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Deep and opaque ruby red. Needed an hour to two to open up on the nose with dark baking spices, dark cocoa, and purple floral notes. Heavy tannins (7/10) and full bodied. Rich, layered and complex palate. Notes of dark berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, bramble berries, dark mountain fruit, graphite and dark chocolate. A touch bitter in the finish that blew off with some time, long and lingering too. Will only get better over the next few years. Drink till 2028.
Deep and opaque ruby red. Needed an hour to two to open up on the nose with dark baking spices, dark cocoa, and purple floral notes. Heavy tannins (7/10) and full bodied. Rich, layered and complex palate. Notes of dark berries, nutmeg, cinnamon, bramble berries, dark mountain fruit, graphite and dark chocolate. A touch bitter in the finish that blew off with some time, long and lingering too. Will only get better over the next few years. Drink till 2028.
2010, A complex rich and powerful CS from Howell mountain volcanic terroir in Napa California. The wine has an enchanting rich nose, full of licorice, plums, black cherries, black current, sweet spices, dark chocolate and a touch of animality, full rich intense body, with smooth round sweet tannins, good acidity and layers of fruit and soil. Acidity is in there to balance some of the ripeness and the finish is long and delicious. A true pleasure with a juicy steak. My score 90, drink to 2019
2010, A complex rich and powerful CS from Howell mountain volcanic terroir in Napa California. The wine has an enchanting rich nose, full of licorice, plums, black cherries, black current, sweet spices, dark chocolate and a touch of animality, full rich intense body, with smooth round sweet tannins, good acidity and layers of fruit and soil. Acidity is in there to balance some of the ripeness and the finish is long and delicious. A true pleasure with a juicy steak. My score 90, drink to 2019
Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA
