Winery - Krupp Brothers
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From the vineyard high up on Atlas Peak comes this delicious, well-made wine. At more than four years of age, it’s still fairly tannic, but fresh and accessible in blackberry and cherry fruit. Just beginning to dry out and show mellow bottle age. A lovely, masculine wine that should develop over the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Napa red wine hardly gets more delicious than this. It’s so soft and velvety, so rich in chocolate, blackberry and smoky oak flavors, that you can’t resist sip after sip. It really defines the modern Napa style. The blend is Tempranillo, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, and the grapes were grown on the winery’s estate vineyard in the heart of Atlas Peak.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Marred by a superripeness that pushes it into Port territory, although it’s thoroughly dry, this Merlot has flavors of currants and chocolate-covered raisins. It’s also over-oaked, with a caramelized taste.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
As delicious as a pastry dessert, although it’s fully dry, showing chocolate-infused blackberries, raspberries and beef jerky, sprinkled with white pepper and anise. The tannic structure is beautiful on this elegant Syrah.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Held back for four years, this Merlot is fully drinkable now. It’s a lush, fancy wine whose rich cherry, currant, cocoa, red licorice, spice and sandalwood flavors are enhanced by finely ground mountain tannins. The vineyard is high up on Atlas Peak.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Hugely intense in fruity concentration. Few wines in the world have this size, this ripeness, this dramatic volume. New oak is in keeping with the proportion of fruit, and the tannins are strong and hard, as they tend to be from this vineyard, whichsprawls across Atlas Peak. There seems to be no reason why this Cabernet should not develop over the years. Hold until 2013, at the very least.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The wine tastes and feels important. It has great weight and depth. The tannins are extraordinarily thick, but ripe and smoothly sweet. And then there’s the fruit, a detonation of blackberries, cherries, blueberries and cassis, not to mention the oak, which seems as fine as oak gets. This superb wine seems like an obvious cellar candidate. It should ride out the decade effortlessly.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very sweet in sugary blackberry jam and chocolate flavors, brightened with good acidity. Wants for greater concentration and complexity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in the style of a rich, oaky Chardonnay, with which it might easily be confused, this is a creamy, leesy wine. It has opulent flavors of pineapples, peaches, buttered toast, honeysuckle and vanilla.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An enormous Cabernet. Explodes with flavors of blackberries, cassis and chocolate, as well as the sweet vanilla and toast from oak barrels. It’s gentle enough to drink now, but isn’t showing much nuance. Give it five or six years in the cellar.
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