Diamond Mountain, Napa Valley, California, USA
There is a mild vanilla and medium oak flavor that stays through out the wine there are fruit flavor a but they are a bit masked. Although tough to pin point I would say black current characteristics are showing but no real fruit juices. The wine is dry and a bit alcoholic which takes a great deal away from the flavors. I tasted over a 4 hr decanting hoping for a change.... But only in the smoothness. Yes, the redeeming characteristic is that the wine is very smooth to drink, almost light for a cab. it is possible that it was a bit early to crack this one open, but the decanting should still allow some of the flavors to show through better. For the price point it is a very large miss, because there are better at this level. I have another in the cellar that I'll wait longer with and see if I feel different.
There is a mild vanilla and medium oak flavor that stays through out the wine there are fruit flavor a but they are a bit masked. Although tough to pin point I would say black current characteristics are showing but no real fruit juices. The wine is dry and a bit alcoholic which takes a great deal away from the flavors. I tasted over a 4 hr decanting hoping for a change.... But only in the smoothness. Yes, the redeeming characteristic is that the wine is very smooth to drink, almost light for a cab. it is possible that it was a bit early to crack this one open, but the decanting should still allow some of the flavors to show through better. For the price point it is a very large miss, because there are better at this level. I have another in the cellar that I'll wait longer with and see if I feel different.
Sep 27th, 2015
