Vision Cellars
Domaine Dujac Fils & Père
Gevrey-Chambertin Pinot Noir 2009
RA y Vision, Barrio — 2 years ago
Hartwell Vineyards
Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon 1991
Picked up a couple of these from a local cellar sale at a crazy cheap price and have been happy with each one.
Classically older SLD Cabernet. The fruit spectrum is on the red and black side (as I expect from SLD) with a mocha/cocoa layered sweetness. Some older fig, sweet pipe tobacco, and a core of fruit still in-tact. Soft on the mid-palate but retaining nice structure throughout the finish. Exactly what I expected from 34yr old Napa Cabernet.
Hope to try the Realm X Hartwell wine to see the vision from where this was to what the profile goal is in the future. — 7 months ago
13.2% for a Cab from CA.
@Pinotman /// Andreas Those were the days but there were a lot clocking in around 13.8. Just looked at my 1999 bottle. It’s 14.1.
FWIW, Ketan Mody’s Beta wines often have modest ABV’s like the OG wines
Anika
Ballard Canyon Syrah 2017
RA y Vision, Barrio — 2 years ago
Doug Powers
Medium-dark red-purple color, beautiful redfruit aromas and flavors, with medium-toast oak showing as a seasoning the background, pretty sound structure and backbone, solid acidity, long, lingering finish, excellent California mountain Merlot (w/25% Cabernet Sauvignon). The sheer quality and complexity of this bottle is a wonderful tribute to the vision of Barbara and Jim Richards, who I am certain would be very proud, with Paloma now being ably run by their son Sheldon and his family. — 5 hours ago