Popped this to celebrate a freshly negotiated contract win and this bottle is kickin A!
Color is perfect, dark bing cherry with just a touch of deeper shaded reds.
In the nose I first got a lot of vanilla and I was like “Uh oh, is this an oak bomb? Tsk, he doesn’t make wines like that” but then the hints of fruit came in… this lovely blended red fruit with layers of that vanilla but maybe slight notes of tobacco. Then I thought wow, maybe this can go a little longer (didn’t know the year as my wife had opened it).
But wow! Once I took the first sip?! The fruit is intense, bright with lovely acid. And the structure is so subtle – definitely has tannins but so balanced from the front of my tongue all the way back through swallowing and savoring! The Cab Sav is there first but then the notes of Cab Franc with the slightest capsicum is there along side the mellowness of darker fruited and silky Merlot.
Could it age a little longer? I think so, sure. But why wouldn’t you want to drink it now! It’s such a lovely wine – going to go perfect with this steak I’m grilling!
by Timwikoff
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Great fucking wine