Winery - Coniglio
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Difficult now for its extreme toughness. The wine is muted in aroma, except for new oak and a tease of blackberry, and hits the mouth with astringent tannins. The fruit seems too thin to age.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Not as good as the ’02, this ’03 is dry and elegant, with polished cherry and oak flavors and rich tannins. Finishes just a bit thin, with a minty note.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The grapes are from north of St. Helena, on the valley floor. They were fully ripened in this hot vintage, and have fleshy, forward flavors of red and black cherries, coffee, orange zest and cocoa. This is an interesting wine, lighter in body than Cabernet Sauvignon, but with depth, complexity and quite a bit of elegance.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tannins and acids mark this wine, even at nearly four years. Remember, it’s from an appellation with a tendency for toughness. Yet the blackberry, black cherry and chocolate-mint flavors are delicious. Shows Atlas Peak Cab at its complex, food-loving best. Drink now through 2009.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dry, crisp and elegant, but too watery-thin in flavor. The palate struggles to savor the modest citrus flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very rich and extracted, with massive flavors of blackberries, cherries and currants that taste like they were baked into a pastry, and sprinkled with cocoa, anise, vanilla and a touch of salt and black pepper. Delicious and forward, and should hold steady over the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
High alcohol, approaching 16%, compromises this wine. If you can get past the heat and superripeness, it defines one aspect of the modern style, in a flashy, Napa way. Offers massive waves of jammy blackberries and mocha, and is probably best now and for a couple of years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Coniglio specializes in appellation-specific bottlings from Napa Valley. With this Cab, they have captured the essence of Diamond Mountain. It’s a sturdy, tannic, ageworthy wine, with the density of flavors and complex structure that low-yielding mountain grapes give. Rich and appealing, it should develop over the next decade.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A rich, polished Cabernet. Doesn’t taste particularly Oakville-like, due to extreme ripeness, softness, high alcohol and refined tannins that could come from anywhere, but it’s well crafted and delicious. Offers waves of blackberries, black currants, chocolate and cedar. Now–2013.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A decent wine, but pretty linear and with lots of divots. More proof that Cab Franc on its own is very difficult to make whole and complex. The wine is drily tannic, with cherry and oak flavors and cherryskin tannins. Drink now.
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