on the nose. Sporting a good bit of dusty red and black fruits (mostly tart raspberries and blackberries), there was a little savory truffle note mixed with an herbal and mocha finish. Still quite grippy. Pretty. — 14 days ago
Sublime. Still youthful. Elegant softness. Prune, perfectly balanced nuances with a super long finish — a month ago
Norman Gennaro
Special bottle from a time gone by. Was spectacular to have it with the friends who made 2018 so special. Magnum — 3 days ago