Diamond Creek Vineyards
Gravelly Meadow Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
Lots of dark berry fruit. Powerful. Great freshness and energy. Gripping.
Lots of dark berry fruit. Powerful. Great freshness and energy. Gripping.
May 5th, 2015The 1999 vintage continues to show broad shouldered and concentrated. Long aging possibility for this guy.
The 1999 vintage continues to show broad shouldered and concentrated. Long aging possibility for this guy.
Jan 10th, 2015
1999 Vintage! Color — dark garnet with hues of bricking. On the nose: plum, currants and perfume jump from the glass giving the wine its sweet age cab initial aromas followed by scents of stewed meat, earthy spices and a smoky wood cedar at the end. Taste: soft and elegant. Fruits have blended where plum and blueberry notes have integrated and currants are more faded. Secondary notes - pencil lead, tobacco, gravel and black tea follow with a tannic kick the end giving it a medium plus finish. A nice bottle to share this Valentines Day.
1999 Vintage! Color — dark garnet with hues of bricking. On the nose: plum, currants and perfume jump from the glass giving the wine its sweet age cab initial aromas followed by scents of stewed meat, earthy spices and a smoky wood cedar at the end. Taste: soft and elegant. Fruits have blended where plum and blueberry notes have integrated and currants are more faded. Secondary notes - pencil lead, tobacco, gravel and black tea follow with a tannic kick the end giving it a medium plus finish. A nice bottle to share this Valentines Day.
Feb 15th, 2022
Yep, valentine's day...had to open something!
Decant for sediment(decent chunky/fine sediment). A thrilling super dark garnet color with some bricking. On the nose: Beautiful expressive notes of plum, black currants, olives, sweet aged cab perfume, boiled meat, smokey cedar. Taste: A soft, creamy, elegant, medium body wine with a little plum, black currants, pencil lead, tobacco, minerals, and a slight blue fruit tea medium plus dry finish with a still there tannic kiss after 23 years. Drink em up, probably on the downside.
Yep, valentine's day...had to open something!
Decant for sediment(decent chunky/fine sediment). A thrilling super dark garnet color with some bricking. On the nose: Beautiful expressive notes of plum, black currants, olives, sweet aged cab perfume, boiled meat, smokey cedar. Taste: A soft, creamy, elegant, medium body wine with a little plum, black currants, pencil lead, tobacco, minerals, and a slight blue fruit tea medium plus dry finish with a still there tannic kiss after 23 years. Drink em up, probably on the downside.
Ringer for aged Bordeaux. Dark cherry, cedar, and tobacco. Fantastic and drinking beautifully now, especially with our grilled NY Strips.
Ringer for aged Bordeaux. Dark cherry, cedar, and tobacco. Fantastic and drinking beautifully now, especially with our grilled NY Strips.
Jan 13th, 2019
1999 Diamond Creek Gravely Meadow Cabernet Sauvignon. In s great place. Loved the dark ripe fruit and stone heT. Firm tannins. Lots left here.
1999 Diamond Creek Gravely Meadow Cabernet Sauvignon. In s great place. Loved the dark ripe fruit and stone heT. Firm tannins. Lots left here.
May 9th, 2015
