A fantastic showing!
This was a pop-and-pour bottle, I wanted to decant, but was leery it could come apart quickly...Wow I was so wrong on my presumption.
Nose has loamy-raspberry, violets, charred oak, tarry-blackberry, dehydrated cherry and plum.
Palate has plum-raspberry, 'Rutherford' dust, leather, moist soils, ripe cherry, acidity is light but present, tannins are soft but still noticable. Youthful, very long finish.
Likely bottles in pristine condition, such as this, could enjoy another 10-15 years of life. We've had 70's BV GdL's that showed more advanced than this bottle, color is still a beautiful gem red/purple, no brick at all.
We bought this many years ago, as massive fans of Freemark Abbey and Beaulieu Vineyards, we have been looking forward to the right time for this bottle. I do believe that BV used to buy Cabernet fruit from John Bosché to go into this 100% Cabernet wine, and I think that '68 might have been the last year before BV went to all estate fruit. So this is a perfect collaboration of our favorites. A truly special bottle none the less.
This bottle is why you cellar great CA Cabernet and don't drink it all on release. I think this vintage could be similar to 2013, in 50 years...
We paired this with a slow and low roasted beef sirloin roast, meat temperature was closely watched, result was a wonderful medium rare finish, sliced thinly this was a great match to the wine.
A fantastic showing!
This was a pop-and-pour bottle, I wanted to decant, but was leery it could come apart quickly...Wow I was so wrong on my presumption.
Nose has loamy-raspberry, violets, charred oak, tarry-blackberry, dehydrated cherry and plum.
Palate has plum-raspberry, 'Rutherford' dust, leather, moist soils, ripe cherry, acidity is light but present, tannins are soft but still noticable. Youthful, very long finish.
Likely bottles in pristine condition, such as this, could enjoy another 10-15 years of life. We've had 70's BV GdL's that showed more advanced than this bottle, color is still a beautiful gem red/purple, no brick at all.
We bought this many years ago, as massive fans of Freemark Abbey and Beaulieu Vineyards, we have been looking forward to the right time for this bottle. I do believe that BV used to buy Cabernet fruit from John Bosché to go into this 100% Cabernet wine, and I think that '68 might have been the last year before BV went to all estate fruit. So this is a perfect collaboration of our favorites. A truly special bottle none the less.
This bottle is why you cellar great CA Cabernet and don't drink it all on release. I think this vintage could be similar to 2013, in 50 years...
We paired this with a slow and low roasted beef sirloin roast, meat temperature was closely watched, result was a wonderful medium rare finish, sliced thinly this was a great match to the wine.
1 person found it helpfulDec 31st, 2018
Beautifully stored wine, a bit of fruit left, lots of secondary and tertiary. Has a real purity to it.
Beautifully stored wine, a bit of fruit left, lots of secondary and tertiary. Has a real purity to it.
1 person found it helpfulDec 9th, 2018
Wonderfully deep still with blackcurrant, Blood, soft faded leather. Great depth and middle. This is a wow. Beautifully long.
Wonderfully deep still with blackcurrant, Blood, soft faded leather. Great depth and middle. This is a wow. Beautifully long.
1 person found it helpfulOct 3rd, 2018
Napa Valley, California, USA
