Still tasting pretty young for a wine at this age. Fruit forward with lots of black fruit, plum, cassis, as well as violets, a bit of minerality, and faint notes of leather and honeycomb with fine tannins and a lingering finish.
This is a pretty solid bottle right now, but it could certainly be laid down another decade at least and still drink incredibly well. I opened this one tonight since LB has this vintage on sale right now at $35 to see if I needed to stock up. Needless to say, I jumped in for a case. Paired with steak fajitas tonight and quite enjoyable.
by bloks27
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[Here is the promotional link that LB posted on instagram for this bottle specifically.](https://wines.lastbottlewines.com/) I have no affiliation with Last Bottle other than frequently purchasing from them.
Interesting, I found it to be past it’s prime. Not much acid left and a lot of overripe red plum-type notes
I’m a club member at Spring Mountain and these prices are truly amazing. I’ve ordered 3 cases from LB. Typically Elivette begins to drink well in year 15. I had the 2014 a few weeks ago and felt it was too young. I had the 2011 a couple days ago and drank much better.
I had a 2005 back in March, wow, so good.
The wines at Spring Mountain age beautifully, with proper storage/cellaring, they can be aged for a solid 40 years.
I got the 2011 bottle off LB a few weeks back. Going to taste great for Christmas
I have the 2014 and 2016 in my cellar. Do you think the drinking window hasn’t opened yet? I definitely don’t like when I open a bottle that needs another five years because you can taste its potential but the sharp tannins that haven’t integrated yet get in the way or it’s very closed up wine in general
Opened my 2012 this evening and really enjoying the more old school style. I didn’t know what to expect so it was a pleasant surprise.