Winery - Meander
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Such are the tannins in this 100% Cab that it demands cellar time. It’s really shut down and astringent in youth, which emphasizes the dryness. But it’s very fine, with a solid core of ripe black cherry fruit that will express its sweetness when the tannins melt away. Winemaker Amy Aiken is really showing her stuff with this polished ager. Best 2013–2019.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A beautiful 100% Cabernet that comes from Rutherford and St. Helena. It’s soft and dry and ultrarich, with blackberry, cherry, licorice, cola, spice and smoky new oak flavors. Seems best now and through 2014.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A beautiful Cabernet that combines a firm texture with lush, accessible flavors of blackberries, cassis, chocolate and cedar. Finishes with sturdy tannins and a hit of minerals. Elegant now, and should gain traction over the next 6–8 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Continues Meander’s great track record with this bottling. Sweet, toasty new oak and ripe flavors of cherries and cocoa combine to give this Cabernet irresistible deliciousness. It’s as sweet as a fruit tart, but fully dry on the finish. Meanwhile, firm, dusty tannins give it a pleasurable resistance, suggesting time in the cellar. Give it a good 6–7 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Outstanding. Ultra-ripe and lush, but very dry, showing powerful, long hangtime flavors of black and red sour cherries, currants, violets and cedar, wrapped into dense, melted tannins. Almost Porty, but stops short of overripeness to finish with dramatic richness. The vineyard is adjacent to Rubicon’s, in the heart of the Rutherford bench.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This ambitious effort doesn’t succeed due to a sharpness throughout, a tart, wintergreen note that detracts. Everything else, the oak, the tannins, is fine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in a drier, more elegant style than many other Napa Cabs, this polished bottling can be described as Bordeaux-esque. Its blackberry and currant flavors are grounded in a cedary structure of earth and herbs. Great for a wine list. Drink this fine wine now and through 2014.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This very fine Cabernet wants a little time in the cellar. Right now, it’s tight in tannins, with some acidic bitterness in the finish. The flavors are of black currants and smoky new oak. The Morisoli Vineyard has been home to very good, ageable bottlings from the likes of Sequoia Grove and Elyse, but in the last few years, Meander has expressed its terroir best. Try after 2012.This very fine Cabernet wants a little time in the cellar. Right now, it’s tight in tannins, with some acidic bitterness in the finish. The flavors are of black currants and smoky new oak. The Morisoli Vineyard has been home to very good, ageable bottlings from the likes of Sequoia Grove and Elyse, but in the last few years, Meander has expressed its terroir best. Try after 2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very ripe and oaky, with fresh, primary flavors of black currant enhanced with the spicy, smoky caramel and vanilla of charred oak. A bit candied and soft, but the structure is fine.
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