Winery - Von Strasser
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Compared this to the winery’s Cabernet Sauvignon, it’s softer, richer and more accessible despite the big tannins that will enable the wine to age. Flavorwise, you’ll find a delicious mélange of blackberry, cherry, plum, coffee and herb flavors that are intricate and complexed by flashy new oak. Drink now through 2014.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is Von Strasser’s first Malbec, and it’s an auspicious start. Shows the dark, chewy plumminess of Argentinian bottlings, with an importance of structure and tannins that’s typical of the winery’s red wines. Shows powerful but controlled dark fruit, currant, tobacco and cedar flavors, and should evolve over the next six years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This distinguished Cabernet shows the qualities of a Napa mountain wine in the hard tannins that lock it down. It’s a tough wine, dry and astringent, that clearly will benefit from time in the cellar. The core of black currants and spicy plums will soften and sweeten over the next ten years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This 100% Cabernet Sauvignon is way too young to drink now for the hard, astringent tannins, which lock down the palate. Shows a firm, minerally backbone to the blackberry, black currant and sweet cedar flavors. Best after 2010, and should age gracefully through 2014, at least.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A wine like this is sure to please. It hits every base, from bouquet to finish, with precision. Deeply extracted black fruit and cream aromas and flavors, with shadings of tobacco. The total package in Cabernet, with pretty fruit, a proper mouthfeel and even tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One of the winery’s more accessibly forward Cabs, the Spaulding is rich in blackberry and cherry pie, chocolate and caramelized oak flavors. It’s delicious, if a little direct. Drink now–2013.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Strong now in fruity flavor and oak, with potent mountain tannins, this tiny-production Cab wants some time to knit together. It’s rich and extracted in blackberry tart with the sweet smoky crust, black currant jam, blueberry, dark chocolate, anise and cedar flavors that finish in a complex swirl of dusty spices. Try after 2013.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A big, vital, 100% Cabernet from a mountain known for cellar-worthy reds. Strikes you right away with sheer deliciousness, offering potent blackberry, cherry, violet and chocolate flavors that are enhanced with sweetly smoked oak. Yet it has the tannic structure and inherent balance to improve in the bottle over the next 6-10 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A beautifully rich, complex mountain wine that wants some time in the cellar. Dry and complex in tannin structure, it shows flamboyant blackberry, cherry, raspberry, chocolate, roasted almond and brown sugar flavors, as delicious as a succulent granola candy bar. Already throwing some sediment, it’s fine now and should develop at least through 2015.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A brilliant wine that shows the world how delicious young Napa Valley Cabernet can be. Just dazzles with the richness and purity of blackberry, mocha, leather and cedar flavors, with a finish you can measure in minutes. Bordeaux yearns for such ripeness. Terrific now and through 2015.
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