"Odedi"

9.4

Bond Melbury 2016, Napa Valley, California

Happy 4th! It is time for my #FridayCabernetfix.

Deep inky in color with a short reddish rim.

Fruity on the nose and full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity and a soft mouthfeel.

Showing black fruits with cedar, chocolates, vanilla, herbs, tobacco, chocolates, spices and black pepper.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and cherries.

This beautiful 9 year old Napa Bordeaux blend is still young, but already drinking wonderfully. Elegant and rich. Fruit forward and complex.

Good right out of the bottle, and better after 3 hours in the decanter.

This Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon will continue to age nicely in the next 25 years. Showing great potential to become a 97+ point wine. Would be nice to revisit it in 6 years.

A gorgeous sipping wine that will also pair nicely with a big piece of steak.

A blend of mostly Cabernet Sauvignon grapes with Merlot, Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc.

14.8% alcohol by volume.

94 points.

$750. — 9 days ago

Momo Sa

9.0

Thursday night special — 9 months ago

with Mike

Shengli Hu

9.2

Sulphur. Pale straw. Little fruit except tart lime/lemon zest. Steely minerality. Petrol/kerosine. Bond dry. Explosive / extremely prickly salty acidity. Very salty and saline and energetic on the palate. Tannic and powerful. — 2 years ago

Vino Joe

9.4

Solid but not special. No complaints per se but it seemed more ordinary than I was expecting. Tannins were mild and dark fruit was very good. Not very long. — 2 months ago

Mark Lipton

9.7

Luscious tannins-now pure silk. — 8 months ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.7

I would invite you to find a bottle like this older & well stored 03, “The Sisters. “I would enjoy tasting this blind w/ Napa Cult wines & lovers. Then, watch their eyes open wide when I pulled off the brown bag. Many would call Colgin, Scarecrow, Harlan, Bond & the like etc.. I recently paid $50 for this 2003 at auction. That includes tax & auction fees. For vintage, they would call 10, 13 or 14. This is still youthful. Beautiful M+ somewhat rounded tannins, fruit buffet w/ dark pronounced spice. This has ten years plus left.

The palate is round, plush, phat fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, plum, dark cherries, strawberries, purple fruits with blueberries. Dark, well pronounced spice, soft baking spices, sweet graphite, soft, fresh, tobacco notes, used leather warm, gray clay, river-stone, mocha, caramel notes, dry crushed rock, limestone marl, some dry top soil, dark, purple red fresh & withering florals, excellent, round acidity and a well made, balanced, beautifully structured and elegant finish that lasts minutes falling on elegant earth & spice.

TRB made wine. Stunning!!!! — 9 months ago

Anna Sangiacomo

9.5

It’s still Drinking beautifully. — 5 months ago

Ed Chin

9.0

Dried fruit and tertiary notes sounds great but this comes off flat and dull — 8 months ago

John Osgood

9.4

Killer stuff — 10 months ago

Kevin Cagle

9.1

Really good for the price — 3 years ago