Winery - Titus
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A disappointment. After a string of better vintages, Titus’ 2004 Cab had a funky, reduced aroma, and tasted strangely flat and muted, with lots of smoky oak. Tasted twice, with consistent results.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The 80% new oak on this wine really sticks out, giving toasty, caramelized and vanilla bean notes. That makes the underlying cherry, blackberry and raspberry fruit, which is superripe, taste jammy, almost sweet. The result is a little in your face, but it’s quite a rich wine that might develop some bottle nuance over the next 4–6 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Classic Napa Cabernet, rich and sensuous in tannins that are fully approachable now, with ripe black currant and mocha flavors enriched with smoky, spicy oak. The wine is nicely dry. Beautiful now and best in the next few years for its fat, opulently youthful quality.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This Cab Franc is simple and jammy, like a wine version of melted black cherry jelly enhanced with an infusion of sweet, smoky, vanilla oak. It sure is fruity, but not very interesting in terms of complexity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Freshly picked blackberries that got ripe under the hot summer sun. Lots of ground black peppercorn dust. Black currant liqueur, black licorice and even a smattering of pancetta. These are the flavors of this delicious, complex Petite Sirah. It shows the big, firm tannins the variety is famous for, but they’re exceptionally ripe and fine. Absolutely first-class, one of the best Petite Sirahs of the vintage, and it’s not surprising that it comes from Napa Valley.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A tasty, toasty wine at a very fair price. It’s a tad bulky, and it’s packed with plum, cherry and coffee flavors. The mouth is nothing if not full, with some dry tannins adding necessary structure. Slightly one-dimensional and limited in scope, but what’s here is oh so nice and friendly.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Plush and intensely flavored, with deep-edged black cherry, blackberry, tar, cedar, vanilla, anise and herb notes. It’s smooth textured and long on the finish. Delicious.
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Titus Zinfandel - 2000
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Firm, focused and well structured, it offers a solid core of black cherry, plum, anise and spice flavors with an herbal touch for added interest. Smooth on the palate.
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Titus Zinfandel - 2000
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With nearly 16% alcohol, this is a wine that will delight some Zinfanatics. It’s soft and creamy, with jammy raspberry, red currant, clove, cinnamon, brown sugar and pepper spice flavors.
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Titus Zinfandel - 2009
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Richer and more satisfying than Titus’s regular ’02, mainly due to more intense blackberry, cherry and cocoa fruit and a finer structure. For all the ripeness, the acids and tannins keep the palate stimulated for the next sip. But I don’t think it’s an ager. Drink now.
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