La Jota Vineyard Co.
Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon
Howell Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA
Very intense pure fruit. Plum, pencil lead, iron. High in flavor and alcohol. Punchy.
Very intense pure fruit. Plum, pencil lead, iron. High in flavor and alcohol. Punchy.
Oct 11th, 2024
Blind dinner, open theme, mid-week at The Elm in Great Barrington MA.
Blind dinner, open theme, mid-week at The Elm in Great Barrington MA.
Jun 29th, 2023
Rich nose of cigar box, cedar and black fruit. Silky yet heady mouthfeel of cassis and dark red and more black fruit, saddle leather and Italian espresso roast. Lonnnng finish of black cherry and bitter chocolate notes. Phenomenal, needs at least 2-3 more years. ❤️
Rich nose of cigar box, cedar and black fruit. Silky yet heady mouthfeel of cassis and dark red and more black fruit, saddle leather and Italian espresso roast. Lonnnng finish of black cherry and bitter chocolate notes. Phenomenal, needs at least 2-3 more years. ❤️
Mar 16th, 2023
Soft, lovely, bread-y nose of black currant fur, licorice, light mint forcing upward, sprouting through potting soil. Cinnamon and blueberry warmly embraced by dark bread and small specks of black pepper. Fruit tannins thickly house-painted across your front teeth in a real sense. Muscle. Licorice-charcoal, bitters, blackberry, black currant, graphite-smoke halo, black cherry, oak and cedar, wound up and closed in places, but powerhouse lurking in the shadows.
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Soft, lovely, bread-y nose of black currant fur, licorice, light mint forcing upward, sprouting through potting soil. Cinnamon and blueberry warmly embraced by dark bread and small specks of black pepper. Fruit tannins thickly house-painted across your front teeth in a real sense. Muscle. Licorice-charcoal, bitters, blackberry, black currant, graphite-smoke halo, black cherry, oak and cedar, wound up and closed in places, but powerhouse lurking in the shadows.
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2012 - drink if you got them - not improving from a year ago - big and bold but missing one gear from being a sports car I want it to be - still smiling at the lake with @R Bowers on his anniversary and not social distancing very well
2012 - drink if you got them - not improving from a year ago - big and bold but missing one gear from being a sports car I want it to be - still smiling at the lake with @R Bowers on his anniversary and not social distancing very well
May 3rd, 2020
A few fun 4th Friday wines from tonight.
This was more elegant than expected. Beautiful notes of cherry vanilla tobacco, baked black cherry pie, plum, and spiced rhubarb aromatics. On the palate, there are red and black fruits, peppercorn, cherry cordial, cherry smoked wood. Less tannic than expected. In a good spot now, so I’m not sure if it’s just a unique drinking window to be this accessible this early (these normally have massive tannins that help these age for 10-15 easy).
A few fun 4th Friday wines from tonight.
This was more elegant than expected. Beautiful notes of cherry vanilla tobacco, baked black cherry pie, plum, and spiced rhubarb aromatics. On the palate, there are red and black fruits, peppercorn, cherry cordial, cherry smoked wood. Less tannic than expected. In a good spot now, so I’m not sure if it’s just a unique drinking window to be this accessible this early (these normally have massive tannins that help these age for 10-15 easy).
Another fantastic 1990. So youthful and one of my favorite wines of the evening
Another fantastic 1990. So youthful and one of my favorite wines of the evening
Sep 30th, 2018
Nose was gone and old with salty olives, but full and dark in the mouth.
Nose was gone and old with salty olives, but full and dark in the mouth.
Dec 16th, 2017
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon by La Jota is a seductive blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Cabernet Franc, 7.5% Merlot, 6% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot which was aged for 22 months in 65% new French oak prior to bottling. Needing more than a two hour decant at this juncture, the wine takes on glorious creme de cassis, Turkish coffee, blueberry cordial and wild thyme aromatics. The palate shows marvelous complexly and range. Black tea, blueberry compote, mocha and blackberry pie flavors all beautifully mingle in the glass. Rich and layered, this hedonistic effort will cellar marvelously for decades. Be sure to give this at least a two hour decant if enjoying in its youth. Drink 2020-2045- 95
The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon by La Jota is a seductive blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8.5% Cabernet Franc, 7.5% Merlot, 6% Malbec and 3% Petit Verdot which was aged for 22 months in 65% new French oak prior to bottling. Needing more than a two hour decant at this juncture, the wine takes on glorious creme de cassis, Turkish coffee, blueberry cordial and wild thyme aromatics. The palate shows marvelous complexly and range. Black tea, blueberry compote, mocha and blackberry pie flavors all beautifully mingle in the glass. Rich and layered, this hedonistic effort will cellar marvelously for decades. Be sure to give this at least a two hour decant if enjoying in its youth. Drink 2020-2045- 95
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