Tusk Estates
Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley, California, USA
My thoughts are all over with this wine. First off, I love Melka. However there is something off with this wine. Some musty flavor, and not the good old cab musty flavor that I usually like. My initial experience with this wine wasn't positive. I visited the winery and I learned more about the packaging than the wine creation. So I couldn't help but be disappointed (instead of impressed) when I received my first shipment, because I felt I was paying for all that packaging that I threw away instead of the juice. Note to winery: sell the site, the grapes, the winemaker....who cares about the label and box.
My thoughts are all over with this wine. First off, I love Melka. However there is something off with this wine. Some musty flavor, and not the good old cab musty flavor that I usually like. My initial experience with this wine wasn't positive. I visited the winery and I learned more about the packaging than the wine creation. So I couldn't help but be disappointed (instead of impressed) when I received my first shipment, because I felt I was paying for all that packaging that I threw away instead of the juice. Note to winery: sell the site, the grapes, the winemaker....who cares about the label and box.
2 people found it helpfulMar 19th, 2017
Hot and drying on the palate at the first taste but improved with more time in the decanter. Beautiful nose and no green flavors. Pretty but no more for me.
Hot and drying on the palate at the first taste but improved with more time in the decanter. Beautiful nose and no green flavors. Pretty but no more for me.
Jul 15th, 2015
One of the best 2011s I've had. There is nothing green about this wine. Beautiful notes of dark cherries and sugar plums interwoven with sweet silky cedar. Beautiful texture. Goes down like silk.
One of the best 2011s I've had. There is nothing green about this wine. Beautiful notes of dark cherries and sugar plums interwoven with sweet silky cedar. Beautiful texture. Goes down like silk.
Jun 15th, 2015