Matriarch Napa Valley Red Bordeaux Blend

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This is a wonderful Cabernet Sauvignon blend from Napa Valley.

Dark ruby in color with a short reddish rim. Not showing age at all.

Full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, cedar, vanilla, spices, espresso, cola, tobacco leaf, earth, dark chocolates, peppercorn and herbs.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This second label from Bond, is drinking wonderfully now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 15 years.

I had it blind and called it, including the vintage. Love it when that happens.

This 21 year old is good right out of the bottle, and better after 3 hours of airtime.

Thank you Robbie for sharing.

Nicely balanced with great complexity and elegance. A great shipping wine.

Robert Parker 94 points.

A gorgeous wine that doesn't need food.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

94 points.

$200.

Campho Phenique. Better on the palate than the nose.

Nice sweet berry fruit, great acidity.

Just slightly past the drinking window. :(

Definitely in the top five wines I've tasted, this is an amazing wine.

end of summer party

First time for this one. Lots of details & even a little funk. Too ripe and too much oak for me, but impressive none the less. @ Mulvaney's B&L

Thankful for Matriarch with our Matriarch.

Getting in shape for next week with the crew. Notes and rating to follow. @Ron R @Mike Rowe @David A Lentine @Martin G Rivard Edit; The nose on this is that of a first growth Bordeaux. Dusty red berries and spice. The palate is velvety, however the tannins are still there, giving this enough structure to keep aging. Stewed plums, baking spices, cedar wood, hints of oak, eucalyptus, earth, Nat Sherman tobacco. This just screams old world; but with a new world twist.

Nice nose with Cola, wood, vanilla same on the pallet. Not a ton of structure or balance and finish is rapid.