Bond
Pluribus Napa Valley Red Wine
Napa Valley, California, USA
It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix.
Deep Inky in color with a very short reddish rim.
Strong nose of blackberries, black currants, black plums, tobacco, cedar, vanilla, licorice, chocolates, spices and peppercorn.
Full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry and very fruity on the palate with black currants, plums, tobacco, blackberries, chocolates, herbs, spices, earth, light vanilla, cedar, licorice, light cola and peppercorn.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.
This is a delicious, yet still young, Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley. Already drinking beautifully, but feels very young and needs 10 to 20 years in the bottle to mature property.
This 10 year old Single Vineyard Cabernet is nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel. Elegant and fruit forward.
Needed 4 hours in the decanter to open up properly.
Wine Advocate 99 points. Wine Spectator 96 points.
A good quality wine. Complex, powerful and interesting. Always nice to drink these kind of iconic wines. Delicious stuff.
A wonderful sipping wine that also paired nicely with my steak.
14.8% alcohol by volume.
94 points.
$750.
It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix.
Deep Inky in color with a very short reddish rim.
Strong nose of blackberries, black currants, black plums, tobacco, cedar, vanilla, licorice, chocolates, spices and peppercorn.
Full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.
Dry and very fruity on the palate with black currants, plums, tobacco, blackberries, chocolates, herbs, spices, earth, light vanilla, cedar, licorice, light cola and peppercorn.
Long finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.
This is a delicious, yet still young, Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley. Already drinking beautifully, but feels very young and needs 10 to 20 years in the bottle to mature property.
This 10 year old Single Vineyard Cabernet is nicely balanced with a nice mouthfeel. Elegant and fruit forward.
Needed 4 hours in the decanter to open up properly.
Wine Advocate 99 points. Wine Spectator 96 points.
A good quality wine. Complex, powerful and interesting. Always nice to drink these kind of iconic wines. Delicious stuff.
A wonderful sipping wine that also paired nicely with my steak.
14.8% alcohol by volume.
94 points.
$750.
Thanksgiving and lots to be thankful for.
Thanksgiving and lots to be thankful for.
Nov 25th, 2021
7acres, 1300ft. Spring Mountain. Cold Vintage. This wine is amazing. Wish I had some self control and waited but still holding 2 other vineyards. 8 years in, this wine is a baby. Going to be good for a lifetime. I need some more 11’s in my life.
7acres, 1300ft. Spring Mountain. Cold Vintage. This wine is amazing. Wish I had some self control and waited but still holding 2 other vineyards. 8 years in, this wine is a baby. Going to be good for a lifetime. I need some more 11’s in my life.
Jul 10th, 2019
Wine nerd herd and Friday night in Iowa
Wine nerd herd and Friday night in Iowa
May 25th, 2019
En mag from @David L and after a crumbly cork incident this just blossomed like a gorgeous Spring Mountain flower. Dense chocolate covered blue, purple and black fruit, crushed volcanic rock and blueberry smoke.
En mag from @David L and after a crumbly cork incident this just blossomed like a gorgeous Spring Mountain flower. Dense chocolate covered blue, purple and black fruit, crushed volcanic rock and blueberry smoke.
May 18th, 2019
@Benjamin Keator had his hosting at the CC tonight and it was absolutely incredible. What a night of gorgeous wines! All wines are guessed blind.
5 reds tonight. 5 Bonds. Insane. I’m not going to try and evaluate each one as if they were crazy different because honestly, I found it fairly easy to determine all were from the same producer. That being said, I guessed all 5 reds were from the same producer and waffled between a horizontal or vertical...I ultimately chose vertical (which was wrong). I guessed all were Napa cabs. This was the first Bond that I got some mint with, as in Andes mint. Dark chocolate with a fresh and mint leaf core. The fruit here tasted so young, so much so that I thought this was a ‘12 out of a vertical. Mainly black fruit with a touch of cassis and blue fruit starting to show. Big potential.
@Benjamin Keator had his hosting at the CC tonight and it was absolutely incredible. What a night of gorgeous wines! All wines are guessed blind.
5 reds tonight. 5 Bonds. Insane. I’m not going to try and evaluate each one as if they were crazy different because honestly, I found it fairly easy to determine all were from the same producer. That being said, I guessed all 5 reds were from the same producer and waffled between a horizontal or vertical...I ultimately chose vertical (which was wrong). I guessed all were Napa cabs. This was the first Bond that I got some mint with, as in Andes mint. Dark chocolate with a fresh and mint leaf core. The fruit here tasted so young, so much so that I thought this was a ‘12 out of a vertical. Mainly black fruit with a touch of cassis and blue fruit starting to show. Big potential.
The 2014 Pluribus is stellar. Once again, I am deeply impressed with the Pluribus. Inky blue/purplish fruit, lavender, mint, plum and licorice infuse this super-expressive, resonant Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. Pluribus is the most improved Bond wine. This flight of 2014 makes that quite evident. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2018)
The 2014 Pluribus is stellar. Once again, I am deeply impressed with the Pluribus. Inky blue/purplish fruit, lavender, mint, plum and licorice infuse this super-expressive, resonant Spring Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon. Pluribus is the most improved Bond wine. This flight of 2014 makes that quite evident. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, March 2018)
Beautiful wine with the amazing dinner at TFL. Thought you’d get a kick of our group picture in their wine cellar too.
Beautiful wine with the amazing dinner at TFL. Thought you’d get a kick of our group picture in their wine cellar too.
Dec 3rd, 2017Quite tight still, dense tar, coffee grounds, smoke, deep blue fruit. Spring Mountain fruit matures slowly. I think this needs at least 5 more years in the bottle. Still a very nice wine though.
Quite tight still, dense tar, coffee grounds, smoke, deep blue fruit. Spring Mountain fruit matures slowly. I think this needs at least 5 more years in the bottle. Still a very nice wine though.
2 people found it helpfulJul 24th, 2015It's not as good as the harlan but this behemoth is pleasing like riding a monster truck thru the mud after a boozy tequila shot
It's not as good as the harlan but this behemoth is pleasing like riding a monster truck thru the mud after a boozy tequila shot
2 people found it helpfulDec 30th, 2014