Winery - White Cottage Ranch
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A wine of considerable power and impact. Feels explosive and weighty in the mouth, with massive cherry, berry and currant flavors that finish hard and astringent. Shows its finesse in the quality of tannins and overall balance. An impressive Merlot that should develop some bottle characteristics over the next 4–5 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A tremendous Cabernet Franc that shows the intensely concentrated fruit and considerable tannins of Howell Mountain. Explosive in cherries, cherry liqueur and red currants, yet for all the power, the wine has a dignified balance. A bit aggressive now. Give it 2–3 years to calm down.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An intense Cabernet, packed with concentrated mountain fruit flavors of blackberries, black cherries and cassis, and wrapped in hard, mouth-numbing tannins. Might age for a year or three, but seems a bit off-center to do more interesting things over the long haul.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Put this one in the cellar and forget about it for a good six years, if not far longer. It’s tannic and youthfully rude in fruity flavor, and the oak barrel influence presently dominates. But it’s finely made and pure, showing its Howell Mountain roots, and should easily develop bottle complexity for many years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Nice and dry, with fine, firm tannins. Quite a good wine, but kind of one-dimensional, with ripe red cherry purée and oak flavors that don’t develop beyond that in the mouth. Shows the risks when you depend on 100% Cabernet Franc to make a complete wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
What a nice Cabernet this is. It’s so dry and well-structured, tantalizing your palate with hints of richness instead of swamping it with fruit and oak. Shows summer-ripe, briary blackberry and black currant flavors, with grounding notes of dried herbs, violets, tobacco, licorice and cedar, leading to a distinguished finish. Now–2013.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The best things about this Merlot are its extreme dryness, tannin integrity and relative austerity. It’s a pleasure to drink a Merlot that’s not a fruit bomb. That doesn’t mean you won’t find complex flavors of blackberries and currants. You will. It means that this extraordinary Merlot is pushing the envelope on what California, and Napa Valley in particular, is able to achieve in making Merlot along classically structured lines.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One of the drier, more elegantly structured Sangiovese out there. It shows subtle red cherry, red currant and tobacco flavors, laced with white pepper. A hard streak of acidity cuts through the middle, suggesting softening things like olive oil, lamb, mozzarella cheese.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This clean, zesty Sauvignon Blanc has plenty of attractive white peach, green apple, citrus and vanilla flavors. It’s a little on the sweet fruit juice side of the spectrum, but sure is tasty.
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