Dark cherry, blackberry, plum, fruit bomb, allspice, smooth tannin, slightly coarse mid palette, bright acidity, long acid finish
Dark cherry, blackberry, plum, fruit bomb, allspice, smooth tannin, slightly coarse mid palette, bright acidity, long acid finish
1 person found it helpfulFeb 17th, 2016
1/3 CS, 1/3 CF, 1/3 PV. Nice wine. Seems to be a tiny bit overextracted with a little bit of heat at first. Never had the classic blackberry cab thing going on though. Always a little more raucous, sharper edges, tobacco, chocolate, figs. But a lot of very youthful fruit hit you right across the face at the start, wondering if this one would probably have benefited from another couple of years of bottle aging. Finishes with no major oaked astringency but probably a little bit out of balance overall. in my opinion, definitely not worth a sub 90 rating, but really not worthy of much more than 90. I think this wine was made to be consumed now to within the next year.
1/3 CS, 1/3 CF, 1/3 PV. Nice wine. Seems to be a tiny bit overextracted with a little bit of heat at first. Never had the classic blackberry cab thing going on though. Always a little more raucous, sharper edges, tobacco, chocolate, figs. But a lot of very youthful fruit hit you right across the face at the start, wondering if this one would probably have benefited from another couple of years of bottle aging. Finishes with no major oaked astringency but probably a little bit out of balance overall. in my opinion, definitely not worth a sub 90 rating, but really not worthy of much more than 90. I think this wine was made to be consumed now to within the next year.
Nov 29th, 2019
Full body, notable tannins. Lots of plum, tobacco, and some oak. Very enjoyable.
Full body, notable tannins. Lots of plum, tobacco, and some oak. Very enjoyable.
Sep 30th, 2018
Napa Valley, California, USA
