This is my favorite wine. Period. — 2 months ago
“Mostly” 2017. 95% Pinot Meunier, 5% Pinot Noir. — 9 months ago
A perfect wine? Perhaps. Not many Napa wines can have this kind of horsepower at 19 years old (I was always told Napa wines fall apart after 15 years). I’ve never had Screaming Eagle or Grace Family or any of the new “premier cru” wines. What I will say, though, is that I have a hard time imagining a wine being better than this. Plush, with a solid core. Very little fade. Let it breathe, but it was drinkable right out of the bottle, rich with refined tannins, so much fruit, so much pleasure. The oak is now seamless with the wine, not an addition, but a part of it. If you had told me this was a more recent vintage, I would have believed you. This was Cosentino’s top of the line and what a top it was. Age has allowed for more complexity (I did taste this when it was newly bottled) and development, but this is a young wine, still. Nothing out of place. It is one of the best wines I’ve ever tasted. Quintessential Napa, the best the valley has to offer. I forget the story of “the secret clone” but knowing what all the steps are in making great wine, having this clone was just one of the many right choices in making this. This one may outlive me. It is in its prime with no end in sight. Perfect? I’m not sure. But I’ve not had better. — 2 years ago
Happy Mother’s Day — 6 months ago
#champagne #premiercru — 9 months ago
Dark cherry chocolate and sweet undertones of figs — 2 years ago
#kosherwineSunday
This is a very tasty Cabernet Sauvignon from Israel. Feels like a Napa Cabernet.
Showing black fruits with cedar, vanilla, coffee, cola, spices, earth, chocolates and peppercorn.
Dry on the palate and fruit forward.
Full-bodied and bold with a nice mouthfeel.
Still young and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Would Age nicely in the next five to seven years. Has good potential to become a 94+ wine.
Entertaining and engaging. Smooth and elegant.
Aged in French oak barrels for 18 months. Unfiltered. Kosher and Mevushal.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$53. — 3 years ago
Tobin Spratte
Great QPR wine, one of the better Priorats I've had, especially after too many mediocre ones the last few years. Dark chocolate and raspberry on first pour. As it breathes, the llicorella becomes more pronounced and the cocoa aromas get stronger. — 25 days ago