Winery - The Grade
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s hardly any oak on this wine, so what you get is pure, clean Sauvignon character. With crisp acidity, the wine brims with lemon, lime, green melon, vanilla and spice flavors, with a hint of tart gooseberry. It’s totally dry.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in the modern style, this Cab is soft and creamy in the mouth, and fantastically rich. It oozes ripe, crushed blackberries, black currants and dark unsweetened chocolate, with the sweetness coming from natural fruit and caramelized oak. The tannins are as soft and complex as they come.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The grapes were grown in Calistoga, and they have yielded a fat, soft, flavorful wine. It brims with lemon, lime, melon, fig and honeysuckle flavors. Partial barrel fermentation adds a welcome touch of smoked cream.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Vintage seems to have made all the difference in this 100% Cabernet. The 2005 was rich and fat, the 2006 less so. You’ll find plenty of acidity framing the juicy blackberry and black currant flavors. It seems to be very finely layered, so your best bet is to cellar it for 6–8 years and see what happens.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Shows a great return to form over the 2006, with the lush flavors and rich attractions of the 2005. With soft but complex tannins, the wine immediately appeals for its wealth of blackberries, black currants and plums, enriched with smoky oak. Very rich, pure and refined. Fine now, with a good decant, and should age well for a decade.
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