Winery - Amizetta
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This little family winery, which grows its grapes high in the Vaca Mountains outside St. Helena, is getting better with each passing vintage. Their Cabs are showing that ripeness isn’t enough, but balance and structure count, especially at this price. The ’03 is still a young wine, but a dramatically fruity, well-oaked one. It has all the drama of a fine Napa Cab, with the stuffing to last through 2009 before the fruit starts to fade.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Polished and fruity, with oaky flavors of blackberries, cherries and currants that are almost sweet in their jamminess, but the finish is totally dry. The tannins are bigtime, leaving behind a palate feeling of sandpapery astringency. Now-2012 or so.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A beautifully rich, elaborate, almost sweet Cabernet, so ripe and delicious you can drink it now. Wrapped into soft, complex tannins, it shows tiers of blackberries, cassis, plums, minerals and spices, with a strong, cedary coating of oak that’s in keeping with the size of the wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a big, young, rather tough Cab, tannic and thick. The blackberry flavors have to swim up to the surface from murky depths. But it’s dry and balanced, and has the stuffing for the cellar. Best after 2008.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Really a lovely Cab, this gentle wine captivates for its soft, lush mouthfeel and sheer complexity. It’s rich in black currant and cherry fruit, and generously oaked, but possesses an inherent balance and structural integrity that make it impeccable.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A little rough and ready to drink now. Sturdy and dry, with good acidity framing berry flavors; has a nice finish.
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Amizetta Meritage - 2002
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tannic and thick in the mouth, with jammy blackberry, cherry, cassis and oak flavors. Powerful, but lacking in charm, and with sharpness in the aftertaste.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Way too tannic. Almost nobody is making Cabs this astringent and tough anymore. True, there’s a vast wealth of blackberries, blackcurrants, cassis and bitter chocolate, but it’s a real gamble if the wine will develop.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A challenging wine. Seems too forward and brash to be really elegant, with blackberry, currant and cherry flavors that taste more like pie filling than dry table wine. New oak slathers on layers of vanilla and char. But it could knit together and turn more complex with age. Try after 2008, but it’s risky.
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