Quella Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon

@Benjamin Keator had his hosting at the CC tonight and it was absolutely incredible. What a night of gorgeous wines! All wines are guessed blind.

5 reds tonight. 5 Bonds. Insane. I’m not going to try and evaluate each one as if they were crazy different because honestly, I found it fairly easy to determine all were from the same producer. That being said, I guessed all 5 reds were from the same producer and waffled between a horizontal or vertical...I ultimately chose vertical (which was wrong). I guessed all were Napa cabs. This was actually my favorite in the moment. It wasn’t as chalky/dusty as the first two and the fruit profile had mellowed. A younger tar and granite note came through with this.

Dense primary fruit & rich ripe tannins. That's about it at the moment. It might take another 9 years to shed the baby fat.

Sweet tasty, not the wine of the night tonight though

Lovely but needs more time

Oh Bond how you did so well with this one

Mellow

Sweet red fruit. Smooth as silk. Very nicely integrated.

Thanks to Bill Bender for selling me this bottle! Regardless of the wine's oak like appellation there is a strong Rutherford dust taste on the front end that finishes with an intense dark chocolate note on the back end. Beautifully balanced and approachable after 30 minutes of decanting. This bottle is a definite "WOW" that you need to try for yourself!

We liked the mulberry a bit better we had this with Jackie, Gina, and Jon. We decanted it for about an hour or longer. There was less fruit and more of a mineral profile.

Típico Paesanos!