Essentially identical to the 2013 Eighteen-Seventy-Three except that the Jack's Masterpiece had a bit more depth. The Jack's carried the same higher register red berry fruit and spice as the Eighteen-Seventy-Three, but…
Fruity and flat on the attack, with a hollow mid-palate that stumbled its way to a hot, booze-ridden finish. No real grip or frame aside from the distracting alcohol sensation on the back end.
Previous notes apply. Showed more complexity than its 2014 Hall Howell peer that was served the day before, but didn't do a ton to really show that it belongs in the upper echelons of Napa Cabernets.…