Moon Mountain Vineyard
Estate Grown Cabernet Franc
Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
Nose has plum, ripe plum, (light) cedar, milk chocolate shavings and dried black cherry (Honestly, plum notes are incredibly dominant now.); This is a great aroma experience.
Palate has dried black cherry, ripe plum, dried garden soil, old dark chocolate bar, (minor) roasted green pepper with a short-ish finish. Really not improving with aging (Note to future self with a few bottles in the tank still...!).
Ok, so quite obvious here that I don't always review my notes. Last time (4Y ago) around I said drink all these by 2020... Yet still 5 (now 4) in waiting. (Drink up, or use for braising.)
Decanted 5H at the time of notes.
Nose has plum, ripe plum, (light) cedar, milk chocolate shavings and dried black cherry (Honestly, plum notes are incredibly dominant now.); This is a great aroma experience.
Palate has dried black cherry, ripe plum, dried garden soil, old dark chocolate bar, (minor) roasted green pepper with a short-ish finish. Really not improving with aging (Note to future self with a few bottles in the tank still...!).
Ok, so quite obvious here that I don't always review my notes. Last time (4Y ago) around I said drink all these by 2020... Yet still 5 (now 4) in waiting. (Drink up, or use for braising.)
Decanted 5H at the time of notes.
Decanting now, expecting a wonderful pairing with beef sirloin tonight.
A dusty, cedar cherry on the nose, that sure could be a fun fruit to encounter. The palate brings dusty black cherry, dark chocolate with some grippy tannins lingering, medium finish. The bottle is agreeably near the end of its prime; (5) bottles left in the cellar, should finish before 2020.
Decanting now, expecting a wonderful pairing with beef sirloin tonight.
A dusty, cedar cherry on the nose, that sure could be a fun fruit to encounter. The palate brings dusty black cherry, dark chocolate with some grippy tannins lingering, medium finish. The bottle is agreeably near the end of its prime; (5) bottles left in the cellar, should finish before 2020.
Last bottle of Moon Mountain- still tasted great
Last bottle of Moon Mountain- still tasted great
Aug 2nd, 2015Still plenty of fruit, deep and plush - as welcoming as a favorite velvet arm chair. Black cherry and cedar in the mouth, with polished tannins and a mellow and lingering fade. This is drinking so nicely now. Elegant as a Nite at the Opera.
Still plenty of fruit, deep and plush - as welcoming as a favorite velvet arm chair. Black cherry and cedar in the mouth, with polished tannins and a mellow and lingering fade. This is drinking so nicely now. Elegant as a Nite at the Opera.
Apr 11th, 2014
