Charles Krug
X Clones Limited Release Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
More 95 today than 94. Overall, still developing but this one expressing dark tonight. Nose of dark chocolate and black licorice. Entry of fig, black currant, cacao. Moderate amounts of pepper and quite a bit of oak barrel. Full bodied but also rather astringent. Goes with food or without just the same. Very pleased with this one on a whole and feels it hasotr potential than the 14.
More 95 today than 94. Overall, still developing but this one expressing dark tonight. Nose of dark chocolate and black licorice. Entry of fig, black currant, cacao. Moderate amounts of pepper and quite a bit of oak barrel. Full bodied but also rather astringent. Goes with food or without just the same. Very pleased with this one on a whole and feels it hasotr potential than the 14.
Oct 7th, 2018Wow. You need a chainsaw to cut through this wine. Poured from Coravin. 10 feet away, my wife was cooking dinner with the vent hood on and remarked that she could smell the wine. Intoxicating blackberry cassis, youthful and dense. You can smell the toasted oak. The entry of the wine is dense, ripe chalky blackberry, spice hits right from the start. Dense middle core with pepper and toasted oak starting in the middle. The finish is rather explosive and has everything from meaty character to blackberries to cinnamon to truffle and toasty tannin, finishes with a dry tannin that makes you want to take another sip to hydrate the tongue. This wine is on a 20 year path to expression, so I will try to pace myself with the others I have!
Wow. You need a chainsaw to cut through this wine. Poured from Coravin. 10 feet away, my wife was cooking dinner with the vent hood on and remarked that she could smell the wine. Intoxicating blackberry cassis, youthful and dense. You can smell the toasted oak. The entry of the wine is dense, ripe chalky blackberry, spice hits right from the start. Dense middle core with pepper and toasted oak starting in the middle. The finish is rather explosive and has everything from meaty character to blackberries to cinnamon to truffle and toasty tannin, finishes with a dry tannin that makes you want to take another sip to hydrate the tongue. This wine is on a 20 year path to expression, so I will try to pace myself with the others I have!
Apr 12th, 2018
