Where I found the ‘05 it shares the table with to be more youthful/powerful (red and black fruit was more ripe/muddled), this seemed more finesse driven. Clean delineation of fruit (rhubarb spice, blackberry, cassis) and similar graphite notes but not as dense or tannic. This seems to be peaking.
Where I found the ‘05 it shares the table with to be more youthful/powerful (red and black fruit was more ripe/muddled), this seemed more finesse driven. Clean delineation of fruit (rhubarb spice, blackberry, cassis) and similar graphite notes but not as dense or tannic. This seems to be peaking.
May 26th, 2019
Smooth, soft tannins, great by itself
Smooth, soft tannins, great by itself
Oct 10th, 2017
Napa Valley, California, USA
