Tonella Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon

Delicious. Smooth.

Exceptional cab. Smooth throughout with black cherry licorice and chocolate notes.

Good but harsher and more tanic than we remember. Didn’t decant but maybe needs it. Opened up a week later but not the favorite still. Definitely more balanced. .

Very good deep Rutherford flavor. Always feel like these are better left but still very good a this point. Likely would have been better decanted.

Definitely a treat. Not sure we like this as much as some of the others we’ve tried recently but very good and nice age. Used aerator.

PnP. Much better than expected. Dark red color. Integrated dark cherries and oak. More expressive and bolder than previous bottles. Medium depth. Still overpriced, but not a disappointment.

Disjointed

PnP. Better than expected. Lacked depth and fruit but the dark fruit that did show through was refined and had a great texture. Still massively overpriced.

I’m confused. Looking back at previous ratings I was just clearing out inventory of a mediocre wine on a Thursday night. After 4 hours of air this is solid. Good nose, good fruit, good tannin, not great but good. For the location, vintage, and price, this should be at least 9.3 and exciting tho. Consider me pleasantly surprised.

Same as previous note(s) on this wine, other vintages, and other single vineyard cabs from SG.