North Yuba, Sierra Foothills, California, USA
Just what you want from an aged Northern California Cabernet. The aroma is a delicate perfume of perfectly grown, perfectly made into wine with no aim at overachieving, total purity. All the tannin has completely softened and the aroma of graceful aging is present. The granite can be felt in the mouth and dense rough texture that has been worked almost smooth over the last 25 years. The terroir signature is not super loud in this, but I’ll take the overt and delicate pleasures that this offered and forget about that. Good to the last drop. Lots of sediment in this which I really don’t mind, but good to note for anybody digging into a bottle. Extra point for being completely natural and achieving such a clean and pure pleasurable result at 25 years of age and having only arrived in the mail one week ago. Remarkable.
Just what you want from an aged Northern California Cabernet. The aroma is a delicate perfume of perfectly grown, perfectly made into wine with no aim at overachieving, total purity. All the tannin has completely softened and the aroma of graceful aging is present. The granite can be felt in the mouth and dense rough texture that has been worked almost smooth over the last 25 years. The terroir signature is not super loud in this, but I’ll take the overt and delicate pleasures that this offered and forget about that. Good to the last drop. Lots of sediment in this which I really don’t mind, but good to note for anybody digging into a bottle. Extra point for being completely natural and achieving such a clean and pure pleasurable result at 25 years of age and having only arrived in the mail one week ago. Remarkable.
Jun 17th, 2020
